Biblical Background: To Repent The instruction ‘to repent’ has a very heavy connotation for most people. Defined as ‘regret’ or ‘being remorseful’, it sounds uncomfortable and dark. But somehow it is meant to lead to something good? Since it is...

Israeli Believers, together with Christians who support them, are changing the lives of those who recently suffered under the Hamas Terror Attacks. In the aftermath of a short, but very destructive conflict in May, we followed up with a few...

What does Yirah mean? The Hebrew word translated into ‘awe’ in the Bible is yirah (יראה, pronounced yir-ah). It often directly translates into fear, like "fear of the Lord," and it can also mean respect, reverence, and worship. But make...

It is not easy – nor safe, nor simple – to live in the Middle East as a Muslim background believer in Jesus. And even though Israel offers its residents a lot more freedom and diversity than her neighbors, one...

In result of the recent conflict and thanks to the generosity of Christians, a messianic school of art on the outskirts of Jerusalem was supplied with a bomb shelter. This is not a sentence we ever wanted to write –...

The world realizes that Israel’s inhabitants include both Jewish and Arab peoples usually in the worst of circumstances. When the rockets covered the sky over southern Israel last month, many lamented over the dire situation of both Israelis and Palestinians....