Features
From the Editor Sep/Oct 2021
Growing up, Passover was my favorite holiday. It arrived just when New England’s harsh, snow-packed winter was finally giving way to spring...
A Conversation with Joel Rosenberg
As part of The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry’s mission to teach about Israel and the Jewish people, our North American...
Behold the Lamb!
Many non-Jews think Hanukkah is every Jewish person’s favorite holiday. But they would be wrong. Hanukkah is not the Jewish equivalent of Christmas...
The Four Faces of Shavuot
Have you ever gone to the grocery store and found the shelves empty? Until the recent pandemic, that would have been...
Holiday Under the Stars
Many years ago, a pastor and I visited a friend who is a rabbi at a local synagogue. Sukkot was approaching, and Rabbi offered to...
‘Remember the Sabbath’
When my wife and I lived in Minnesota, we enjoyed visiting the Minneapolis Institute of Art where more than 90,000 beautiful...
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Inside View Sep/Oct 2021
The Western church relies heavily on English translations of the original manuscripts of Scripture. Until John Wycliffe’s first complete translation in 1382...
Like William Henry Hechler
Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, considered William Henry Hechler the first Christian Zionist...
Has Ecoterrorism Hit Israel?
The February 2021 oil spill that polluted nearly half of Israel’s shoreline highlighted the country’s acute vulnerability to...
Christian Persecution Sep/Oct 2021
A house-church in Vietnam may face criminal prosecution and has faced community hatred due to COVID-19...
The Friends of Israel in Action Sep/Oct 2021
Polish nationalism and the place of Jewish people in Polish society have taken some troubling turns recently...
The Fascinating Hebrew Calendar
It’s easy to become confused with the dates for Jewish holidays because they are not based on the solar calendar we use...
The Seven Biblical Feasts
Of all the holidays celebrated throughout history, only these seven were given by God to His people Israel...
Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah
Growing up, I had an annual August ritual of asking my parents two questions: When is the first day of school? Are the...
Q: Is Today’s Increase in Knowledge a Sign of the Times?
The recent growth in world travel and technology has been remarkable...
Jesus on Sukkot
The events recorded in John 7 took place during the Feast of Tabernacles—the Jewish holiday of Sukkot: “Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand...
God’s Alarm System
Alarms call us to action. We have fire alarms, weather alarms, alarm clocks, and personal electronic devices with alarms. During biblical times, Israel also sounded an alarm...
Perilous Times Predicted
People who serve Satan may not realize what they are doing. But if they distort, oppose, twist, or deny the true gospel...
19 Characteristics of People in the Last Days
Self-love heads the list of sins because human nature is always selfish. All evil desires spring from this craving...
How to Obtain True Wisdom
Advice is cheap. Wisdom is rare. King Solomon said, “Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who...
Jewish World Update Sep/Oct 2021
Israel has announced that Amazon and Google won the tender to provide cloud services to the government as Israel...
Apples of Gold Sep/Oct 2021
Deuteronomy 16:19 says, “You shall not . . . take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.” Therefore, it is written...
Daily News from Israel
News Digest — 6/18/25
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit reported early Wednesday (18th) that more than 50 Israeli Air Force fighter jets...
Israel at War: Week 88
It happened! After prolonged speculation and frustration with Israel’s delay in going after ‘the Head of the Snake," Iran...
Israel Dominates Iran—Now Tehran Wants to Talk?!
After Israel’s precision airstrikes devastated key elements of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and crippled its...
News Digest — 6/17/25
The IDF cleared for publication on Tuesday morning (17th) that Staff Sergeant Naveh Leshem , 20, from Nokdim, a soldier in the...
News Digest — 6/16/25
Two women and a man about 70 years of age, and a man about 80, were killed early Monday morning (16th) in central Israel...
BREAKING! Israel Strikes Iran: What It Means for the Middle East—and Bible Prophecy
Israel’s unprecedented strike on Iran marks a pivotal moment in the Middle East...
News Digest — 6/13/25
Speaking less than two hours after Israel started its preemptive strike on Iran and its nuclear sites, IDF Chief of Staff LG Eyal Zamir on Friday morning...
News Digest — 6/12/25
The International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution Thursday declaring that Iran is in noncompliance with its nuclear safeguards obligations...