MESSIANIC HEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST By Mitch Glaser "The achievements and witness of Jewish believers during the Holocaust and especially in the Warsaw Ghetto are essentially unknown to most present day Jewish believers. We stand on the shoulders of these heroes of the Holocaust - the Jewish believers of the...
Finished the conference in Jerusalem and today we hired an Arab driver to take us to Shechem, Mount Gerazim, and Ramallah in the West Bank. On board are Tim Sigler (Moody Bible Institute), Richard Averbeck (TEDS), Randall Price (Liberty U.), and Jim Sibley (Israel College of the Bible), among others,...
So-called "Christian" leaders and denominations are partakers in our culture's continuing demise when they approve and even applaud the very sins and perversions that are helping to take us down. It's reminiscient of pre-exilic OT times when Israel's corrupt clergy was coddling and reassuring the nation and telling them that...
Here's a significant development, reported by the New York Times. It's been years since Turkey has allowed the US to use its air bases as a staging area for military operations in the Middle East. The US and Turkey announced today that they have reached an agreement that will change...
Some people are saying we should at least give the new Iran nuke agreement a chance to work. Ordinarily, that might not be a bad approach. But in this instance, there is no room for error because the consequences of Iran's non-compliance could be cataclysmic. Remember: they believe it's okay...
THE GIFT OF CULTIVATING GREATNESS A grandson of slaves, a boy was born in 1901 in a rough neighborhood of New Orleans known as the “The Battlefield.” His father abandoned the family when the child was an infant. His mother became a prostitute and the boy and his sister went...
The shooting earlier today in Chattanooga was an act of Islamic terrorism. Yes, I know—my definition of Islamic terror is much broader than that of the US administration. In my book, any time a Muslim murders a non-Muslim, it's an act of Islamic terror. I don't really care whether or...
Coming soon to a court near you ... A sharia judge in the UK evidently thinks sharia (Muslim) law should trump local, civil law. We have at least one sharia court here in Texas. Its purpose is to adjudicate disputes between Muslims – similar to Jewish courts that mediate disputes...
Not long ago, Marcia and I were strolling through Brooklyn with some friends from Life in Messiah and we saw the new Lubavitcher HQ. Here's a little card they hand out to passers by. Just FYI, if you're not familiar with the Noahide Laws, there's a pretty decent article on...
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taking a proactive approach to combatting anti-Semitism worldwide. This isn't a jazzy news item–just a report about lots of down-in-the-trenches hard work in the political arena. http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Conferences-Seminars/GFCA2013/Pages/The-5th-Global-Forum-for-Combating-Antisemitism.aspx
Some of our friends have been asking what we think about the elections that are just now taking place in Israel. I personally like Bibi Netanyahu and would be voting for him if I was an Israeli. Nonetheless, I also recognize that the Messianic movement in Israel is diverse and...
If you're interested in the creation vs. evolution debate, you might want to check out the Nota Bene Science & Culture Update. Here's an article from ENV that's featured in the current issue of the Update. With so much hokey and half-baked "creationist" stuff online these days, you'll find Nota...
Just received this pic from Israel tonight. It shows Ruth Nessim, one of our Israeli staff members, reading from the story of Esther (in full queenly regalia) during Purim at one of our Messianic congregations in the north. Ruthie is really decked out! We're looking forward to seeing everyone soon....
This is about the best answer I've ever seen to the question "Why Israel?" It's by our good friend Wayne Hilsden, pastor of King of Kings community in Jerusalem. We were just with Wayne and Ann in NYC last week, in fact! http://firm.org.il/whyisrael/
We're not singling out Islam as the sole example of counterfeit religion because we could make similar points about many different religious groups. But militant Islamic fundamentalism is a pretty good case in point because it upholds a belief system that includes a counterfeit gospel, a counterfeit Messiah, a counterfeit...
Let Israel intercept one Gaza-bound boat that turns out not to be carrying illegal weapons or contraband—and the mainstream media howls like they've been hit by a falling piano! But when the blockade stops a boat carrying rocket components, you can hear crickets chirping in the back of the room....
The news about ISIL (sometimes called IS or ISIS) is so tragic and bleak, the reporting is virtually always dark and negative in nature. But here's a bright light from the Wilberforce Initiative explaining positive steps that we can take to help counter the genocidal onslaught of ISIL against the...
Yet another reason why the State of Israel, in spite of its shortcomings (both real and imagined), is still important, even in 2015 (see article below). It's not merely an antiquated solution to an extinct problem (anti-Semitism). On the contrary, the Jewish State is a beacon of hope and a...
AI stands for Artificial Intelligence. It refers to computers/software that's designed to mimic human consciousness. "Intelligence" is sometimes described as interacting successfully with one's environment and engaging in problem-solving. The scientist who coined the term in the mid-1950s defined artificial intelligence as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines."...
