by A.S. “Why is a Saddleback pastor teaching on the Kingdom Circles?” With all the buzz about the interfaith aspect of Saddleback Church’s P.E.A.C.E. Plan and the controversy over the King’s Way initiative that partners Rick Warren’s church together with the Islamic community, many question just how Saddleback is reaching Muslims after promising not to … [Read more…]
By Bill Randles (Pastor of Believers in Grace Fellowship) This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, … [Read more…]
By Patrick Goodenough CSN News “‘I Have Israel’s Back,’ Obama Tells Jewish Lobby: ‘No Options Off the Table’ on Iran” An election year battle to convince American voters that President Obama has been a steadfast friend of Israel – or alternatively, that he’s been the most anti-Israel president in decades – heated up at the … [Read more…]
By Penny Star CNSNews.com The textbooks used to educate Palestinian children who live in refugee camps came under fire at a briefing on Wednesday on Capitol Hill where experts said lessons of intolerance and hatred toward Jews and Israel fill the books’ pages. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), chairman of the House subcommittee on Human Rights … [Read more…]
A Lighthouse Trails reader and supporter asked us to post this YouTube message from Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu. We thought that our readers would want to see it.
from Rubin Reports: (courtesy True Discernment blog) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech justifying Obama Administration Middle East policy changes everything. True, it isn’t surprising. I’ve been writing for almost three years about how the current U.S. government thinks this way. Do not underestimate this speech’s importance. It isn’t a reluctant acceptance that Islamists might … [Read more…]
by Tony Pearce Light for the Last Days Ministries (excerpt from The Messiah Factor) Sadly for millions of Jewish people the idea that Jesus could be the one to bring peace and reconciliation seems ridiculous and offensive. Nikki used to visit a Jewish lady who was born around the beginning of the 20th century and … [Read more…]
By James Sundquist Perfect Peace Plan As more Methodist Churches make a mockery of their own founder John Wesley by reading the Koran and reciting Islamic Prayers throughout the U.S., and well known partner of Rick Warren, Methodist leader Leonard Sweet touts Mohammad, the following letter of warning was sent to Pastor Steve Stone and … [Read more…]
By Patrick Goodenough CNS News (CNSNews.com) – The U.N. General Assembly is set to pass a resolution on Friday afternoon that will retain Israel as the only country out of 192 member-states to be the target of a dedicated permanent item on the agenda of the U.N. Human Rights Council. The move comes two days … [Read more…]
by Mike Oppenheimer Let Us Reason Ministries We have just witnessed a two-prong attack through the media. On May 14 Israel celebrated her 63 anniversary as a nation. Days after, the president gave them a surprise by asking them to go back to their 1967 borders (with a few adjustments). This has reversed our policy … [Read more…]
Ben Feller – Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – Forcefully stepping into an explosive Middle East debate, President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on “permanent occupation.” Obama’s urging that a … [Read more…]
Pew Forum on Religion A substantial and growing number of Americans say that Barack Obama is a Muslim, while the proportion saying he is a Christian has declined. More than a year and a half into his presidency, a plurality of the public says they do not know what religion Obama follows. A new national … [Read more…]
By Caroline B. Glick Jewish World Review Out-of-house news source Over the past week, Israel has been criticized for being insufficiently supportive of democratic change in Egypt. While Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been careful to praise the cause of democracy while warning against the dangers of an Islamic takeover of the most populous Arab … [Read more…]
Drew Zahn WorldNet Daily Helen Thomas, the former “dean” of the White House Press Corps who lost her position over a string of anti-Semitic comments, has spoken out again, this time claiming Hollywood, the White House, Wall Street and other American institutions are “owned by the Zionists” with an anti-Arab agenda. In a speech to the Arab Detroit workshop on … [Read more…]
By LISA PALMIERI-BILLIG Jerusalem Post At conference on Christians in the Middle East, US Melkite archbishop says: “There is no longer a chosen people.” ROME – Bishops from the Middle East who were summoned to Rome by the pope demanded on Saturday that Israel accept UN resolutions calling for an end to its “occupation” of … [Read more…]
Lighthouse Trails has now released our own edition of John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. One of the sections we included was on Luther and his role in the reformation. While many Christians admire the accomplishments of Luther, to ignore his later views toward the Jews (views that Hitler is said to have used to persuade the Germans to turn … [Read more…]
News Reporting on the Flotilla incident: New York Times: “An Assault Cloaked in Peace” Honest Reporting: “Flotilla Battle Unleashes Anti-Israel Wave” From CrossTalk: “Dean of White House Press Corps says: Israel should get the H*** out of Palestine (go “home” to Germany) 16-yr old “Daniel” confronts lion’s den to stand for the honor of Israel Flotilla … [Read more…]
by Bill Randles Believers in Grace Fellowship I will bless those that bless you and curse those who curse you and in you all the families of the world will be blessed. Genesis 12:3 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me, peradventure I shall prevail, … [Read more…]
By Jan Markell Olive Tree Ministries Today, one of the greatest seductions is that there could be world peace if only the Palestinians had a homeland. So this month, a new film was launched titled “With God On Our Side.” It is aimed at changing the end-time views of evangelicals and the theology that says … [Read more…]
Posted on The Berean Call The New York Times Makes It Official: Obama Has Shifted U.S. Policy Against Israel [Excerpts] The New York Times officially proclaimed the administration’s changed attitude in a front-page story [April 14, 2010] that ought to send chills down the spine of anyone who believed Barack Obama when he pledged in … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: To read more about former Plymouth Brethren, now emerging church leader, Brian McLaren, and the emerging church’s views on Israel, eschatology, and the return of Jesus Christ, please see our links below this news article. The following article is courtesy Understand the Times from their monthly e-newsletter. Mark Tooley FrontPageMag (out-of-house news source) … [Read more…]
by Pastor Bill Randles (Believers in Grace Fellowship) “Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing? The Kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Messiah saying let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.”(Psalm 2:1-3) … [Read more…]
by Pastor Bill Randles (Believers in Grace Fellowship)
From Pastor Bill Randles of Believers in Grace Fellowship in Iowa
By Aaron Klein WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM–The U.S. and international media are rife with misleading stories of club-wielding Israeli police evicting Palestinians from homes in Jerusalem, failing to provide proper background information while painting a picture of Jewish expansionist activity that could not be further from the truth. A BBC article entitled, “Palestinians evicted from Jerusalem,” tells … [Read more…]
by The Berean Call Israel is the major topic of Bible prophecy, mentioned more than 2,900 times, nearly twice as many times as her Messiah. Without Israel there would be no Messiah and no salvation for anyone, Jew or Gentile. The first mention of His coming is in God’s rebuke of the guilty … [Read more…]
by Olive Tree Ministries with Jan Markell You may think that headline is a strong statement so let me defend it. We have now entered the most serious “perilous times” (II Timothy 3:1) in history. President Obama’s speech in Cairo was a total surrender to Islam and a drastic turn against one of our best … [Read more…]
By Aaron Klein WorldNetDaily “Rabbi to pope: Go split Rome” Pontiff slammed for comments in support of Palestinian state JERUSALEM–If Pope Benedict XVI so fervently supports a Palestinian state–which would split sections of Israel–he also should divide Rome, charged the leader of a coalition of more than 350 Israeli rabbinic leaders and pulpit rabbis. … [Read more…]
by Olive Tree Ministries with Jan Markell There is a saying in the Jewish community, “But is it good for for the Jews?” Thus, many are asking, will the Obama administration be an asset or liability for Israel? While many Christians place little interest or importance on this, this ministry does. Much is being made … [Read more…]
Red: Israel Green: Arab Countries The following links are provided to give you up-to-date news and commentary on the current crisis in Israel. Olive Tree Ministries (Ministry of Jewish believer, Jan Markell) Moriel Ministries (Ministry of Jewish believer, Jacob Prasch) Prophezine (Ministry of Ray and Tracye Gano) Online Live News from Jerusalem
