When we hear the name of India we usually think of: its expanding economic and geo-political significance; its cricket achievements; its ancient Jewis…
The Land of Israel, Jesus and India
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Kelvin Crombie
Author and Australian Historian, Kelvin lived in Israel for almost twenty-five years.
He developed a childhood interest in Israel while reading of Australia’s military involvement in the Middle East during both World Wars. This awareness was triggered by the service of two uncles who served in the Middle East during the Second World War and particularly in one uncle who died at Tobruk in 1941. He also gained an early interest in the Australian Light Horse (mounted infantry) involvement in the Middle East. The Australian and New Zealand soldiers were known as ANZAC’s.
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Is the ANZAC Legacy at Risk?
There were three pivotal battles fought by Australian and New Zealand (ANZAC) soldiers during the First World War in the Middle East region. These we…
Anzacs, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran – is there a connection?
Semach & Hezbollah rockets over the Galilee On 25 September 1918 the Australia…
From Exile to Restoration (Part 1)
In 2023 Jewish and Christian peoples the world over are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel.
Jewish Christians in the Netherlands in the Holocaust
On 27 January 1945 Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, where an estimated 1.1 million Jewish people had been murdered.
A Story About Lives Saved
At almost all Anzac Day services we hear those profound words: ‘Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends.’ (John 15:13) Those profound words were spoken by Jesus—just a few hours before he experienced an excruciating death—a death He didn’t have to die, but a death He undertook knowing full well that his sacrifice would benefit many others. Jesus set the supreme example of self-sacrifice. In our Anzac history we have numerous examples of how our soldiers have sacrificed their lives for the sakes of others. Most of the accounts we hear of relate to actions on the battlefield, when soldiers have saved the lives of other soldiers. But I would like to present to you another perspective involving self-sacrifice for the benefit of others. This perspective revolves around the actions of our soldiers in saving the lives of innocent civilians, for whom death would most likely have resulted had our soldiers not intervened. I can only relate to you several such examples—and there are so many others even that I am not aware of. At the beginning of World War One the Ottoman Turkish regime began to implement a policy of […]