The Friends of Israel in Action Mar/Apr 2024
Every day, The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry’s (FOI’s) field representatives actively develop relationships…
Every day, The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry’s (FOI’s) field representatives actively develop relationships…
Picture this: A Jewish man who has embraced Jesus as his Messiah waves the flag of Israel and sings…
If you have placed your faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, you may be wondering about the practical implications…
Life is full of warnings. The Internet, TV, and billboards bombard us regularly with warnings, telling us what to think, believe, and do…
I directed a pro-life crisis pregnancy center for several years. My staff members and I began each morning by…
Though we seek peace with our neighbors, we know it will not come easily. They call themselves righteous Jews while they tell me to keep quiet…
If you’re interested in volunteering with The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry (FOI), we now offer an outstanding program…
Imagine an aging, frail King David (1 Ki. 1:1) reflecting back on his life—his mind flooded with moments of joy and sadness…
The apostle Paul personally discipled several committed men who partnered with him in spreading the gospel. Most of them came to salvation in Christ during…
Every January 1, gym memberships, health foods, self-improvement plans, time-scheduling charts, and Bible-reading programs are in popular demand…
This week I went to the hospital for a doctor’s appointment. While there, I saw some of the hospital workers who remembered what I had shared…
The beautiful island country of New Zealand features lush volcanic hillsides, scenic mountain passes, hospitable people…
God chose Israel to be a holy nation. He told the Israelites, “You shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy…
Many godly men and women in the Bible serve as examples for us of how to live for Christ. They trusted God’s…
My son Brian received his first pair of eyeglasses when he was 11 years old. As he tentatively tried them on…
Many immigrants live in the neighborhoods around us. Most of them have come from Russia. When we celebrated the Feast of Hanukkah recently…
Recently, I have had trouble seeing clearly. My doctor attributes my struggles with vision to advancing cataracts, which must be removed…
From a rabbi dressed as Spider-Man to an Elvis impersonator at an Israeli wedding, some interesting characters have…
In Philippians 2:3–4, Paul admonished Christians to live in spiritual unity with one another. Nothing was to be done within the church through selfish ambition…
A 5-year-old girl was enjoying a picnic with her family one day when she noticed a cluster of older girls yelling nearby.
People from nations all over the world come to visit Israel. It is written in Isaiah 34:1, “Come near, you nations, to hear” and in Isaiah 49:6…
This past winter was one of intense hardship for civilians in Ukraine. As the war between Ukraine and Russia has raged on…
The 6th-century BC Greek storyteller Aesop, whose oral tales compose the famous Aesop’s Fables, has been credited with the origin of the…
“You’ve got cancer.” The doctor’s words felt like a sucker punch. Surely he must have gotten my lab results mixed up…
The ultra-Orthodox often find new ways to attract new followers. Recently, they hosted a big, public meeting with a well-known rabbi. Like many rabbis, he felt he could convince…
We often hear the same questions asked at our Friends of Israel (FOI) prophecy conferences…
Within hours of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s midgame cardiac arrest in January, sports writers, reporters, and analysts around the country prefaced their remarks with…
An old martyr once told his executioners, “You take a life from me that I cannot keep and bestow a life upon me that I cannot lose…”
If you were to ask me if I believe in the prosperity gospel, I would answer unequivocally, “No, of course not!”…
We live very close to our Arab neighbors, so we see each other almost every day. A few months ago I had a long conversation with some of them…
At our farewell dinner for our Up to Jerusalem tour to Israel in October, I was touched by the comments of our Israeli guide. We honored him for skillfully leading…
Last December the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) invited me to the sixth annual Christian Media Summit…
Halina Ostik, who fought in the Polish Resistance during World War II, smuggled Bibles into the country under the…
The popular musical Hello Dolly! had many memorable lines; but my favorite is this one: “Money,” said Dolly Levi, “pardon the expression, is like manure…
If anyone had a reason to ask, “Why me?” it was the apostle Paul. No one who followed Christ suffered more for the gospel than he did…
The “Joy” ship—what a misnomer! I thought. I had reluctantly returned to my unfittingly named Norwegian cruise ship…
If we knew years ago what the world would look like today, we probably wouldn’t have signed up for what we face now…
It is written in Jeremiah 6:14, “‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.” It is also written, “I will give you assured peace in this place” (14:13)…
We enter 2023 thanking God that more than 90 people have graduated from our Friends of Israel (FOI) Bridges program…
When the apostle Paul sat in a cold, dark Roman prison, he chose his final words carefully as he took inventory of his life…
Several years ago, we received a Thanksgiving Day card titled “Blessed and Grateful.” The sender wrote, “We hope your celebration of God’s blessings is…
I barely recognized him. My grandson was no longer the 19-year-old kid I knew. He had lost weight and was lean, angular, and fit and carried himself with confidence…
The ultra-Orthodox are always looking for 10 men to form a minyan, a quorum necessary for synagogue prayer. So I wait outside the synagogue, watching them call people…
Christmas is around the corner. ’Tis the season for almost every made-for-television movie to overload us with house-decorating, tree-lighting, cookie-baking, and…
Last spring, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) telephoned Tim Munger, a Church Ministries representative…
Scott Hershovitz is a philosophy professor and director of law and ethics at the University of Michigan…
“I want your room cleaned up before I get home!” Sound familiar? Parents often leave directives like these for their children before leaving the house…
In biblical times, a judgment seat (called the bema) was a raised platform erected at…
Christian leaders often create ministry strategies, only to discover God’s will is different…
Did you know people can be disciples of just about anything? Sports teams, fitness programs, and celebrities all have…
Through God’s miracles, the Jewish people have survived; and now we live in the Promised Land. At this time of year, we enjoy celebrating Hanukkah…
Birthdays, like mile markers, disclose the distance traveled but not the distance remaining on our lives’ journeys…
Apart from Jesus Christ, King Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived (1 Ki. 3:12). When he dedicated the Temple…
Every human being will receive a resurrected body prepared for eternity…
Place yourself in the apostle Paul’s sandals: You are in a dungeon awaiting execution, knowing your fellow workers face great persecution from Roman officials…
People are lonely. Research studies show that today, Americans in particular have decreasing family sizes; fewer friends with…
We recently enjoyed a most important holiday—the feast of Simchat Torah, Hebrew for “rejoicing over the Law.” Many of the Orthodox dance in the synagogues…
The COVID-19 pandemic did more than shed light on the science of infectious diseases in the modern era…
College campuses are notorious for their hostility toward the things of God. Such animosity deters some people…
I recently ran across a Pew Research study that sought to discover what Americans know about the Holocaust…
On the first Friday of every month, something unusual takes place in Richmond, Virginia. It’s a Shabbat (Sabbath) service where…
People in sports know the name Nike. It’s a popular brand of footwear and gear identified by its logo: the swoosh…
If we had written the apostle Paul’s last words, we might have chosen to conclude his final epistle with a testimony to his victorious, faithful ministry…
It happens almost every Sunday. When a church service begins, most of us aren’t quite ready to worship…
There are many ultra-Orthodox organizations here in Israel. Each one is filled with people who want to show how faithfully they work against those…
Nobody has enjoyed COVID-19 lockdowns. But even when the government makes leaving home impossible, God can still take…
Are you prepared to die? The last words a person utters or writes when death is imminent are usually of great importance…
As a boy, I got a little anxious each Sunday morning when my parents stopped at a convenience store to buy mints…
People in Israel are always trying to find something new and interesting. For a long time, the ultra-Orthodox Jews promoted as messiah a man from New York City…
The evangelical church today is divided. Some parishioners contend the church isn’t “woke” enough—not alert enough…
The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry (FOI) has launched an exciting new work called Encounter to expose Christians to the…
“Now, the New Covenant, that’s ours. That’s for us as Christians.” I can still hear myself speaking those words to my…
Knowing his life would soon end, the apostle Paul fixed his attention on completing his letter to young Timothy, his protégé and son in the faith…
If you learned $3 million dollars in gold lay buried somewhere in your backyard, would you try to dig it up?…
Many dictators, like Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, have called themselves righteous; and people, like sheep, worship them. Such people persecute the Chosen People…
A few years ago, I watched a film about a man who never learned to read in school. His mother dies when he is young; and his father moves Stanley around…
In God’s grace, He delights in using us to make known His kindness that leads men and women to repentance (Rom. 2:4)…
Fireworks. Noisy parties. Large quantities of food and drink. That’s how many people welcome the new year. Observant Jewish people, on the other hand…
When newborns enter the world, they depend on others for everything, particularly for nourishment…
The saved and sanctified halls of Christendom are sadly strewn with the remains of weak, passive…
The apostle Paul was martyred during the rule of Roman Emperor Nero, an evil, diabolical man whose vicious cruelty…
One of the many Scriptures Sunday school teachers encourage their students to memorize is 2 Timothy 3:16. It is God’s guarantee to us that…
The late U.S. President George H. W. Bush famously hated broccoli. Some claim he mentioned the fact at least 70 times while…
There would be no Christmas without Hanukkah. That’s a fact! Hanukkah commemorates God’s divine…
In many of his epistles, the apostle Paul warned churches that in the last days, charlatans will emerge teaching erroneous, deceptive doctrines that cause…
Nick Foles is an NFL quarterback. He became famous for leading the Philadelphia Eagles to their first-ever Super Bowl win in 2018 and was named…
Polish nationalism and the place of Jewish people in Polish society have taken some troubling turns recently…
When my wife and I lived in Minnesota, we enjoyed visiting the Minneapolis Institute of Art where more than 90,000 beautiful…
People who serve Satan may not realize what they are doing. But if they distort, oppose, twist, or deny the true gospel…
Self-love heads the list of sins because human nature is always selfish. All evil desires spring from this craving…
Advice is cheap. Wisdom is rare. King Solomon said, “Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who…
Who among us, at one time or another, has not questioned God? Why, Lord, did You let my baby die? Why didn’t You heal my child? Why do You allow Christians to…
It was a beautifully mild, sunny, spring day when our field representative Dr. Juan Carlos Espinoza set up his table in a local park…
I hung up the phone in shock. I had called looking for comfort, maybe some sympathy. A man who had been a pillar in my life and a spiritual father to me had passed away…
It is never fun to be in God’s waiting room. If Job could speak with us, he probably would verify the difficulty of waiting on the Lord. Job’s story, told in the Bible book…
As we read the book of Job today, we have the advantage of seeing what Job could not see: the spiritual challenge that…
The first Bible story I heard as a little girl was the story of Abraham. I was 5 years old; yet when I heard the word bless, I knew it was something good…
Nineteen years ago in March, our only daughter left for work in the morning, never to come home. We remember that day…
What is the church? Many people think of it solely as a building—sometimes a great and majestic cathedral and sometimes an unadorned, small, simple structure…
Eating crow is never fun. The good news is we never have to eat words we fail to speak. Words are powerful…