This is my fourth and last article sharing some thoughts from the Torah portion, or parsha, named Ekev—Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25—in which we read how Moses encourages the Israelites who are about to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land
My father was a Holocaust survivor. Whilst he did not talk about that time it was a pervasive influence on my upbringing. On his left hand were two large blue letters tattooed K L, which meant in German Concentration Lager or an inmate of the Nazi death camp.
Christians have long known God as the God of grace, mercy and love, as have the Jews since Moses interceded for his rebellious nation and God appeared to him as ‘The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger…
…On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. (Matt. 16:18) Am I the only one confused by this saying of Jesus? Hades is commonly understood to refer to Hell, but why would its gates be fighting against the Church?
Hamas is not an organisation. Hamas is better described as an organism not an organisation, and dealing with it at an organisational level just won’t work.
Have you heard of the term Replacement Theology? I’m sure you are familiar with this term, but it is the idea that the Christian Church has replaced the nation of Israel in God’s plan.
On the last day of Succot – Simchat Torah – the nation of Israel woke up to the worst mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust. What happened that day is indelibly etched on the Israeli psyche and will be for generations to come.
The world is still reeling from the horrific tragedies that took place in Israel on Oct 7th. 1,400 Israeli citizens were barbarically murdered by Hamas, and more than 200 were taken as hostages.
As Israel battles to remove the threat of barbarism and depravity to her citizens, it beggars’ belief to see what is going on in the world. Western democracies, themselves ultimately under similar threat…
The war has been going on for weeks, and there is no end in sight. While the focus of most of the country and most of the world has been on the war in Gaza, there is another front where Hamas is a real and viable threat against Israel
Frank van Oordt, director of Christians for Israel Netherlands, is in the city of Sderot in Southern Israel today to celebrate the final evening of Hanukkah. He shares his experience of being in the warzone.
The festival of Hanukkah which celebrates evil forces overthrown and the desecrated temple won back from the Selucid armies, has the delightful tradition of lighting candles each of the eight nights.