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Syria Turns Down Direct Talks With Israel
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's offer of direct peace talks with Syria was rebuffed on Friday. Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted since peace negotiations must focus on Israel's relinquishing the Golan Heights to Syria, direct talks between himself and Netanyahu would be fruitless.
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Misconceptions About U.S. Support For Israel
Monday, November 16, 2009
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Among American Christian's there have been some misconceptions about U.S. support for Israel. There's been talk about President Barack Obama's sympathies for the Palestinian cause, while at the same time, unrelenting U.S. pressure on Israel, especially concerning settlement growth. Furthermore, these same pro-Israel Americans continue to question the Obama Administration's loyalty to its only democratic ally in the Middle East.
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PA Elections to be Postponed
Friday, November 13, 2009
By: Bary Segal
The chairman of the Palestinian Authority central elections committee has informed PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas that elections cannot be held for a new chairman and legislature on January 24, as scheduled.
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Objection: "It is not true that the medieval rabbis were the first applied Isaiah 53 to Israel instead of the Messiah.&
Friday, November 13, 2009
By: Mike Brown
You're partially correct. The earliest reference to this interpretation is found in a second-century Christian source recounting a discussion between a Gentile follower of Jesus and some Jewish teachers who did not believe in him.
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Baptized Only in Yeshua's Name!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
A question I have been asked on more than one occasion has to do with baptism. This is probably another of those "one new man" issues that will cause you to see things differently, from a more Hebrew perspective, the way it was at the beginning.
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Hamas Testing Missiles
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
By: Barry Segal
The Hamas terrorist organization days ago test-fired a missile that could hit Tel Aviv from Gaza.
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Understanding is a Wellspring of Life
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
By: Linda Josef
Many have noted that unforgiveness is a roadblock to supernatural healing. However, Dr. Art Mathias is one of the first to demonstrate that when we understand and apply the principles of Biblical forgiveness, the Lord's healing will come to us very easily. His simple approach has set thousands free from suffering and disability.
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Israel Seizes Iranian-Stocked Arms Ship
Monday, November 9, 2009
By: Barry Segal
An Israel Navy spokesman said Wednesday an arms ship seized near Cyprus earlier in the day had been carrying hundreds of tons of weapons. Israeli commandos apprehended the ship and defense officials said it had been carrying missiles and rockets bound for Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization.
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Yemeni Jews Rescued
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Amid a rise in antisemitic violence and terrorist activity in the country, the US State Department has recently transported 60 Jews from Yemen and resettled them in the United States. Nearly 350 Yemenite Jews lived in the country before the operation.
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Iranian President Slams Israel Again
Monday, November 2, 2009
By: Barry Segal
"The Zionist regime is a threat to all nations ... it cannot tolerate the existence of any strong country in the region," said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this week. The Iranian leader is known for his anti-Israeli remarks since 2005, when he said the Jewish state should be "wiped off the map."
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Objection: "The rabbis only applied Isaiah 52:13-15, not 53:1-12, to the Messiah son of David."
Monday, November 2, 2009
By: Mike Brown
Absolutely not. In fact, an Orthodox anti-missionary made this very claim -- quite emphatically -- in a live radio debate with me in 1991.
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The Kingdom vs. Politics
Friday, October 30, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
Our heads are filled with politics these days, aren't they? If we thought the elections of last year were absorbing, how much more what is going on today? Sometimes, though, you want to just tune out the whole thing. At least I do. I wish it would all go away and things would just be nice. But wishing won't do it. It's here. At least for now.
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Abbas to Set PA Election Date
Thursday, October 22, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said this week he will set January 24 as the date for presidential and legislative elections, despite objections from the Hamas terrorist group.
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Objection: "Isaiah 53 speaks of the people of Israel, not Jesus (or, and Messiah)."
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
By: Mike Brown
It is impossible, both contextually and logically, for Isaiah 53 to be speaking of the people of Israel. Rather, the text clearly speaks of one individual, and as many rabbis recognized through the ages, that individual was the Messiah.
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Tensions Escalate Between Israel and Turkey
Monday, October 19, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Tension between Israel and Turkey again escalated last week after a Turkish mini-series depicting Israeli soldiers brutally executing Palestinian civilians was aired on state-run television.
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Nothing Ordinary About Yeshua
Monday, October 19, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
A friend and I were having an e-chat about how we each "see" God. I asked her how she imagined or pictured the Lord. I'm a pretty visual person. I have to kind of picture things to process them. God is in the visuals for me, though not exclusively of course. I do see God all around me. His fingerprints are everywhere.
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Israel Braces for UN Debate
Thursday, October 15, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Israel braced on Wednesday for what is expected to be a bruising UN debate on a report that accuses the Jewish state of war crimes during its Gaza offensive at the turn of the year.
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Objection: "Isaiah 9:6[5] does not speak of a divine king (or Messiah)."
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
By: Mike Brown
The most natural, logical, and grammatically sound translation of Isaiah 9:6[5] is: 'For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us, and the government shall be on his shoulder, and his name is called, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Father Forever, Prince of Peace' (my translation).
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Why Christians Should Care About Israel
Monday, October 12, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
I received an email from a pastor in India whom I had never heard from before. I know some of you are "tech savvy" people who are quite used to being instantly in touch with whomever wherever. But it still amazes me that I sit at my desk in my little office in North Florida and people around the world read my thoughts on this website.
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Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Monday, October 12, 2009
By: Barry Segal
The announcement drew gasps of surprise and cries of too much, too soon. Yet US President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday because the judges found his promise of disarmament and diplomacy too good to ignore.
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Strategic Cooperation -- Deeper Ties between Israeli and Christian Leaders
Friday, October 9, 2009
By: Sarah Ann Haves
The New Year on the Hebrew calendar, 5770, began on the eve of September 18th, as Christians and Jews from all over the world began their journey to Israel to celebrate the Fall Feasts.
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Thousands of Christians March in Jerusalem
Friday, October 9, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Thousands of Christian from around the world marched through the streets of Jerusalem on Tuesday, displaying their support for Israel.
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Objection: "Isaiah 7:14 does not prophesy a virgin birth! And it has nothing whatsoever to do with Jesus...'"
Thursday, October 8, 2009
By: Mike Brown
Although biblical scholars of varied religious backgrounds continue to debate the precise significance of Isaiah 7:14 (Jewish scholars disagree among themselves, as do Christian scholars), the overall meaning is clear: The prophet speaks of a supernatural event of great importance to the House of David, apparently the birth of a royal child.
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Temple Mount Closed
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
By: Barry Segal
The Temple Mount is closed to both Arabs and Jews, though many of the latter hoped to visit the site in honor of the Succot holiday.
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Succot 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
By: Barry Segal
The Middle Eastern heat cools into balmy autumn days with the hope for abundant rains to soon begin. Market places across Israel are fragrant with harvest fruits. They display tables of the Four Species to be used in Succot celebrations and buzz with activity as Israelis prepare for the most joyous holiday on the Jewish calendar.
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Having the Heart of a Rescuer
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
I spent four days last week with a human rights activist who works to defend and rescue persecuted Christians around the world from dire circumstances. It was a life changing experience, I can tell you.
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Objection: "Nowhere in the Hebrew Bible are we told that we must 'believe in the Messiah.'"
Monday, September 28, 2009
By: Mike Brown
This is hardly an accurate statement, and it is not even in harmony with Jewish tradition. Believing in God, his prophets, and his Messiah is basic to the biblical faith, while one of the thirteen principles of the Jewish faith as articulated by Maimonides (Rambam), is that we must believe in the coming of the Messiah, awaiting him every day with unwavering faith.
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Yom Kippur
Monday, September 28, 2009
By: Barry Segal
The holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, (Day of Atonement) will begin Sunday, Sep. 27th 2009 at sunset. Observant Jews will fast for 24 hours until sundown Monday, Sep. 28th.
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1st Century Synagogue Discovery
Friday, September 25, 2009
By: Barry Segal
A synagogue from the Second Temple period (50 BCE-100 CE) was recently exposed in archaeological excavations on Israel's Migdal beach along the shores of the Sea of Galilee. In the middle of the synagogue is a stone that is engraved with a seven-branched menorah (candelabrum), the likes of which have never been seen.
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Israel's Military Challenges in the New Year
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is wading through a U.S. led diplomatic process towards a comprehensive peace deal in the Middle East.
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Rosh Hashana 5770
Friday, September 18, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Rosh Hashana, also known as the Feast of Trumpets, begins in 2009 at sunset Sep. 18 and continues until nightfall Sep. 20.
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Objection: "If Jesus is really the Messiah, and if he is so important, why doesn't the Torah speak of him at all?"
Thursday, September 17, 2009
By: Mike Brown
You would be surprised to see how many passages and concepts actually point to Jesus the Messiah in the Torah.
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Seeing the Story God's Way
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
"Come and see," Yeshua told the young men scampering after Him as He walked. They had heard John tell them, "Behold the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world!" The day before John had testified that this man was "the Son of God!" John had been preaching repentance, but also the coming of Another. And now John had declared that this man was the One!
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Dropping Pebbles of Kindness in Troubled Waters
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
Two friends and I were enjoying a mini-pot-luck dinner together this weekend. One of us was telling of a car mechanic who was rude, and had a bad attitude, not to mention not repairing her car as he should have. How as Believers should we respond to such situations?
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Objection: "I find much beauty in the teachings of Jesus, and I think that there are some good arguments..."
Thursday, September 3, 2009
By: Mike Brown
To be equally honest with you, I don't follow that religion either, nor would I be able to put my trust in a God like that. Only one thing really matters: Is there a place called hell, and is there a judgment after death?
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US Mosque A Threat to Teen
Thursday, September 3, 2009
By: Barry Segal
The attorney for a runaway teen who claims her Muslim parents threatened to kill her for converting to Christianity alleged Monday the Ohio mosque the girl's family attends has ties to Islamic terrorist organizations such as al-Qaida.
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"Church" Isn't in the New Testament!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
It's true. Our much used and loved term "church" isn't in the New Testament. But could it be that name for "church" that we've become so accustomed to conveys something that leaves out or presents an alternative picture to what God had in mind for the Body of Messiah?
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Olmert to Face Trial
Monday, August 31, 2009
By: Barry Segal
For the first time in the history of the State of Israel, a person who served as prime minister will sit on the defendant's bench.
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Objection: "The only thing that keeps a lot of people in the Christian faith -- including Jews -- is the fear of hell."
Thursday, August 27, 2009
By: Mike Brown
Of the multiplied thousands of followers of Jesus that I know around the world -- both Jews and Gentiles -- I can not think of one who continues to follow Jesus primarily because of the fear of hell, let alone only because of the fear of hell. We follow him because we love him and we recognize him to be our Messiah.
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Who Is Rebuilding The Temple?
Thursday, August 27, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
When God sent Ezra, then Nehemiah back to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple, he sent specific men to do it with them. OK, true they may have volunteered, but it was God who was behind their choice to go, as you will see. Today God is rebuilding His temple to be the holy place of His indwelling in Spirit and in truth.
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Dead Sea Among Finalists
Thursday, August 27, 2009
By: Barry Segal
The Dead Sea is among 14 finalists in a global Internet vote next year to choose the 7 wonders of the natural world, organizers said on Tuesday.
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Israeli Diplomacy in the Face of European Anti-Semitism
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
By: Sarah Ann Haves
In recent days, a rift has been caused between the Israeli and Swedish governments over false reporting in a Swedish newspaper which accused Israel of blood libel. The popular Swedish daily, Aftonbladet, with a reported mass circulation of just under 1.5 million copies daily, claims that Israel's Defense Forces (IDF) kidnapped and murdered Palestinian Arabs in order to harvest their organs for transplanting.
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Iran Appoints Terrorist
Monday, August 24, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak slammed the appointment of a new government minister by Iranian President Ahmadinejad over the weekend, noting the new official had been involved in a terror attack on the Buenos Aires Jewish community center.
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Israel Aids Taiwan
Thursday, August 20, 2009
By: Barry Segal
In the wake of Typhoon Morakot, the deadliest storm to hit Taiwan in recorded history, Israel has sent a shipment of emergency aid to the area hardest hit.
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Netanyahu Shocked By Lynching
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
By: Barry Segal
PM Binyamin Netanyahu expressed his shock Saturday in response to the lynching of a 59-year-old Jewish man Friday night by a gang of intoxicated young Arab men.
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Being Holy As He Is Holy
Monday, August 17, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
If we are to truly represent Yeshua to the world, should we not be holy as He is holy "because it is written, 'You shall be holy, for I am holy'" (Peter 1:16). Just as mankind was originally created in God's image, for those of us who are born again, we are to represent Yeshua's "image" to the world.
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Fatah Elects New Leaders
Friday, August 14, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Once again, Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party, the Palestinian faction the international community wants everyone to view as "moderate," has proved itself to be anything but.
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Objection: "Christianity calls on its followers to exhibit unnatural emotions and feelings..."
Thursday, August 13, 2009
By: Mike Brown
Could it be that what you call 'unnatural emotions and feelings' are actually lower, more base human attitudes, while the ethical behavior that Jesus requires from his followers actually reflects higher, more lofty, spiritual attitudes? Maybe not everything that is 'natural' is good and not everything that is 'unnatural' is bad!
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Upon This Rock...What Rock is that?
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
Things were going really well in Yeshua's ministry, and the miracles were increasing and it seemed like almost all in Israel were following Him, or at least talking about Him. The air of expectation was electric with assurance that the redemption of Israel was finally "at hand."
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Fatah Voting Delayed
Monday, August 10, 2009
By: Barry Segal
As the Fatah conference in Bethlehem continues past its original Thursday deadline, new rifts within the party have been revealed.
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Christian Deaths In Pakistan
Friday, August 7, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Hundreds of armed supporters of an Islamic terrorist group, burned dozens of Christian homes in Gojra over the weekend after allegations that a copy of the Koran had been defiled. The mob opened fire indiscriminately, threw gas bombs and looted houses as thousands of frightened Christians ran for safety.
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Objection: "Judaism is a healthy religion. Jews don't see the world as intrinsically evil..."
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
By: Mike Brown
This is an exaggerated and inaccurate statement. Traditional Jews see this world as the corridor to the world to come but stresses the importance of life in this world. As for Christians, while stressing the importance of the world to come, they have been responsible for the building of more hospitals, the feeding of more hungry people, and the establishment of more educational institutions than all other religions of the world combined.
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Testimony, Tithe, Power & Puppy Dogs
Monday, August 3, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
Periodically I share with you, dear readers, some of the questions that come to me from some of you. So here are a few of what your sisters and brothers have on their hearts. Maybe they will answer some of your own questions. Blessings upon you as your read them.
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Netanyahu Freezes Construction
Monday, August 3, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Israeli PM Netanyahu ordered a halt to the construction of 900 new apartments in the eastern Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev following his meeting with special US envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell last week.
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Messianic Jews Joining IDF
Friday, July 31, 2009
By: Barry Segal
The local Messianic Jewish community received positive coverage from Israel's Jerusalem Post newspaper earlier this week.
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Objection: "Jews don't believe that the Messiah will come twice."
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
By: Mike Brown
Judaism actually has many different traditions about the coming of the Messiah, including beliefs that there are two messiahs who will each come once, as well as beliefs that there is a potential Messiah present in each generation.
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What's Your Jesus Like?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
We had an interesting discussion in my Kosher Bible Study group this week which led to prayer for some healing of emotions with regard to our attitudes toward what we allow ourselves to enjoy and love.
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The Grace to Forget Past Disappointments
Monday, July 27, 2009
By: Bobby Conner
Have you ever entertained any of these thoughts: "Why didn't I....? I never should have...! If only he had... I'll never be able to forgive..."
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The Battle Over Jerusalem
Monday, July 27, 2009
By: Sarah Ann Haves
A key issue expected to be in the forefront of Israel's diplomatic discussions with the United States, Europe, and the international community is the status of Jerusalem. The current disagreement regarding a settlement freeze, in dispute between U.S. and Israeli officials, points not only to building construction in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria), but also to the building of apartments in East Jerusalem.
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N Korea Executes Christian Woman
Monday, July 27, 2009
By: Barry Segal
North Korea has publicly executed a Christian woman for distributing the Bible, which is banned in the communist nation, South Korean sources said Friday.
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Israel Responds to Hamas Attacks
Friday, July 24, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Following at least three attacks from Hamas-controlled Gaza on Israeli targets in the past several days, the IDF briefly entered Gaza on Tuesday to destroy a building from where attacks were perpetrated.
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Objection: "Judaism doesn't believe in a suffering Messiah."
Friday, July 24, 2009
By: Mike Brown
That is not true. From the Talmud until our own day, important Jewish traditions have acknowledged the Messiah's suffering.
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The Rapture & The Great Commission
Friday, July 24, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
I was filled with images of the Lord's return to earth in holy splendor while contemplating the contents of this article with the Lord, when a friend called. We had a discussion about my previous article related to the soon anticipated rapture.
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The Coming Apostolic Movement
Friday, July 24, 2009
By: Paul Keith Davis
Over the course of several weeks the Holy Spirit has once again given several prophetic experiences pointing to the coming apostolic movement. Although the Western Church has several ministries that are functioning in apostolic ways, we have yet to see the true demonstration of New Testament apostolic ministry the way it will be revealed before the end comes.
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The Rapture & The Glory of God
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
Israel is always God's indication of where we are in prophetic history. Consider this verse: "Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness in the last days" (Hosea 3:5). King David, of course, was a pre-cursor to Messiah Yeshua, the One who is forever King of the Jews.
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PM Rejects US Demand
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Jerusalem is the "unified capital of Israel and the capital of the Jewish people, and sovereignty over it is indisputable," PM Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday, responding to an American demand to put an end to a housing project to be built in east Jerusalem.
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Objection: "Jews don't believe in a divine Messiah."
Friday, July 17, 2009
By: Mike Brown
Judaism has never had one, official, universally accepted set of beliefs concerning the Messiah, but it is true that traditional Jewish teaching does not speak unequivocally of a divine Messiah. However, Jewish tradition often describes a highly exalted Messiah as well as a preexistent Messiah, so much so that Jewish scholars have sometimes spoken of the 'semi-divine' or 'quasi-divine' nature of the Messiah according to these traditions.
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Clinton Warns Iran
Friday, July 17, 2009
By: Barry Segal
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday gave Iran an ultimatum to accept the administration's offer for engagement and join the international community or to "continue down a path of further isolation."
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Finding Peace in Uncertain Times
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
By: Bobby Conner
People world-over are increasingly desperate to know what tomorrow will bring, frantic to prepare for the future. Global changes are coming rapidly--and no sooner than we've adjusted to these changes, new realities explode into our world.
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Egypt Arrests Terror Cell
Monday, July 13, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Egyptian authorities announced Thursday that police had arrested 25 members of a terrorist cell. The cell was led by a Palestinian Authority Arab and had ties to terrorist groups in Gaza.
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IAF to Train Overseas
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
By: Barry Segal
On the day US Vice President Joe Biden appeared to give Israel a green light to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat, it became known the Israel Air Force plans to participate in aerial exercises in the US and Europe in the coming months with the aim of training its pilots for long-range flights.
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Israelis Face Major Price Hikes
Monday, July 6, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Israelis on Wednesday saw the prices of basic state goods go up by one percent following an increase of sales tax to 16.5%. That means the price of bread, salt and other common staple goods has increased by an amount that will greatly impact the country's poorer sectors of society.
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Objection: "Jews don't need to repent."
Monday, July 6, 2009
By: Mike Brown
On the contrary, repentance is one of Judaism's foundations! That's why our own traditional literature from the Talmud to the Prayerbook to Maimonides to contemporary Jewish thinkers is filled with teaching on repentance and prayers of repentance.
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Barack Obama Sees Jewish Settlements as Key to World Peace
Monday, July 6, 2009
By: Shira Sorko-Ram
Obama has sounded his trumpet. He has publicly and repeatedly demanded that (1) Israel freeze all construction in the settlements on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem, (2) Israel proclaim its endorsement of creating a Palestinian state and dividing Jerusalem - with the Old City becoming the Islamic capital of Palestine. (3) Israel immediately destroy all settlement "outposts" that were built without government approval (because of past pressure from American presidents).
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Follow the Helper--and Choose Life!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
By: Bobby Conner
Life is filled with choices! Studies report that we make more than 2,500 choices every day! Imagine just the first ten minutes of your day. What do you choose to think as soon as you wake and your eyes open? What do you choose to do as soon as your feet hit the floor?
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Objection: "Judaism does not believe in original sin or a fall of man. We do not believe..."
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
By: Mike Brown
There may be some confusion with our terms. Messianic Jews and Christians believe that we have fallen from the ideal state in which we were created, and now moral corruption is an inescapable part of our nature. We do not believe that people are totally and completely sinful, incapable of doing or choosing anything good. Rather, we believe that by nature we are hopelessly prone to sin and thoroughly entangled with sin.
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Iranian Crackdown
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Some 2,000 Iranians have been arrested and hundreds more have disappeared since the regime decided to crush dissent. Prominent Iranian actors, actresses, writers and singers were seized over the weekend for supporting the demonstrators.
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Iran Charges Slain Man's Family for Bullets
Monday, June 29, 2009
By: Barry Segal
The family of an Iranian man killed in a demonstration against the country's contested presidential election has been ordered to pay the equivalent of $3,000 for the bullets that took his life, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Being His
Friday, June 26, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
I've been having a somewhat on-going conversation with someone who has been struggling with her flesh just refusing to die. She never seems to be able to be dead enough despite her trying to "die daily" as per Paul's words in his letter to the Corinthians. I remember being there myself.
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Jewish Students Banned from University Lecture
Thursday, June 25, 2009
By: Barry Segal
Jewish students at Haifa University were outraged days ago when staff informed them they would be barred from attending a lecture by the controversial leader of the Islamic Movement in northern Israel. Islamic Movement director Sheikh Raed Salah delivered a venom-filled rant against Israel, and openly identified himself with the Jewish state's enemies.
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Passing Love Forward
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
God sent me an angel this week. He came in the form of a furniture delivery man. OK, maybe not a real angel but certainly a messenger of comfort. I was feeling saddened by the incident of a man opening fire with a rifle in the Holocaust Museum this past week.
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Objection: "Jewish people don't need a middleman."
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
By: Mike Brown
It all depends on what you mean by 'middleman.' If you mean no Jew could ever pray to God without a go-between acting on their behalf, I agree with you: We don't need a middleman. If you mean that any individual Jew (or, the entire nation) could come into God's presence at any time, without a divinely ordained agent first going to God on his or her behalf, I disagree with you.
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Give Peace A Chance
Monday, June 15, 2009
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his long anticipated speech at Tel Aviv's Bar-Ilan University on Sunday night, June 14, to a local audience of mostly conservative Israelis, international diplomats, and journalists. In his nearly 30 minute speech, broadcast to a global audience, Netanyahu mentioned the word "peace" 43 times, hoping that the Palestinians and Arabs will eventually give peace a chance in the troubled Middle East.
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Walking in the Goodness of God
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
As periodically happens, just as I'm writing an article someone sends me an email that speaks to the topic of the article. A precious woman I have become friends with wrote of an illness she was recently experiencing, saying that she had been told by a "prophetic friend" that the devil will attack your body as you're ministering for the Lord as she was moving forward with a significant project for the Lord.
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Our Consolation During Times of Darkness
Monday, June 8, 2009
By: Paul Keith Davis
On July 31, 2008 while in Red Deer, Alberta Canada for a conference, the Lord took me into a very interesting and enlightening revelatory experience.
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Objection: "The Christian concept of salvation is contrary to the Hebrew Bible and Jewish traditon. Jews don't need saving!
Monday, June 8, 2009
By: Mike Brown
It seems to me that you misunderstand the biblical concept of salvation, be it 'Christian' or 'Jewish.' You probably think of salvation in the Hebrew Bible in terms of earthly deliverance and preservation, whereas you understand salvation in the New Testament in totally spiritual terms, referring only to the salvation of the soul.
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Ever Been "Sign Dancing"?
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
I regularly meet folks (a number through email) who are delighted to learn more of the Jewish roots of their faith, saying that it brings them closer to the Lord through a greater understanding of what Yeshua said or did. But some, I fear, sound like they are drifting into more of a focus on Torah than on Yeshua.
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Objection: "If the death of Jesus fulfilled the image of the sacrifial system, why do the prophets..."
Monday, June 1, 2009
By: Mike Brown
I'm actually glad that you raised this objection, since it has the merit of acknowledging the importance of sacrifices and offerings in the prophetic books (which is the exact opposite of the premise of objection 3.9). However, from our current vantage point, it is difficult for us to know exactly what God was speaking through the prophets concerning a future Temple with restored sacrifices.
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The Comings & Goings of Blessings
Monday, June 1, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
I've had some rewarding interactions with some homeless folks in our town as I've come across them. When I ask them if they know the Lord Jesus, hoping to perhaps lead them to the Lord if they didn't, I was at first shocked to hear them say yes.
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The Dangers of a Comprehensive Peace Deal
Friday, May 29, 2009
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Pro-Israel supporters have been focused on the new relationship between U.S. President Barak Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The international community has been waiting for a new Middle East peace initiative to come forth from the Obama Administration that will set the agenda for peace negotiations in the region over the next several years.
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Birth of a Nation, Birth of a Kingdom
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
Shavuot is about birthdays. It will take place beginning sundown May 28th to sundown May 30th this year (2009). Shavuot has great historical and spiritual significance for Israel and for the church.
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Holy Laughter - What's it all about?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
By: Kathie Walters
I've been in prayer meetings which had a very serious tone - and suddenly the spirit of laughter has descended. When we were coming into revival years ago I remember someone saying they had read an account of revival in a book- and in this revival at the time, there was a lot of weeping. Our church thought, "Well maybe we should weep because maybe God likes weeping, maybe it's a way of being holy."
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God's Healing Delivery Systems
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
By: James Goll
God wants us to be well! But, God has more than one assembly line available to Him by which He delivers the finished product. Obviously, conditions must be met in order to receive from the Lord. A knowledge of the Father's love, faith in the completed work of the Cross of Christ, and patient abiding in the Word of God are but a few of these essentials.
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Being Legalistic About Not Being Legalistic
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
Freedom in the Lord and His peace is the yardstick by which we must measure what we believe He is saying to us. Even when He asks something hard of us, there is still peace with Him and that's the bottom line.
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Objection: "I can't believe that the death of Jesus paid for my sins..."
Friday, May 15, 2009
By: Mike Brown
The specific laws in the Torah regarding the sprinkling of the blood on the altar had to do with the sacrifices offered on that altar. In those cases, specific regulations applied.
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Staying on the Glory Path, No Matter What
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
In the beginning of creation, God spoke light into existence when darkness covered the earth.
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Objection: "Even if I admit that we need blood atonement, I still won't believe in Jesus. God wanted the blood..."
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
By: Mike Brown
All of us know that God is not interested in human sacrifice. But are you aware that the Hebrew Scriptures, the Talmud, as well as the New Testament teach clearly that the death of the righteous has atoning power?
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On Challenging God
Friday, May 1, 2009
By: Lonnie Lane
I met a delightful man recently, a doctor, who was raised in a church denomination not known for its power or sense of the presence of the Lord, at least not since the 1500's.
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Objection: "The book of Jonah totally shoots down all your arguments about sacrifice and atonement..."
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
By: Mike Brown
Did you know that traditional Judaism, based on the Torah, teaches that the Temple sacrifices made atonement for the Gentile world?
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