Category: Focus on Israel

Heartbroken dad recalls the day his beloved teenage daughter was blown up in a Jerusalem suicide bombing. By Charles Gardner. GLASGOW, March 24, 2023 – The largely untold story of Jewish people who have become victims of terror in their own land continues to be the focus of a British photographer. Rising from the ashes […]

Why we need the transformative power of Pentecost. By Charles Gardner. The greatest need for both Jews and Gentiles is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit as on the Day of Pentecost (or Shavuot) – 50 days after Yeshua was raised from the dead. Whereas the Law of Moses, given 50 days after the exodus […]

‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’ (Romans 10:15, partially quoting Isaiah 52:7). By Charles Gardner. These words have inspired my entire adult life as I have endeavoured to walk in the footsteps of Jesus – and especially, in my retirement years, in sharing the gospel with the Jewish people. Back […]

Rwanda plays unspoken role in king’s coronation. By Charles Gardner. Religious news of monumental significance has been largely ignored by the mainstream media. And the irony is that this is partly due to the immediate distractions of the recent Coronation, a profoundly religious ceremony. I am referring to the massive split among worldwide Anglicans, the […]

Then discovers his atheist childhood friend has also found Christ. By Charles Gardner. NEW YORK, May 2, 2023 – Two young friends raised as atheist communists in 1960s America went their separate ways, only to rediscover each other decades later through social media. And though living thousands of miles apart, both had become Christians! Retired […]

King Charles III will be anointed with oil from the Mount of Olives. By Charles Gardner. LONDON, May 2, 2023 – The coronation taking place in Westminster Abbey this Saturday is not just about the crowning of a new king. If the service follows precedent, it will also be much focused on the King of […]

Bible believers prepared Israel for statehood; then we stopped listening to God. By Charles Gardner. LONDON, April 20, 2023 – With the 75th anniversary of Israel’s re-birth fast approaching, it is surely time to re-examine her close links with Britain, both positive and otherwise. Looking back – especially to the century preceding the rise of […]

Abraham’s family find healing and reconciliation through Yeshua’s atoning sacrifice. By Charles Gardner. With so much misinformation circulating in the media about the ongoing Middle East conflict, where Israel is perennially portrayed as the great bully, there is another story! Amidst the storm of Temple Mount riots, along with mass anti-government protests and brutal terrorist […]

There was a day when it was said in Israel that ‘God has come to help his people’. By Charles Gardner. LONDON, April 11, 2023 – “What do you want to be when you grow up?” the mole asks a lost little boy in a cracking new story now adapted for the screen. “Kind” is […]

Paying the price for standing up to the Nazis. By Charles Gardner. The approach to Passover and Easter is a good time to remember the extreme bravery of German pastor Paul Schneider, who almost single-handedly stood up to Nazi brutality in the years immediately preceding World War II. He paid with his life, murdered by […]