Category: Focus on Israel

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 […]

‘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 […]