By Shira Sorko-Ram Reprinted with permission  from Maoz Ministries (Newsletter May 2007) In Israel the more ultra-rabbinical a sect, the less they read and study the Bible. Most ultra-Orthodox groups in Israel and elsewhere teach their young men the rabbinical books of the Talmud, and their average yeshiva student knows selected Biblical texts only through the [...]

There is something so special about the burning heart on fire with the words of God. Such a speaking cannot come from any other place than the secret place where a man has chosen to thrust himself into God to be burned away! Let these men call us deeper into the flame. Maybe you are [...]

  1 Jesus Christ is perfect theology. (Bill Johnson, youtube video, “Bringing Heaven to Earth”) 2 What is wrong with a Christian who possesses no spirit of prayer? No power with God? He is an infidel. (Charles Finney, “Power from on High” Chapter, the Spirit of Prayer) 3 The training of the disciples was the [...]

Editor’s Note: Also published on Townhall.com: Part 1 and Part 2 The recent cover of the French edition of Vogue magazine caused considerable controversy, and it was not because of the all too typical, female model featured in a sensual pose. Instead, it was the fact that the model this time was a 10 year-old [...]

by Christine Colbert Israel’s deputy minister of foreign affairs Danny Ayalon recently released a video that discusses Israel’s legitimate presence in the West Bank. In this brief video, he discusses historically verifiable facts like Israel’s capturing the West Bank from Jordan in 1967. He points out that there was no Palestinian state at this time. [...]

by Christine Colbert   The United States has long acted as the peace broker between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. But with negotiations at a standstill, Europe is emerging as a key player. In recent weeks Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas have sought to gain support of key European leaders. [...]

It was political strategist James Carville who coined the now-famous phrase that helped catapult Bill Clinton to the presidency, incessantly reminding him that, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Any candidate seeking to unseat President Obama in the 2012 elections will surely follow this same strategy. After all, the economy is in shambles and Americans are fed [...]

Concerning a division between the living Word as Christ and the written Word Concerning the division between the living word as Christ and the written word of scripture, I know there is no real basis to present an argument from the scriptures. For the scriptures are not the sole basis in your mind, but a [...]