Brief Report from Christian Leadership Refresher

Jam packed days!  Those are the words that describe Christian Leadership Seminars led by Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Research Center!  If you missed yesterday's post, I am in Washington DC, where I have joined with over 100 other graduates of Leadership Seminars that were held over the past 6 years in Jerusalem.  What a …

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Reflections on a World Unraveling

We live in a different world today than a generation ago. Terrorist attacks have become commonplace (Wikipedia lists 94 so far in July 2016), governments throughout the Middle East are being challenged (Turkey just survived a coup attempt), much of the world is either threatening Israel (Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, others) or turning its back (Europe, …

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Outraged and Heartbroken

Friends, do you ever experience times of sheer outrage and heartbreak when you look at the condition of today's world?  Though I am supremely confident that our Lord God is firmly in control, we have to live in a world that is not only far from perfect, but walking away from from our gracious God …

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A Second Call of God upon Israel: A Suffering Call

Hi friends!  I want to press forward on the thought process begun a couple weeks ago (here and here), and continued day before yesterday.  We have established the idea that Israel is the vehicle chosen by God to bring redemption to the world.  The last part of Genesis 12:3 explains that, through Israel, God will …

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