Features
While We Were Sleeping
Unbelievers will go to the mat to prevent dog fighting, but believers won’t do the same to prevent worldwide persecution of their brethren in Christ. Read what is happening while we sleep.
Seeds of the Great Persecution
Ancient Rome was no friend to Christianity. Christians simply didn’t fit in, and they paid a heavy price. Is America following in Rome’s footsteps? See for yourself.
The Everlasting Hatred
Born-again believers and Jewish people have been persecuted for millennia. And, unfortunately, the worst is yet to come. Why? Because of the everlasting hatred.
They Feared Man So Little Because They Feared God So Much
They were boiled in oil, tortured, and persecuted in the most heinous ways. But they endured because they understood an important, eternal truth that we should not forget today.
They Say ‘Peace, Peace’ When There Is No Peace
Islam professes to be a religion of peace. But what many Muslims say and what they do are two different things.
More In This Issue
From Bill Sutter’s Desk Jan/Feb 2008
This year—2008—marks the 60th anniversary of the rebirth of the nation of Israel. On May 14, 1948, the Jewish People’s Council assembled at the Tel Aviv Museum to approve the historic proclamation...
Eye on the Middle East Jan/Feb 2008
A man identifying himself as a “missionary in Jerusalem” wrote a scathing response to an op-ed piece I wrote recently for The Jerusalem Post. The writer castigated me for my apparent lack of love...
Mainline or Out of Bounds
Leaders of the National Council of Churches U.S.A. (NCC) are fond of reminding us of its size and influence. In fact, a Web site reviewing the organization’s newest yearbook called the NCC...
Bernsteins Today, Baptists Tomorrow
When ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Avraham Bernstein of Freehold Township, New Jersey, decided to hold a Friday evening Shabbat service in his home almost ten years ago, he had no idea he would become...
Persecution Update
COMPASS DIRECT NEWS—Pastor Mark Jaikumar was recovering recently in a private care facility in Bangalore, Karnataka state, India, after being kidnapped and blindfolded and overhearing Hindu extremists’ plans to kill him...
‘Amisha’: The Heroic Housewife
I had never seen a Bible or even touched one. In 2001 I was living with my uncle who abused me and threw chairs at me. I went to a friend’s house...
Making Melody in Your Heart
Being a believer in Jesus is not always easy. In fact, more often than not it brings persecution, trials of all kinds, and many deep valleys through which the child of God must walk.
Jonah’s Rancor
Jonah 4:1–11: If we were writing the book of Jonah, how would we end the story? We’d probably have Jonah rejoicing over being restored from disobedience, rescued from the belly of a fish...
God Is Moral Part Fourteen
In two previous articles concerning morality, we observed biblical descriptions of various types of eyes that reflect the moral condition of a heart. After examining one more type, we will consider two...
Now They Call Me Infidel
Israel has been the object of constant terrorism—a barrage of 9/11s all through its history. As a percentage of their total population, Israel has lost far more lives to terror...
Isaiah 53 and the Messiah of Israel Part Two
Who is the Servant of the Lord presented in Isaiah 53? The answer is critical to understanding the great price God paid for our redemption. Some believe Isaiah 53 does...
Israel in the News Jan/Feb 2008
ARUTZ-7—The Jewish state’s first Arab minister, Raleb Majadle, has declared that Israeli sovereignty over the Temple Mount is nonexistent and that he will always give his allegiance to Islam over Israel...
Zvi Jan/Feb 2008
Our Muslim neighbors are doing all they can to begin a new war. If they succeed, it will not be the first time. I have lived in Israel 60 years...
Daily News from Israel
News Digest — 5/3/24
Eight Syrian soldiers were wounded and material losses were caused in an alleged...
Are Hamas Leaders Moving to Turkey?
One of Hamas' leaders Ismail Haniyeh met with Turkey's president last month...
News Digest — 5/2/24
A representative of Hamas said on Wednesday evening (1st) that the terror group was planning to reject a recent...
Unrestrained University Antisemitism Turns Violent
Antisemitism on American university campuses has reached critical levels...
News Digest — 5/1/24
Israel will invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah with or without a hostage deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...
News Digest — 4/30/24
Following rocket fire from Gaza at the southern cities of Sderot and Ashdod on Monday (29th), the IDF says its fighter jets struck...
Week 29: Israel at War
The International Criminal Court has 133 member nations and six nations that have not joined the Court...
News Digest — 4/29/24
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has approved plans for a major operation in...
