In the past two weeks, Israel has commemorated Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day), and finally celebrated Yom Ha’atzma’ut (Independence Day). In the late 1940’s, the horrific death of 6 million of God’s precious people made the world sorry for a split second. This opened the door for the dry bones of the battered Jewish people to return to their homeland, only to have to fight and overcome, against all odds, the armies of five surrounding Ar

The Lion Roars: Confronting the Spirit of Christian Complacency Complacent Christianity is not the calling of our Lord and Master. A King—the King of kings—was bold, without kneeling to the evil of the age. He spoke, He talked, He confronted, and He showed mercy and compassion, all with authority and grace. He did not shrink back when He was confronted by evil, nor did he shrink back when He was confronted by the faith of those in need. The Messiah, the Son of David, and King

My husband tells a story of a time when he was a little boy. He was rapidly running through the house with his younger brother chasing him. He chose to focus his attention on his brother, so with his head turned, staring intently behind him, he placed his arm forward to push open the storm glass door for a quick escape to the yard. Unfortunately, since he was not watching where he was going, he missed the latch, and the full force of his arm went through the glass door instea

Jerusalem Day is here again.  A time of solemn reflection on the past.  A time of recognition of where we are.  A time of joyful...