Reflections on 2016

What a year!  Despite so much chaos in our world, there is so much for which to be thankful.  Tomorrow we'll look toward 2017, but today let's reflect on 2016. January: We began the year asking questions such as: Are we sleeping? and Is there Hope for America?  While I believe many churches are asleep at …

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US Senate Overwhelmingly Passes the Iran Sanctions Extension Act

On Thursday, the United States Senate voted 99-0 to extend the Iran Sanctions Act for another 10 years.  This follows a 419-1 vote in the US House of Representatives on November 15., and signals a very united front against the threat of Iranian violation of the nuclear deal.  (Read a complete report from AIPAC here.) …

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Now is the Time…Please Help Honor An American Hero and Friend of the Jews

Hi friends!  Today's post is somewhat personal, in that I'm going to ask a personal favor.  Will you join me in bringing honor to a man well worth honoring? In December 2015 I had the blessed privilege to meet Chris Edmonds, a fellow student at a Christian Leaders Seminar at Yad Vashem (Israel's Holocaust Museum …

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A Politician Who Supports Israel

Back in March I had the privilege of traveling to Washington DC for the AIPAC Policy Conference.  (AIPAC = American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the largest pro-Israel lobbying group in the US)  While there, 18,000 AIPAC delegates flooded Capitol Hill to visit every single Congressman regarding support of Israel. To my pleasant surprise, though the …

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