Copper Scroll Dig Begins
Jim Barfield, a retired fire marshal from Oklahoma, believes he has cracked the code on The Copper Scroll. Applying his arson investigation skills to the world’s most intriguing antiquities, he has achieved something that for four decades has eluded all other archeological and paleographical experts. After two years of planning, Barfiled is now in Israel…
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Faith Lessons: Judean Wilderness
by Daniel McCabe Temptation of Jesus Luke 4:3, “And the devil said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.’” The famed author Herman Melville spent eight days in Jerusalem in 1857 and, overwhelmed by her stony landscape, he wrote often of it in his diary. In one…
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The Jerusalem Connection Peace Plan is a common sense approach to the Two State solution, based on a Christian Zionist perspective. If there is to be any hope of success, we are convinced there are aspects, until now absent from past peace plans, that must be reflected in any peace plan for the future. Read…
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God, America, and natural disasters
AMERICA IN PROPHECY, PART 4, BY DR. RICHARD BOOKER—- In part two, I stated my belief that there are six possible reasons that could cause the demise of America as the leading superpower of the world. The first reason which I discussed is economic collapse. America has gone from the greatest creditor nation in the…
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God, America, and natural disasters
AMERICA IN PROPHECY, PART 4, BY DR. RICHARD BOOKER—- In part two, I stated my belief that there are six possible reasons that could cause the demise of America as the leading superpower of the world. The first reason which I discussed is economic collapse. America has gone from the greatest creditor nation in the…
DetailsRecipe for Passover Brownies
1/2 cup shortening or butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted 1/2 cup sifted matzo cake meal 1/2 teaspoon table salt 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts 1. Cream shortening and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat until fluffy. 2. Stir in melted chocolate,…
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The Two-State solution is 87 years old
By Victor Sharpe In 1920, Great Britain was given the responsibility by the League of Nations to oversee the Mandate over the geographical territory known as Palestine with the express intention of reconstituting within its territory a Jewish National Home. The territory in question stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the eastern boundary of Mandatory…
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Palestinian Liberation Theology
By Shelley Neese Replacement Theology—the belief that the Christian Church replaced Israel in God’s plan—has found a new home in the work of the Sabeel Center—the Jerusalem-based ecumenical organization for Palestinian Christians. After experiencing decades of decline and total rejection by many denominations, Replacement Theology has resurfaced in the form of Palestinian Liberation Theology (PLT)—a…
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Faith Lessons: Pinnacle of the Temple
by Daniel McCabe Temptation of Jesus Luke 4:9, “Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.’” Life has dangerous edges. One more step forward and you’ll fall over the side. Yet you know…
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AMERICA IN PROPHECY, PART 3, BY DR. RICHARD BOOKER— Moral collapse proceeds economic collapse. The great empires of history collapsed because of moral failures as much as they did from military defeats. America is the only nation in the history of nations that was birthed out of religious persecution and with a Judeo-Christian world-view and…
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God, America, and morality
AMERICA IN PROPHECY, PART 3, BY DR. RICHARD BOOKER— Moral collapse proceeds economic collapse. The great empires of history collapsed because of moral failures as much as they did from military defeats. America is the only nation in the history of nations that was birthed out of religious persecution and with a Judeo-Christian world-view and…
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Faith Lessons: Pool of Siloam
by Daniel McCabe Healing a Man Born Blind John 9:25, “One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.” God promised his chosen people that one day he would send them a Servant, the Messiah, their Deliverer. How would they know when the Servant had arrived? According to prophecy, he would “open…
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Faith Lessons: Bethany
by Daniel McCabe Anointing of Jesus Mark 14:8, “She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.” A Tuesday night westerly breeze gently cooled the fig, olive, almond and carob trees that dotted the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives after another long day under a relentless…
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The Copper Scroll and the Ark of the Covenant
By SHELLEY NEESE– The Ark of the Covenant has not been seen since the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar. 2600 years, however, has not been long enough to kill the curiosity or exhaust the imagination of the many who ponder the Ark’s fate. The burning question is how something so holy and central…
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Faith Lessons: Cana
by Daniel McCabe The First Miracle John 2:11, “This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory.” Five dusty faces smiled quietly as they crossed over the “state” line from Judea into Galilee. Memories of their past four days in Judea danced joyfully in their hearts. Andrew and Philip would…
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