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How I Came to Faith

I was born in Israel into a secular Jewish family with roots in the Land stretching back generations. My great grandfather was a pioneer farmer in the Galilee. My father was a commander in the Palmach naval fighting units, starting before the Israeli War of...

An Undivided Heart: Part Two

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard His word. But Martha was encumbered (orig: dragged...

An Undivided Heart: Part One

“Therefore, do not worry, saying ‘what shall we eat?’ or ‘what shall we drink?’ or ‘what shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek...

Entering Jerusalem on a Donkey

Jesus (Yeshua) is a different kind of king leading a different kind of kingdom. As part of his kingdom, we’re called to be a different kind of citizen. In Matthew 21, we find that Jesus simultaneously displayed both humility and authority. He told his disciples to go...

Full Circle: Time and Geography of God’s Salvation Plan

Isaiah 59 encapsulates God’s salvation plan through time and geography. The chapter starts by the prophet detailing the many sins of Israel (verses 1-15a). Then verses 15b – 16a show God’s grief concerning His people, before shifting to His response – both “salvation”...

To the Ends of the Earth

The book of Acts chronicles the spread of the gospel from Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).  What started in one geographic area, in thirty years expanded through Asia Minor, into major European cities, becoming tens of thousands...

Nazi History Repeated or Kingdom Revival?

Sometimes we become so familiar with our surroundings that we barely notice them. We become over-familiar with the beauty and also the ugly things. In the West, generations have been born, lived and died influenced by a world-view with its origins in the enlightenment...

Cultural and Ethnic Development

The first community of faith in Yeshua (Jesus) started on the day of Shavuot (Pentecost). There was an original core of 120 Jewish believers (Acts 1:14), made up primarily of native-born “Israelis” from the Galilee (Acts 1:11; 2:7). A careful reading of...

Be Holy or Do Holy?

The Marriage of Love and Holiness “According as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.” Ephesians 1:4 Holiness is not true holiness unless it’s rooted and grounded in...