Features
From the Editor Mar/Apr 2025
My daughter, cute and kind with characteristic 3-year-old excitement, often asks me, “Is it time yet?” Whether she’s waiting to go to the park or...
Requirements for Retirement
Is there more to retirement for a Christian than rest and relaxation? I’m a product of The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry...
The Ultimate Passover Lamb
When Jesus entered Jerusalem on the foal of a donkey shortly before His crucifixion, more was transpiring than met the eye...
The Authority of God’s Kingdom
How close did Israel come to seeing a Davidic Kingdom on Earth again? So close, and yet, so far...
The God-Man’s Symphony
Like a composer conducting a score he wrote himself, Jesus orchestrated all the events of His death. It has been said...
To Calvary and Beyond
he resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Christian faith. Jesus told His disciples He would be killed, as prophesied in Scripture...
More In This Issue
Inside View Mar/Apr 2025
Since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, the magnitude of hatred for the Jewish state has been astounding. Anti-Israel protests on university...
A Gentile Ambassador With a Jewish Heart
One week after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States for a second term, he announced the...
ICC ‘Hangs Democracy Out to Dry’
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) recent decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
The Friends of Israel in Action Mar/Apr 2025
Israel’s war with terrorists in Gaza and Lebanon has changed life for Israelis forever. The Israeli people always have...
Jewish Artists Not Welcome Here
A rabbi and a writer walk into a bookstore. . . . It’s not the beginning of a joke. It was supposed to be the beginning of a...
What Is the Mystery of Israel’s Blindness and the Gentiles’ Fullness?
A biblical mystery is a truth the meaning of which God has kept secret since eternity...
One With God
Jesus possessed divine authority because He is divine. Some people say He never claimed to be God but He stated His deity plainly: “I and My Father are one”...
Is the Kingdom of God in Our Hearts?
When the Pharisees approached Jesus on the road to Jericho and asked when the Kingdom of God would come...
Digging Up King David
Scripture records King David’s rise from a lowly shepherd boy to Israel’s king and head of a royal dynasty that includes the promised Messiah...
The Contented Life
Contentment is a difficult word to define. It varies based on each person’s values and perspective on life. Some people believe pleasure, popularity, prestige, power...
Malchus’s Encounter With Jesus
Rising in the morning, Malchus didn’t know his time was near. He had no clue his blood would be shed that evening as he shared...
Jewish World Update Mar/Apr 2025
The evolving situation in Syria demands scrutiny, especially regarding its repercussions for Israel’s security...
Apples of Gold Mar/Apr 2025
We are celebrating Passover here in Israel. Children and their parents happily sing “Avadim Hayinu,” a song with one sentence...
Daily News from Israel
Palestinian Authority Announces First Election in Over 20 Years!
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced plans for a presidential election...
News Digest — 6/23/26
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir issued a rare joint statement on Monday evening (22nd)...
News Digest — 6/22/26
Soldiers from the 91st Division’s 551st Brigade have taken control of a massive Hezbollah tunnel in Majdal Zoun, about 10 km. into southern Lebanon...
News Digest — 6/19/26
The IDF will not withdraw from Israel’s security strip in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday (18th)...
News Digest — 6/18/26
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stressed on Wednesday (17th) that Lebanon’s negotiations with Israel are being conducted independently...
News Digest — 6/17/26
Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa fears that a military intervention against Hezbollah could be perceived in the Arab world as...
Why Israel Refused to Stay Silent After Hezbollah’s Latest Attack
Israel launched military strikes after Hezbollah rockets targeted...
News Digest — 6/16/26
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday (15th) that Israel does not yet know the final terms of the agreement between the...
