Today I'll share final thoughts and insights from the Israel: Seventy and Strong Gala & Summit, sponsored by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) and American Christian Leaders for Israel (ACLI) earlier this week. (If you missed previous reports from the conference, please scroll back through the past few days of posts.) Israel's 70th anniversary …
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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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One of the major emphases during the ICEJ/ACLI Conference in Washington DC was the "Israel divide" in the millennial generation. Those born between 1980-2000 are into young adulthood now and are statistically less supportive of Israel than previous generations. According to polls, less than 45% of Millennials are supportive of Israel, while 27% sympathize more …
At the ICEJ/ACLI Conference this week, we were reminded of the significance of "jubilee years" throughout Israel's modern history. To place it in Biblical context, read Leviticus 25 (particularly verses 8-10)to discover the Lord's plan to designate years of jubilee every 50 years. Those years were established as years of redemption for those who gave up …
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