On March 17, 2015, Israeli citizens voted in a new governing body to represent the public’s demands and lead the country into a secure and promising future. Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party won a surprise victory … Read More
God’s Call to Abram: Laying Down the Foundations…
“Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you;” Genesis 12:1 As I wrote in my … Read More
Jerusalem on Fire: Facts, Fiction, & Perspective By M. Rosen
Jerusalem has been burning. Over the past few months, the tension between the Jewish and Arab peoples has intensified and recently hit its boiling point, igniting what many are calling a third “Intifada”, or “uprising”, … Read More
Reflections on Jerusalem
By Graham Keelan Sitting here at a pavement café under a sweltering heat in Yafo Street in downtown Jerusalem contemplating what to write for the celebration of Jerusalem Day next week, my thoughts are suddenly … Read More
A Heavenly Sign: Part 2
By Graham Keelan *This is the second of a two-part series. To view the first part, please click here Six years before Jerusalem’s destruction at the hands of the Babylonians, the prophet Ezekiel had watched … Read More
Cities of Mud
By Graham Keelan “We have a strong city, He sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks Open the gates That the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in” (Is 26:1-2) The Bible is a … Read More
Israel: The Apartheid State
By Graham Keelan One of the more frequent indictments I hear against the State of Israel is that it has become an Apartheid State. On this I feel a little qualified to pass comment because … Read More
The Mountains of Israel: Reflections From A Recent Tour of Israel
By Graham Keelan- God has always spoken to His people from the mountains. As you drive through and upon the yellow and grey mountains of this land, mountains both verdant and barren, from the north … Read More
“’Peace, Peace’, But There is No Peace…” Jeremiah 6:14 – Update On the Current Peace Talks 2013
By Hope for Israel Staff Writer United States Secretary of State John Kerry has been working overtime in the Middle East since taking office earlier this year. The reelection of President Obama was the catalyst … Read More