Jim Fletcher

The Sunday before their departure, Parsons preached at Park Street Church in Boston, and his sermon proved prophetic. In part, he said, “Destroy, then, the Ottoman Empire, and nothing but a miracle would prevent [the Jewish people’s] immediate return from the four winds of heaven.” Today, when a visitor stands at Jaffa Gate—crammed with taxis, …

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Just as early American missionaries were Gentiles with a heart for God’s chosen people, so too is Daniah Greenberg, president of the Messianic Jewish Family Bible Project that published the first Messianic translation of the New Testament, committed to the people of Israel—first because, in 1989, she married a “nice Jewish boy”; and second because, …

Daniah Greenberg: A Gentile With a Heart for Israel Read More »

With swelling member rolls, momentum from an enthusiastic crowd and upcoming key initiatives for Israel advocacy, Christians United for Israel (CUFI) recently completed a strong, eighth annual summit in Washington, D.C. During a stirring afternoon speech, British Col. Richard Kemp, commander of British forces in Afghanistan, called the summit “a remarkable event.” An energized Victor …

Christians, Jews Affirm Alliance at CUFI Summit Read More »

It is difficult to imagine what the Judean warrior, Judah Maccabee, must have contemplated when he took on the Seleucid Empire in the second century B.C. From the village of Modi’in, he and his brothers led a revolt that still brings the clashing of swords to the ears of their descendants in the 21st century. …

Uri Bar-Ner, the Consummate Ambassador Read More »

An update on the growing and passionate movement to stand with Israel

His crushing handshake contradicted the easy way in which he motioned with his other hand for us to sit down. I was enjoying my first trip to Israel with famed Bible prophecy teacher and Israel supporter David Allen Lewis. We had been traipsing around that tiny country of huge significance while gathering interviews for Lewis’ new book. And here we were, shaking hands with Ariel Sharon, the legendary Israeli general-turned-political official, and being seated in his Tel Aviv office.

A terrifying and brutal figure to some and a savior to others, Sharon led a daring crossing of the Suez Canal in October 1973 that saved Israel from destruction at the hands of Syria and Egypt. The wily general, now an older statesman, smiled broadly as he recounted for us his first memory of Lewis.

“There we were, fighting a terrible enemy in Lebanon [1982-1983], suffering also from international condemnation,” he said, describing Israel’s war against Palestine Liberation Organization forces, “and we look up and see the famous Assemblies of God man running up and down the border, reporting back to America what was really going on!”