Why Should Americans Stand with Israel?

Welcome back, friends! Yesterday we explored Who is Prepared to Stand with Israel, and today we'll talk about why.  If you have followed this blog, or if you have simply run across it a time or two, I hope it is obvious that I stand with Israel!  Not because Israel is perfect, and not at …

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This Sunday: “The Holocaust and Antisemitism”

Hi everyone!  As we approach International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27, 2016), I want to invite you to a special time of sharing.  The day after Thanksgiving I traveled to Israel to attend a Christian Leadership Seminar at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Research Center.  Christian Friends of Yad Vashem and the International Christian Embassy …

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2016: A Year of Prayer

Do you set New Year's resolutions?  I'm not opposed to them, but I have never been a "resolution person" myself.  For many years, though, it seems the Lord has given me a single word (or phrase) that morphs into a theme for the year.  Not ironically, the year is then filled with relevant Scripture passages …

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Enjoying Hanukkah in Jerusalem

חנוכה שמחה Happy Hanukkah!  What a blessing to have a free day in Jerusalem during Hanukkah.  Israelis "go big" in celebrating it, and I had a great time today witnessing the joy of the Jewish people! I did a lot of walking today and, because my hotel is right in the middle of things, I …

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