Category: Focus on Israel

Close to those who call on him, and close to coming back… by Charles Gardner. Words fail me as I try to contemplate the horror inflicted on Israel these past few days. At the height of the pogrom is the great deceiver, Satan himself, parading his sick traits for all to see – brutalising the […]

Greetings from Jerusalem, From Netivyah Early this morning, war broke out in Israel. Armed Hamas terrorists managed to breach Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip and infiltrate several surrounding towns. Additionally, more than 3000 rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza since about 6:00 this morning, including to Jerusalem and the Center of Israel. […]

By Joseph Shulam.  This Shabbat is the first day of the feast of Tabernacles, Sukkoth in Hebrew. The feast of Sukkoth is one of the three feasts of pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The first one in the early spring is Passover, and the second is Pentecost, and the third is Sukkoth. What makes these three feasts […]

Evangelist accuses church of keeping Jesus buried. By Charles Gardner. Britain’s leading evangelist has written a lament for the Church of England he has served so faithfully for the past 40 years. And it comes on the back of a similar lament over the Church of Scotland’s decline by a leading Scots preacher. J John, […]

German Pentecostals backed Hitler’s race laws in 1938. by Charles Gardner. The question of whether the Christian church was complicit in the Holocaust has been the subject of much debate ever since. Many believers like to comfort themselves with the thought that those who succumbed to Hitler’s propaganda were only nominal Christians, not real disciples. […]

Click the link to listen to the song: Be’Israel | In Israel (Live) [Worship Session]@SOLUIsrael – YouTube The following link to a short video from the same ministry also comes from Israel, remembering God’s promises: Shalom Vista – A Place of Peace – YouTube

Israeli-Palestinian conflict spills over to my home city. by Charles Gardner. You wouldn’t have thought there was an obvious connection between Middle East politics and the much-hyped new film Barbie. But there is, and I shall explain. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, on which I have frequently commented from a 2,500-mile safe distance, has now spilled over […]

Church decline related to severing Jewish roots by Charles Gardner An interesting thought that has probably not occurred to many (including myself, until now) is that since the Jewish state was born in 1948, the church (in Britain, at least) has witnessed serious decline. Israel has blossomed into a great and influential nation while church […]

Christians to express their sorrow over detention of Jews in Mauritius by Charles Gardner British Christians will soon be expressing their deep sorrow and shame for the detention on a remote island of Jewish people escaping Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. A commemoration and reunion will take place on the Indian Ocean territory of […]

Jewish art student is flooded with joy and peace by Charles Gardner LONDON, August 30, 2023 – As a part-Jewish South African, it was a special delight for me to meet up recently with a compatriot who was among the pioneers of Messiah’s People. This is the name given to the gospel work among South […]