Scripture Reading for August 1, 2015
Torah: Deuteronomy 3:23 – 7:11, “Va’etchanan” (And he pleaded … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 40:1 – 26 New Testament: Romans 11:18 – 24 Gospel: Matthew 23:17 – 39, “O’ei lechem” (Woe to you … )
Knesset Renews Ties to Worldwide Christian Lawmakers
By Israel Today— Israel’s Knesset last week renewed its Christian Allies Caucus, something that must be done after each election. The fact that the Knesset continues this trend is evidence that it views relations between Israel and the Christian world with increasing importance. The event, chaired by Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, was attended by no…
Iraqi politician calls for peace with Israel: Muslim world
By Pamela Bland Snow and Emmie Goodenough, JNS.org— Sunni Muslim Iraqi politician Mithal Al-Alusi, who leads the Ummah Party, told the Kuwaiti daily newspaper Al-Rai that Iraq should make peace with Israel. He also called Iran “insane” and said the Muslim world has created the Islamic State terror group by fostering a “mentality of vengeance…
Syrian Christians and the English Jew
By Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post— Christianity, whose presence in the Middle East predates Islam’s by 600 years, is about to be cleansed from the Middle East. Egyptian Copts may have found some respite under President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, but after their persecution under the previous Muslim Brotherhood government, they know how precarious their existence in…
Quote of the week
Former Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren said: “Were Jesus to come today to Bethlehem (or any number of other places He ministered, like the Temple Mount) He’d be labeled a “Jewish settler.”
Huckabee: Why I attacked Obama
Former Arkansas governor and current Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says today is no time for a Neville Chamberlain.
Blaming failure of a rotten deal on Israel?!
By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post— As we learn more about the Iran deal — the side agreements, the lifting of the arms and missile embargoes, the loophole-ridden inspections regime — the more apparent it is that only people so enamored of their own work, so gullible to embrace the Iranians’ soothing words and so desperate…
Iraqi politician calls for peace with Israel, blasts Iran and Islamic State
By JNS.org— Sunni Muslim Iraqi politician Mithal Al-Alusi, who leads the Ummah Party, told the Kuwaiti daily newspaper Al-Rai that Iraq should make peace with Israel. He also called Iran “insane” and said the Muslim world has created the Islamic State terror group by fostering a “mentality of vengeance and nullification of the other.” “Yes.…
3 Models of Israel’s Theological Significance
By Dr. Michael J. Vlach, Bible Prophecy Blog— How do you view national Israel’s significance in the plan of God? The following are three models of Israel’s significance from a Christian perspective. 1. Replacement Model—The nation Israel no longer has theological significance in God’s plans, being permanently replaced as the people of God by the…
Turkish Prime Minister Vows To Revive The Muslim Ottoman Empire
By Walid Shoebat Turkish PM says that Obama is “The black man we needed in the White House” and vows to revive the Muslim Ottoman Empire. “Ahmet Hoca , bring us to Ottoman ” a group of Turkish AKP party members cried out while Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was giving a speech in Istanbul…