All of you who come here regularly looking for recommendations of good TV shows are pretty disappointed, I know. But I have one for you. This was a Discovery Channel series that is now on DVD, which we checked out of the church library in preparation for a trip to the Kennedy Space Center. Entitled… Read More »
The experience of one Israeli Jew who ventured to read the New Testament in public might surprise you. From the Caspari Center Media Review: Ariel Shinbal was reintroduced to the concept of "conversion to Christianity" with a rude shock, according to his column in the religious weekly Makor Rishon last week (January 30). Having thought… Read More »
Here’s the latest edition of me helping you to spend your precious little time. Enjoy! John Walton has written a great little post on Zondervan Academic’s new blog on bad things people do in teaching children the Bible. I’m motivated to do something about it (tell a S.S. lesson, write a blog post, something). But… Read More »
A poll by Ynetnews found the following were the most popular stories in the Bible. It doesn’t say whether participants were allowed to choose stories from the whole (OT) Bible or not, but you can see that all are from the Pentateuch/Torah, 6 of them from Genesis. 1. Creation of the world (Genesis 1) –… Read More »
From Arutz-7: The burning of hundreds of New Testaments by yeshiva students in Or Yehuda last week was regrettable and unplanned, the city’s deputy mayor, the man who spurred the students to act, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Deputy Mayor Uzi Aharon of Shas used the opportunity of speaking to the Post, which publishes… Read More »
Arutz-7 has an article about the new campaign by Jews for Jesus, and it ties it in with the Bible Quiz boycott. I’ve heard that this month (which is the month of celebrating Israel’s 60th birthday) will be the most intensive ever with regard to advertisements about the faith. You can pray in that regard. … Read More »
According to some Orthodox Jews, there is a danger greater than the Nazis: Jewish believers in Yeshua. From the JPost: A group of religious Zionist rabbis have called for a boycott of this year’s International Bible Quiz after discovering that one of the four finalists from Israel is a Messianic Jew who believes Jesus is… Read More »
This might be of interest to some readers: In a landmark decision today, the Supreme Court of Israel ratified a settlement between twelve Messianic Jewish believers and the State of Israel, which states that being a Messianic Jew does not prevent one from receiving citizenship in Israel under the Law of Return or the Law… Read More »
If one of your new year’s resolutions was to pray more for the peace of Jerusalem, or if you just desire to do so more effectively, I have a suggestion for you (particularly for those of you who were at IBEX). You can pray more specifically if you get Meno’s monthly update. If you… Read More »
Last night, on the anniversary of the assassination of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israelis set fire to a church building in Jerusalem. The original building was burned to the ground by religious Jews in 1982, and a new building was constructed 11 years later. This building was set afire in multiple places last night,… Read More »