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Both Jews and Gentiles have been gathering to pray – in Israel and in the UK – for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the countdown to Shavuot/Pentecost. As part of this, a Global Day of Prayer for the Jewish world is planned for June 7 and 8. Amidst […]
Charles Gardner The process of trying to get one’s head around the full depths of depravity that was the Holocaust is a daunting challenge. But the latest testimony I have read comes close. As graphically told in The Stable Boy of Auschwitz (Thread 2023), written with Dexter Ford, Heinz Oster […]
An intriguing novel about peace in the Middle East How do you solve the Middle East conflict? This is the theme of an intriguing new book, The Chandelier Maker (published by Saffron Planet), which is both quirky and revolutionary. Steve Maltz, prolific author of more than 30 books often dealing […]
When the new-born Jesus was dedicated at the Temple, a righteous man called Simeon pronounced that he would be “a light for revelation to the Gentiles and the glory of your people Israel” (Luke 2:32). Yes – Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah, who changed the world forever, is the glory of […]
Church leaders everywhere, as well as national heads of state, should learn the lesson from the ignominious downfall of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. For he touched the apple of God’s eye and has severely injured, not only himself, but the worldwide institution he has led. Though his alleged cover-up […]
An overnight stay at Helmsley in the North York Moors has added fresh impetus to my ongoing calling to the Jewish people. My wife and I were giving my New Zealand sister, Penny, a taste of the beauty in our midst, but I too was once again blown away by […]
There is growing evidence that Christian support for Israel in their hour of need is encouraging Jewish people to consider Jesus and the New Testament. As the horror of war on seven fronts has held the nation in a constant state of tension and fear, God has been moving powerfully […]
I get the impression that there’s a people group who sometimes feel forgotten, living as they do on the other side of the world – Down Under! I should know, because I have close family there. So I will try to remedy this. I have just received a glowing report […]
I have just been sent a Daily Express newspaper cutting dated June 9 1967, full of smiling faces as Israel swept to victory in the Six-Day War. Described as “pictures of victory…of a people happy to be in complete control – for the first time in nearly 2 000 years […]
It seems the Christian West is particularly out of sync with Israel this year, with Easter and Passover separated by several weeks – they are usually much closer together despite following different calendars. And it comes against the background of rising pressure from supposedly friendly nations to reward terrorism by […]