Tikkun Olam: Our Chance to Participate!

Hey gang, Israel doesn't have the corner on the market in tikkun olam (making the world a better place), which we focused on yesterday.  In fact, I heard of a unique opportunity a few days ago. Kathie Lee Gifford (whose father was Jewish) is a very committed believer in Jesus Christ who uses her television celebrity …

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Israel: One of First to Provide Humanitarian Aid to Houston following Hurricane Harvey

Tikkun Olam is an important value in Israeli society.  Taken from passages of Scripture such as Isaiah 1:16-17 (remove evil, do good, seek justice, etc), tikkun olam in Hebrew means "to repair the world."  Israelis take that idea seriously and are, thus, often one of the first on scene when disaster strikes. The tiny nation (the size …

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Franklin Graham: “Raise Your Voice” for the Persecuted Church

"You love life, we love death." "We have come to drink your blood." ~Graffiti on the walls of a burned out church near Mosul Iraq Dear friends, ISIS and other terrorist groups are not just destroying buildings.  They are destroying lives.  Lives of innocent men, women and children who hold different religious beliefs than they …

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Let’s Get in the Game!

Welcome back, my battle-ready friends!  We’ve identified the first objective of our study: Exhort the Body of Christ to be ready!  Today we’ll turn our eyes toward the second of the three objectives: Exhort the Body of Christ to action It’s not enough that we simply be ready...we must also take action.  So let’s tackle …

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