January/February 2025

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From the Editor Jan/Feb 2025

In my mind’s eye, I still see it. A familiar field. I was running through it many years ago, feeling strangely uneasy, sensing danger. Suddenly, the ground beneath my…

Inside View Jan/Feb 2025

I once read that the greatest threat to any organization is leadership succession. This statement rings especially true of Christian organizations…

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The Redemption of the World

During an interview on The Hugh Hewitt Show, Israeli journalist Haviv Rettig Gur explained that antisemitism is…

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From Activism to the ER

What happens when free speech devolves into antisemitic violence? We’re finding out. In June 2024, Adas Torah, an…

Salvation to the Nations

Salvation to the Nations

John “Hannibal” Smith, leader of the A-Team in the 1980s television series of the same name, always had a plan to…

The Locusts Are Coming!

The ‘Locusts’ Are Coming!

When God wants to get a nation’s attention, He often allows natural disasters. Floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, or…

The Peace and Safety Test

The ‘Peace and Safety’ Test

The Rapture of the church is a comforting doctrine for true believers in Jesus as we walk in a God-forsaken world…

What is the 70th Week of Daniel?

What Is the 70th Week of Daniel?

When it comes to prophecy, perhaps none is more amazing than the one we call the 70 weeks of Daniel (Dan. 9:24–27)…

The Great Delusion

The Great Delusion

In 1917, famed American journalist H. L. Mencken concocted a story that has never completely come undone. The fact that everyone…

Digging up King Saul

King Saul began a major transition in Israel. He physically established the first Israelite kingdom in the region of Benjamin and spiritually transformed Israel…

The Path to Peace

Everyone faces discouragement. The Jewish patriarch Moses became so discouraged with the Israelites’ complaints for meat in the wilderness that he said…

The Wedding Dress

In 2017, tennis legend Serena Williams drew headlines when she reportedly paid $3.5 million for her wedding dress.1 As of 2023, a wedding gown costs…

Jewish World Update Jan/Feb 2025

Jerusalem’s Old City, in addition to Judea and Samaria, must be Judenrein—“free of Jews”—by September, according to…

Apples of Gold Jan/Feb 2025

From time to time, I enjoy long discussions with my Arab neighbors. They often speak to me hatefully. But we who believe in the Lord cannot respond with hate…