At church on Sunday an older lady saw our family (with 4 kids) and quite delighted and began to tell us how a nation has to have 2.1 kids per family to survive but how America only averages 1.7. And she blessed us for doing our part. I didn’t tell her that I’d be delighted… Read More »
I’ve been working on Matthew 15 today and have a pretty good idea of what “blind” is: someone who can’t see what is in front of him. What I don’t know is what you call someone who sees what is not in front of her.
I’ve mentioned Shevet Achim here before. Their ministry is to link Arab children who need heart surgeries with Israeli doctors who perform them for free. There are still expenses in transportation, documentation, housing, and hospital supplies. Right now Israeli doctors have requested that some Iraqi children whose lives are in danger be brought to Israel… Read More »
The fact that I like Dick Cheney probably tells you more about me than I want you to know, but I mention it here to say that I don’t mention this video clip in order to bash the guy. But I do think it quite interesting (and obviously prophetic) what he says about why the… Read More »
Walking through the Old City, I often noticed the many security cameras mounted high on the walls of the alleyways. I wondered if anyone was watching, and if so, how they kept from falling asleep. This weekend that footage came in handy, when an Israeli Arab grabbed the pistol of a security guard and shot him. … Read More »
This time last year a lot of the discussion on this blog concerned the Israel-Lebanon war (now dubbed by Israel the “Second Lebanon War” even though there is no official “First Lebanon War”). It’s interesting then what one Hezbollah official had to say yesterday. “The cease-fire acted as a life jacket for the organization [at… Read More »
An opinion piece today in the Jerusalem Post, by Michael Freund: Once upon a time, and it truly seems like it was a very long time ago, the State of Israel knew how to take swift and decisive action in order to protect its citizens and punish its foes. I know, dear reader, that may… Read More »
There are two things reported today by Arutz-7 that I think are worthy of notice. Sderot is an Israeli town in undisputed territory. It is not in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or the Golan Heights. The only ones who would claim that Israelis don’t have a right to live there are those who say that… Read More »
Some years ago I chose The Master’s College over UC Berkeley. Clearly the latter is a smarter school, right? Well, today’s news suggests otherwise. UC Berkeley has decided to ban students from participating in a summer excavation in Israel or otherwise receiving credit from courses taken in Israel. A professor at Hebrew University sees through… Read More »
My friend Josh mentions a recent speech by Benjamin Netanyahu in which he says, “It’s 1938 and Iran is Germany.” He also shares a lesson learned from a Holocaust survivor and the Single Bomb Theory. The former prime minister of Israel makes a good case that Israel is facing its gravest threat ever.… Read More »