Passion Week Meditations: Palm Sunday

Passion Week is upon us. For Christians, it culminates in the most sacred events on our calendar: Jesus' death, burial and resurrection. However, as Jesus entered the Holy City of Jerusalem for the last time (until His soon return!), it initiated what we call Passion Week. The Old Testament prophesied of One to come who …

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Is the New Testament a Jewish Thing?

Happy Sunday, dear friends! As Israel-loving believers, I bet you have been told something to the effect that the Old Testament is the Jewish portion of the Bible, while the New Testament is the Christian portion. If you "really know your stuff," perhaps you are of the mind that, "No, actually Christians believe in the …

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“Don’t Call it the Old Testament!”

One thing I appreciate about my friends at One for Israel is their attention to Biblical detail and the ability of their scholars to painstakingly interpret the Word of God from the Hebrew perspective, which sometimes challenges our western mindset. For example, are the Old Testament and the Old Covenant the same thing? Why or …

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Our Only Hope is Jesus, Our Best Weapon is Prayer

The theme of our recent trip to Israel was God's Faithfulness. We discovered new depths of God's faithfulness to the land of Israel and His people as we studied God's Word in the very places it was written or written about. We sensed God's faithfulness to Elijah who called down fire and humiliated the prophets …

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