BY MALCOM HEDDING, JPOST— Today, Christian Zionism stirs up all sorts of reactions within the confessing church and sometimes is regarded as extreme or even heretical as a theological position. Those taking this view forget that some of the greatest leaders of the church through history held this position. Indeed, a good case can be…
DetailsBENNY MORRIS — The National Interest — A well-known hadith (a saying of the Prophet Mohammed accepted by Muslims as canonical and weighty), relating to the prospective end-of-days battle between Muslims and Jews, states: The Prophet … says: ‘The hour of judgement shall not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them, so…
DetailsBy PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— Consider how those who went before us in the faith lived. They were called “holy.” Holy means “set apart.” Holy means “dedicated” to God. These great men and women are examples of true faith, of real religion. Ask yourself, “Compared to them,…
DetailsThe Scripture Reading for July 23, 2011 Torah: Numbers 30:2 – 32:42 “Mattot” (The tribes) Haftorah: Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3 New Testament: Colossians 2:16 – 23 Gospel: Matthew 5:33 – 37 “Don’t Swear…” (Lo Leheshaba)
DetailsBY FRANK GAFFNEY— Just when you thought it was not possible for the Holder Justice Department to become any more hostile to the national and homeland security interests of the American people, along comes yet another travesty. This one threatens both, as it apparently would involve turning loose in America a convicted terrorist known to…
DetailsCAROLINE GLICK — JPost — The Jewish state’s choices are to either annex Judea and Samaria or be destroyed by its neighbors. Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas is in Europe this week seeking to convince the Spanish and Norwegian governments to support the Palestinian bid to sidestep negotiations with Israel and have the UN General Assembly…
DetailsELI E. HERTZ — Myths & Facts — According to media reports, on July 11, 2011 President Obama invited the other members of the Quartet – Russia, the UN, and the EU – as well as representatives from China and the Arab League, to the White House for a summit on Israel. Israel was not…
DetailsNITSANA DARSHAN-LEITNER — JPost — From Boston Harbor to the jail cells of Birmingham to the public squares of Cairo, the American people have had a centuries-old love affair with the idea of regular citizens engaging in civil disobedience to bring down unjust laws, discriminatory policies and brutal regimes, through non-violent protests. It comes as…
DetailsBY YNETNEWS, Israel may mount a strike against Iran in the fall, longtime CIA officer Robert Baer, who spent 21 years in the Middle East, told a Los Angeles radio station Saturday. Baer ventured such a move will drag the United States into another major war and endangering US military and civilian personnel throughout the…
DetailsBY HERB KEINON, JPOST— US President Barack Obama is “the most anti-Israel president in the history of the state, without any question,” John Bolton, the former US envoy to the UN and a man considering entering the presidential race against Obama, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. “If you think that this is just a…
DetailsBY ISRAEL TODAY— The World Council of Churches recently sponsored a debate on the situation of Christians in the Middle East that went unnoticed by most, but which provided another huge red flag in regards to the direction the Church is going as it relates to Israel and the Jews. Meeting in Volos, Greece, a…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— It was seven months ago that Mohammed Bouazizi, a vegetable peddler in Tunisia set himself and the Arab world on fire. The 26-year-old staged his suicidal protest on the steps of the local city hall after a municipal inspector took away his unlicensed vegetable cart thus denying him the ability to…
DetailsBY THE ISRAEL PROJECT— Amid the turmoil of uprisings and protests across the Middle and North Africa, Iran has covertly and illegally stepped up its production of long-range missiles with help from North Korea and 10 times smuggled weapons to Hamas and the Taliban, according to separate United Nations reports. One of the missiles –…
DetailsRYAN JONES — ISRAEL TODAY — The World Council of Churches recently sponsored a debate on the situation of Christians in the Middle East that went unnoticed by most, but which provided another huge red flag in regards to the direction the Church is going as it relates to Israel and the Jews. Meeting in…
DetailsThink on this! “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone — for kings and all those in authority that we might live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness…” (I Timothy 2:1-2) Pray on this! Our Father, since those in authority over us…
DetailsTorah: Numbers 25:10 — 30:1 “Pinchas” (Phinehas) Haftorah: I Kings 18:46 — 19:21 New Testament: Romans 11:1-32 Gospel: Matthew 26:17-30 “Brit HaChadesha” (The New Covenant)
DetailsBY MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL INITIATIVE— The unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, and its international recognition, would be a huge mistake. A peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians is essential, but can be achieved only through honest negotiations – not by one party imposing a unilateral decision. Over the past two years,…
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