Followers of Yeshua The credibility of the leaders of the Body of Believers to speak on social and political issues is greatly compromised if they do not demonstrate the passion of Yeshua in identification and ministry with the poor and …
Palestinianism: An Ideology of Erasure
I was very impressed by an article on Einat Wilf by Herb Kenon, the frequent columnist in the Jerusalem Post. Wilf had been a higher up in the government of Ehud Barak when he sought to bring about a two-state …
Near Death Experiences or Death and Resurrection Experiences
I was taking the plane back from London after a week in Wales to teach at the Bible College of Wales. I decided to take a break from work, in this case, writing my memoirs during the flight. A 2010 …
Passages on Israel’s Restoration to the Land
In December, I engaged in a debate at Wheaton College with a professor who supports replacement theology regarding the Jewish people. We maintained a friendly tone. However, I do think my position came out stronger. Why?
The Call for a Holy People, a Sexually Pure People
Leadership Failures In recent years we have been bombarded with terrible leadership failures. Some were involved in adultery, even serial adultery. Some were found to have engaged in sexual harassment. Some are accused of grooming women much younger than them. …
Preventing Abuse
We are in a time of the publication terrible reports of abuse by church leadership, sexual abuse and other forms of leadership abuse: manipulation, domineering leadership, intimidation, control by anger etc. Of course, sexual abuse is at the top of the …
Culture Formation and Social Media
As we come into the New Year, may we see a great cultural shift. We have seen in the last years that when cultural influences and the culture formation elite use the levers of social media they can radically change …
My Flight with an Israeli Jewish Atheist
On my recent flight from Israel to the United States, I sat next to an Israeli Jewish atheist who grew up on a kibbutz. As we talked about Israel, the war, and Israeli and American politics, he noted that he …
The Religious Motive and Conflict
Many secular Westerners have great difficulty in dealing with world conflicts because they ignore the religious foundations or motives for such conflicts. Yes, there are also ethnic motives, and they may overlap with religious motives, but I want to …
Chanukah or Tisha Bav
Daniel Juster, Ph. D. and Senior Shaliach The War with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon Israel still fights the long war in Gaza and soon may fight an all-out war in Lebanon against the Iran proxy, Hezbollah. …