Scripture Reading for June 8, 2013
Torah: Numbers 16:1 – 18:32, “Korach” (Korah …) Haftorah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: Romans 13:1 – 7 Gospel: Matthew 22: 15 – 22, “Hacul Haperusim” (Then the Pharisees … )
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Spot Report: Is the Gog and Magog war coming soon?
Think on this: “Surely the Sovereign Yahweh does nothing without revealing his plans to his servants the prophets.” (Amos 3:7) Pray on this: Father you have said “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will counsel you and watch over you.” It’s with confidence in your promises that…
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“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child…
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Jewish converts offer a window on conservative Christianity
By AP — “My dad had his conversion before I was even born,” Sam Phillips said Thursday. “Growing up, my dad went to Jewish camp in the summer,” Mr. Phillips, 26, said of his father, Howard J. Phillips, founder of the Conservative Caucus, who died last month. “We just found this old 8-millimeter video of…
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Is Christian Evangelical Support for Israel Kosher?
By MATTHEW M. HAUSMAN, ARUTZ 7 — Some Christians embrace Jews and Israel for the right reasons while others do not. Support for Israel among evangelical Christians is a growing phenomenon that has many American Jews scratching their heads and asking questions. Is Christian support sincere or is it merely subterfuge to facilitate the missionary…
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What did Paul Believe about Judaism?
By Dr. Brad Young It is common in Christian academic circles to debate whether or not Paul was the “second founder of Christianity” who converted from Judaism to start a new religion. I disagree with this view because I cannot accept the simplistic explanation that Jesus was a loyal Jew, faithful to his people, while…
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‘The US or Israel — who should strike Iran?’
By GAVRIEL FISKE, TIMES OF ISRAEL— Position paper weighing US and Israeli military options against Iran, written by retired US Marine Corps general James Cartwright and Amos Yadlin, former IAF head and military intelligence chief, posits that a US-led strike on the Iranian nuclear facilities would be preferable from a military standpoint, while an Israeli…
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The 3 myths about the two state solution
By DANIEL TAUBER, JPOST— President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel last March likely left even his harshest Israeli critics pleasantly surprised. He showered Israel with compliments, joked about prior disagreements, and most importantly, made no demands. Still, Obama could not completely refrain from addressing the “Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” and delivered one of his signature lecture-speeches on…
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The "grievances" defense
By PETER HUESSY, GATESTONE— The April terrorist attacks during the Boston Marathon killed and wounded scores of people. Machete-wielding thugs last week butchered a British soldier in full view of citizens on a London street. Simultaneously, in Sweden, a full five days of riots have seen burned cars, banks and schools, and assaulted citizens. These…
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The moral burden of living with terror
By RON JAGER— President Obama in his speech on “The War on Terror” has shown once and for all that he does not consider Islamic terror to be a strategic threat on the United States. Despite the City of Boston still reeling from the effects of a major Islamic terror attack only weeks ago, and…
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Spot Report: What the church is hiding
Think on this: “Be always on the watch and pray fervently that you may have the power to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may stand before the Son of Man.” (Luke 21:36) Pray on this: Father, your people and especially young people are woefully ignorant of what you have…
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Burgers, Fries, and the The State of Palestine
By DAVID RUBIN— For years, we have been hearing expressions such as “the plight of the Palestinians”, “the legitimate rights of the Palestinians”, and most recently, the “national right of the Palestinians to their own independent state”. These mantras have been repeated in the last thirty years almost as often as a MacDonald’s commercial and…
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“Today let us take our place at Jesus’ side and look upon His people with His eyes, full of love and mercy. Then our hearts would ache to see this chosen people of God wandering through the centuries, wretched, despised, shunned, ostracized, and afflicted with pain like the suffering Servant of God in Isaiah 53. …
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Yaalon: We'll Know what to Do If Syria Gets S-300
By GIL RONEN, ARUTZ 7— Israel “will know what to do” if Russia delivers highly advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Syria, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Tuesday. AFP said this was “an apparent allusion to another air strike” on Syria. “The deliveries have not taken place – I can attest to this – and I hope…
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Shimon's balderdash
By MICHAEL FREUND— Israeli President Shimon Peres created a stir on Monday when he delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Jordan that strayed far beyond his circumscribed presidential mandate. In a short and somewhat rambling address, and in remarks to reporters afterwards, the 89- year-old head of state made a number of…
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Candidly Speaking: A global tsunami of anti-Semitism
By ISI LEIBLER – JPOST — In the post-Holocaust era, many had predicted, mistakenly, that the world’s oldest hatred would recede, even anticipating that anti-Semites would soon become an extinct species. Participants at the fourth conference of the Global Forum for Combating anti-Semitism, held under the auspices of the Foreign Ministry this week in…
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Torah: Numbers 13:1 – 15:41, “Shelach lekha” (Send for yourself …) Haftorah: Joshua 2:1 – 2:24 New Testament: Hebrews 3:7 – 4:1 Gospel: John 17, “Deber Yeshua” (Jesus spoke …)
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