Category: Focus on Israel

‘Be careful what you pray,’ says headteacher who once prayed for good school heads. By Charles Gardner. DONCASTER, England, March 22, 2023 – A headteacher who had been looking forward to retirement for most of her career had a shock in store. Once retired, Rosemary Saunders heard the Lord calling her to Jerusalem to answer […]

Black South African campaigner shocked by Israel’s integration. By Charles Gardner. As the battle for truth hots up, I am hugely encouraged by the story of a black fellow South African whose view on Israel has been turned upside down. It’s a stirring reminder that when gospel truth was first proclaimed in power and authority, […]

Feasting on the fruit, but rejecting the seed. By Charles Gardner. A Messianic Jewish friend of mine suggested to me last weekend that the world’s relationship to Israel is rather like the way we treat apples. We gladly feast on the nourishing flesh produced by the fruit, but throw away the core, along with its […]

One day soon the Lord himself will split the earth. By Charles Gardner. JERUSALEM, February 10, 2023 – Earth-shaking events are signs from heaven. That’s what I wrote in a blog for the Times of Israel nearly eight years ago following a massive ’quake in the Himalayan region. Just as then, the shattering destruction in […]

How three sisters literally fulfilled an ancient prophecy. By Charles Gardner. TEL AVIV, January 26, 2023 – Fresh evidence for the absolute reliability of God’s word is now enshrined in the truly amazing testimony of three courageous Jewish sisters. Their remarkable story – how they emerged as virtual skeletons from the Holocaust nightmare to play […]

Photographer focuses on trauma experienced by Israeli families. By Charles Gardner. ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, January 23, 2023 – As we approach International Holocaust Memorial Day, a British photographer continues to focus on the uncomfortable truth that modern-day Israelis are still being murdered. The Jewish state, which rose from the ashes of the Shoah, was meant to […]

Photographer captures the trauma of Jewish terror victims. By Charles Gardner. ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, January 16, 2023 – Photographer Jennie Milne was so profoundly shocked by an item on social media one day in 2016 that it triggered a new era in her busy life – comforting Jewish victims of terror attacks. This led to an […]

The part played in Israel’s restoration by this beloved hymn. By Charles Gardner. OLNEY, BUCKS, January 10, 2023 – It is my contention that wherever the gospel is faithfully preached and honoured, support for Israel will never be far behind. This was surely the case in respect of the globally-loved hymn, Amazing Grace, first sung […]

More evidence of hymn-writer’s love for the Jews. By Charles Gardner. Further to my recent article on Amazing Grace, the hymn that changed the world, I have since gained deeper insight into the part played by its author in Israel’s restoration, thanks to a kind reader. I had outlined how John Newton, a key witness […]