Focus on the Family Pulls "Pray for Rain" Video
Focus pulls video urging prayers for rain on ObamaBy Mark Barna
Focus on the Family Action pulled a video from its Web site today that asked people to pray for “rain of biblical proportions” during Barack Obama’s Aug. 28 appearance at Invesco Field in Denver to accept the Democratic nomination for president.
Article Continues… (Colorado Springs Gazette)
Honestly, [...]
Yet another Israeli Government Ruling that Hurts Christian Organizations
New Israeli regulations could cripple Christian ministriesBy Nicole Jansezian
Israel’s Ministry of Interior has decided to reinstate an old regulation that is threatening to cripple, if not shut down, several Christian ministries by limiting the time volunteers can spend serving in Israel to 27 months.
Article Continues… (Israel Today)
Admittedly, I need to do some more research on [...]
Pro-Israel vs. Pro-Palestine
By Rabbi Yehiel Poupko
A Midwest bible college recently held a program on “Christian Zionism.” Two presenters–whom I’ll call Professor Jones, a New Testament scholar, and Professor Smith, a Hebrew Bible scholar–discussed the topic, “The Theology of Israel and its Political Implications.”
Full Article (Christianity Today)
I post this only so people can see differing points of view [...]
Did Divine Intervention Fell Ariel Sharon?
n January 2006, when Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon had a stroke, permanently incapacitating him, the American evangelical leader Pat Robertson attributed Sharon’s medical condition to divine intervention resulting from Sharon’s withdrawal from Gaza a few months earlier.
Full Article (DanielPipes.org)
I have no idea if Robertson is right, as I’m no prophet and definitely not qualified [...]
Evangelical groups face visa hurdles
Prominent evangelical Christian organizations based in Israel are facing legal hurdles in obtaining long-term visas for their permanent staff to remain in the country, hampering their day-to-day activity, Israeli and organization officials said Monday.
The sticky legal issue, which comes at a time of burgeoning support for Israel in the evangelical Christian world, is under [...]
'Convert-or-Die' Minister to Lead Visit to IDF Army Base
(IsraelNN.com) A Christian group led by a minister who teaches that ten million Jews are destined to be killed plans to visit an IDF base next week. A Jerusalem City Council member is trying to stop the visit.
The group leader is Richard Booker, a Christian minister and the Founder/Director of the Institute for Hebraic-Christian Studies [...]
American Evangelicals divide over Israel
American Christian Zionist umbrella group Christians United for Israel (CUFI) sent a letter to US President George W. Bush earlier this week insisting that he stop pressuring Israel to surrender its biblical heartland for the creation of yet another Arab Muslim state.
The letter, which was released to the press on Tuesday, noted that “land-for-peace [...]
