Scripture Reading for October 18, 2014
Torah: Genesis 1:1 – 6:8, “Beresheet” (In the beginning…) Haftorah: Isaiah 42:5 – 43:11 New Testament: Colossians 1:15 – 20 Gospel: John 1:1 – 14, “Beresheet” (In the beginning …)
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America Praises and Supports Terrorist Government
By DAVID RUBIN, INN— The post-Gaza war period has seen some disturbing statements and actions by the United States political leadership that call into serious question its reliability, as the leader of the free world and as a trusted ally of Israel. The American air attacks on the Islamic State (otherwise known as ISIS, ISIL…
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Bringing happiness to Iran
By CAROLINE GLICK– It is still unclear what happened on Sunday night at Iran’s illicit nuclear installation at Parchin. According to Iranian sources, there was a large explosion that rocked the area within a 15-km. radius of the facility. Two people were reportedly injured. According to the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency and Israel, the…
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Europe’s alarming new anti-Semitism
By JONATHAN SACKS, WSJ— This year, Europe’s Jews enter Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, with a degree of apprehension I have not known in my lifetime. Anti-Semitism has returned to Europe within living memory of the Holocaust. Never again has become ever again. In France, worshipers in a synagogue were surrounded…
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Spot Report: The prominence of deception
Think on this: “Sanctify them by the truth; your Word is truth”…”You shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”… “When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth.. He will tell you of what is yet to come.” (John 17:17; 8:32; 16:13) Pray on this: Gracious Father…
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Wish I’d said that
“It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference. Scores of archaeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or in exact detail historical statements of the Bible.”—Nelson Glueck, Rivers in the Desert
Truth Report: The arrogance of the Church
Romans 11: 17-21 17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this:…
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PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Fox
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed militant Islamism, ISIS, Iran, and Hamas with Fox News host Greta Van Susteren.
Netanyahu’s Bible study highlights Israel’s right to the land
By ISRAEL TODAY— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday hosted his sixth open Bible study at the official Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem since reestablishing the practice two years ago. The event was attended by dozens of leading rabbis and academics, many of them members of Knesset and the current government. One of those participating…
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Ultra-left adding to Israel’s woes
by EARL COX— I’ts puzzling. When Israel builds homes on their own land, they are called “occupiers.” Should Israel divide Jerusalem into two parts, with two capitals in Jerusalem: one for the Jewish state, and one for a Palestinian-Arab state? And, by the way, should tiny Israel relegate herself back to her 1967 borders creating…
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Spot Report: Can we negotiate with ISIS?
Think on this: “I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the Word of God.” (Revelation 20:4) Pray on this: Grant us empowering grace to remain faithful in…
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A world gone mad
By VICTOR SHARPE, CANADA FREE PRESS— In this most evil world it must be understood that the meek shall indeed inherit the earth; but sadly six feet under. Until the world is truly made up of a perfect United Nations and not the sham U.N. Temple of Hypocrisy that exists in all its malevolence in…
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Anti-semitism spike in Germany raising old fears
By CBSNEWS— Armed guards have been posted at synagogues throughout Germany for the start of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Anti-Semitism is once again on the rise in Europe, especially in Germany. The tensions have been building in Germany since demonstrations against last summer’s Gaza war exposed a clear anti-Jewish sentiment. Chants were heard…
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Netanyahu’s statements and policies
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Although media commentators overlooked it, the Obama administration did it again. They blindsided Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the eve of his trip to Washington. The last time it happened was in May 2011 when US President Barack Obama set out his policy toward Israel and the Palestinians as Netanyahu was…
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Scripture Reading for October 11, 2014
Torah: Exodus 33:12 – 34:26 Haftorah: Ezekiel 38:18 – 39:16 New Testament: I Thessalonians 5:1 – 11 Gospel: John 7:1 – 24
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Yom Kippur: When Israel stops, Look Inward
by Hillel Fendel, Arutz-7 The highest of the High Holidays – Yom Kippur – is only about a day away, and Jews around the world are preparing by attempting to become better people. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a Divinely-designated day that the Torah explains “will atone for you to purify you from…
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Sharansky predicts further growth in Ukrainian aliya
By SAM SOKOL, JPOST— Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky forecasts a 400 percent increase in immigration from Ukraine for the coming year, citing worsening economic conditions and the ongoing civil war in the country’s east as contributing factors. Speaking with The Jerusalem Post by phone from Dnipropetrovsk on Sunday, Sharansky said despite the avowed intent…
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