Greetings friends, and welcome back! I am spending time meditating on Anne Graham Lotz’s 911: An Urgent Call to Pray for Jerusalem, and you’re invited to meditate along with me! Anne’s prayer includes these words: “In this present worldwide climate of unbridled evil, we are becoming desperate! Nations are unraveling. Wars are raging. There are …
Tag: Ephesians
Is Peace with Hamas Possible?
The most recent 72-hour ceasefire which went into effect at midnight Monday and expired at midnight on Thursday was violated just hours before the end when at least 5 rockets were fired into Israel. The IDF responded by striking launch sites in Gaza. Hamas has reportedly denied responsibility for those rockets.Despite the skirmish, the two …
Gaza Conflict: A View from the Qur’an
Welcome back, friends! Yesterday I introduced a view of the Gaza conflict through the lens of Scripture, and promised to attempt to do the same through the lens of the Qur'an. I want to be careful how I approach this, as I am not a scholar of Islam. Nor is my intent to incite anger …
Gaza Conflict: A Different Perspective
The news continues to flow out of Israel and the Gaza Strip, and there is only so much one can say about indiscriminate rocket fire on innocent Israeli citizens, and responses of Israeli airstrikes on terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip. So, today I want to focus a little differently. When it comes to the …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 