A Messianic Jewish root to Christmas? I can almost hear some of you think aloud, “Impossible… an oxymoron … mishighas!” But I hope you’ll hear me out. If you do, I daresay you’ll be blessed with fresh insight and inspiration. The Messianic Jewish root to Christmas has nothing to do…...
Middle East Prayer Update – December 1, 2011
Shalom from the Middle East—where apart from the Living Presence of the Lord Yeshua, everything except “shalom” seems to be erupting. The nations surrounding us are in spiritual and natural upheaval. As previously stable governments in the region implode, Israel is preparing for what may soon follow: waves of terror…...
The Arab-Israeli Conflict and President Obama’s Speech
Yesterday on May 19, President Obama gave a speech on recent events in the Middle East. This address may well shape events unfolding in the near future which pertain to Israel. While most of the President’s speech concerned the “Arab Spring” uprisings throughout the region, the last quarter of the…...
Prayer Points for Israel at the New Year
Gilad Shalit: A Prophetic Perspective Negotiations continue for the release of Gilad Shalit, the young Israeli soldier kidnapped 3 ½ years ago and held captive by Hamas in Gaza. For his return, Hamas demands an exchange of nearly 1,000 terrorists from Israeli jails. Some of the terrorists are major Hamas…...
Prophetic Perspective on the News
Abounding shalom to you in whatever circumstances this letter finds you. As we write, Israel is on the miraculous brink of celebrating her 62nd birthday tomorrow. The Jewish State was officially re-born on May 14, 1948, the 6th of Iyar according to the Jewish lunar calendar, which falls this year…...
Seed of the Woman, Seed of War
The phenomenon of anti-Semitism has puzzled Christians and nonChristians, Jews and non-Jews, sociologists and prophets alike for millennia. Why does the world persist in despising to death the Jewish nation, no matter what they do—or do not? The root of this ancient hatred traces all the way back to the…...