Scripture Reading for July 26, 2014
Torah: Numbers 33:1 – 36:13, “Masei” (Journeys of … ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 2:4 – 28; 3:4 New Testament: James 4:1 – 12 Gospel: Matthew 7:7 – 12, “Badshu” (Ask … )
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How to win in Gaza
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Israel deployed ground forces in Gaza Thursday night both because Hamas’s terror tunnels into Israel have become an unacceptable threat, and because it had to break the deadlock that had developed between it and Hamas. Until the ground invasion, Israel and Hamas were in a holding pattern. Hamas would not accept…
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Video: Pray for Israel Under Fire
Israel has been under fire from Hamas for over a week now. Here are some prayer requests you can lift up on our behalf.
IDF starts Gaza ground offensive
By YAAKOV LAPIN and HERB KEINON, JPOST— After days of waiting and deliberation, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday night directed the IDF to send ground troops into Gaza to strike the terror tunnels into Israel. The statement said the security cabinet approved the operation after Israel agreed to the Egyptian cease-fire proposal on Tuesday,…
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Christian Zionism and Islamic Eschatology
By JOHN W. SWAILS III, Ph.D, ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY— Christian Zionists are very aware that their stand for the tiny state of Israel is not universally admired. Christian Zionism is, of course, a movement comprised of individuals, more often than not from a Protestant background, who support the modern state of Israel spiritually, politically, and…
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The Palestinian Blessing
BY Bret Stephens, WALL STREET JOURNAL— From time to time Israel and her supporters should give thanks for having as enemies the Palestinians and their supporters. As of midday Monday, Hamas had fired more than 1,000 missiles at Israel, aimed more or less indiscriminately, without inflicting a single Israeli fatality. It isn’t every enemy whose…
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Spot Report: Gaza Ceasefire should not be an option
Think on this: “If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways, how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes! Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. But you would be fed with the finest…
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Wish I’d said that
“As the historian of Anti-Semitism looks back over the millennia of horrors he has recorded, an inescapable conclusion emerges: Anti-Semitism is the longest and deepest hatred of human history. Other hatreds may have surpassed it in intensity for a historical moment, but all in their turn have assumed—or presently commence to assume—their proper place in…
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Hamas rejects cease-fire with Israel
BY LEA SPEYER, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— Update 3:20 p.m. Israel time: The cease-fire has been terminated after relentless rocket attacks on Israel by terrorists in Gaza. Red Alert sirens sounded across the state as more than 50 rockets have been shot into Israel since 9 a.m. this morning. The Israeli Air Force has resumed operations…
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Operation Protective Edge: Summary and notable incidents
BY JEWISH POLICY CENTER— Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge following the kidnapping of three Israeli teens and an increase in rocket fire from Gaza. Israel launched strikes against 1,576 targets destroying Hamas’s command and control centers, missile launchers, tunnels and other assets. Some 1081 rockets have been launched at Israel, with approximately 191 intercepted by…
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Truth Report: How we get the righteousness of God
Romans 10:1-4 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish…
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Friendless in the Middle East
By JONATHAN SCHANZER, POLITICO— One week after the start of Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge,” also known as Hamas’ “10th of Ramadan War,” Washington is looking on helplessly. President Barack Obama offered to mediate a ceasefire last week, but the move fell on deaf ears—on both sides. Secretary of State John Kerry then made a surprise…
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Not moderate, not radical: Just Islam
By VICTOR SHARPE— The irrevocable Islamic and Koranic injunction upon all Muslims is to wage relentless war against any non-Muslim nation state that exists within what Islam decrees as the Dar al-Islam (the House of Islam). Wherever the Muslim foot has trod triumphal in the name of Allah, that territory is considered eternally Islamic land.…
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Scripture Reading for July 19, 2014
Torah: Numbers 30:2 – 32:42, “Mattot” (Tribes …) Haftorah: Jeremiah: 1:1 – 2:3 New Testament: James 5:12 Gospel: Matthew 5:33 – 37, “Nedareka” (Your oaths … )
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Clueless in Gaza
BY LONNIE C. MINGS, CFI-— Israeli troops are poised on the edge of Gaza to invade the area if the rockets don’t stop soon. The problem is, the Hamas leaders of Gaza don’t seem to realize that the “new Samson”—Israel—is far from “eyeless” and that they have the ability to retake Gaza if they are…
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Video: 3.5 million lives in danger
Hamas has upgraded its rocket and missile arsenal and has developed a stockpile with the capability of striking 40% of the Israeli population. Over 3.5 million Israelis are endangered by Hamas rockets and missiles.
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Truth Report: “Who is the stumbling block to the Jews?”
ISAIAH 8: 13-18 The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread. He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a…
DetailsThe Teenagers’ Revolt
By JONATHAN SCHANZER, FOREIGN POLICY— The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine dropped hundreds of incendiary leaflets on Shuafat Road on Friday, July 4, calling for renewed conflict with Israel. The hard-line Palestinian organization’s fliers were scattered amid the rocks, rubble, and spent tear-gas canisters from the clashes that have occurred daily with Israeli…
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