Arab Christian Pastor Thankful to be an Israeli

We were blessed with so many fantastic speakers at the ICEJ/ACLI Conference earlier this week, and I want to share about one of the most interesting speakers of the event, Pastor Saleem Shalash.  Pastor Shalash is an Arab Christian living in Nazareth (Jesus' boyhood hometown), shepherding Home of Jesus the King congregation. His gratitude for …

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Israel at 70: A View from the Israeli Minister of Public Diplomacy and a Jewish Author

At the ICEJ/ACLI Conference in Washington DC, we were privileged to hear from Israeli Minister of Public Diplomacy, Yaron Gamburg, gave an exciting speech about the history of Israel.  In regard to Israel today, he mentioned three key things of which everyone should know: Land - As we know, God's covenant with Abraham promised Israel …

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Muslim Woman Comes to Faith in the Jewish Messiah

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob loves the descendants of Ishmael and draws them to Himself.  Furthermore, those descendants of Ishmael were created with the same internal yearning to know God that we all have...it's just that they think His name is Allah!  (See In Search of the One True God) For some, their …

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Hebron: Testament to Abraham’s Friendship with God

"...and he was called a friend of God." Abraham had a very unique relationship with God.  It was through Abraham that God made a covenant to provide land and descendants forever.  God made Abraham the Father of the Jews, and it was through Abraham and his descendants that the entire world would be blessed with …

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