Symbols of covenant: The stateless Jew and the Jewish state

by Shelley Neese “The Wandering Jew”— a popular figure in medieval Christian folklore—walks the earth alone until Judgment Day, cursed for offending Jesus on his way to the cross. In some variants of the story, he is a Jewish shoemaker named Cartaphilus, who, when Jesus stopped to rest on the road to Calvary, taunted him…

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Iran divestment campaign

by Shelley Neese The European Union and United Nations’ attempts to stop Iran’s nuclear program have amounted to little more than wrist-slapping. After five years of negotiations – alternating carrots with sticks – the terrorist regime remains unpersuaded. Iran’s long-range-missile test and announcement that it possesses 6,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges were this summer’s demonstrations of the…

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End-Time Scenarios

By Jim Hutchens, The Jerusalem Connection One of the most remarkable yet revealing statements in Scripture is in Paul’s letter to the Corinthian believers.  No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval. (I Corinthians 11:19).  The word for “differences” is translated “heresies” elsewhere (cf. Galatians 5:20,…

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