Batya Ungar-Sargon is a high-up editor with Newsweek Magazine. This is a pretty prestigious position. I found out about her from an article in the Jerusalem Post. In the article, she professed that she had awakened from being part of …
Loss of the Moral Vision of the West
The protest movement against Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza is the most bizarre protest to my knowledge. We studied protest movements as part of history; the protest that led to the beginning of English rights and the Magna Carta …
The Government and Standards of the Body of Messiah, comments on Rev. 2, 3
In my book Passover, Key to the Book of Revelation, I give a reasonable interpretation of Chapters 2 and 3 as preparation for tribulation. These letters fit the circumstances of the first century when they were written, but will apply …
Israel’s Radical Right Religious Nationalists Where should we as Yeshua’s Disciples stand? The First Century Zealot Movement, Parallel to Today
In the first century, there was a Messianic movement that believed that the way to see Israel’s redemption was to rise up against Rome in revolt and to cast them out of the Land of Israel. They were the Zealots. …
Abortion, the Pope and Donald Trump
Donald Trump today invited three responses when he said that abortion policy was up to the States by legislators or referendums. He got pushback against this from the left who were angry over the Supreme Court decision and wanted a …
Israel-Hamas War
The Jerusalem Post was filled today with evaluations of the state of the war with Hamas and what we should do. Not all agreed, but there was a good deal of very good commentary. My own reflections this week agreed …
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PRAYER, KANSAS CITY, A PERSONAL RESPONSE
Not long ago I signed onto a joint statement on the present situation at IHOPKC. However, my main emphasis and reason in supporting this statement was again to call for an impartial judicial eldership board. Only this can finally bring …
What We Believe in the Heart
For many Western analysts, the problems of the world are rooted in the material conditions of the people. Then, some problems are rooted in a sense of the lack of dignity and self-determination. Applying this to the Israel-Arab-Palestinian situation, some …
Israel’s Strategy on a Temporary cease-fire and the Hostages
Israel is under enormous pressure from two directions. First, world leaders want a ceasefire in Gaza due to the number of civilian deaths in the Gaza War. They lie about what the International Laws of war say, and which laws …
What is Civilization?
This is just a little piece of reflection on what is civilization. For some civilization refers to societies with civilized behavior. This would be connected to the word civil and hence treating people in civil or respectful ways. However, many …