Category: Focus on Israel

How nature’s awesome beauty led me to Israel. by Charles Gardner. YORKSHIRE, England, October 25, 2024 – An overnight stay at Helmsley in the North York Moors has added fresh impetus to my ongoing calling to the Jewish people. Some of the intriguing shops at Helmsley market. Photo by Penny Paul. My wife and I […]

The October 7 massacre hit us with a horrifying shock, perhaps marking the single most traumatic day in the Land of Israel. The night before October 7, several women around me dreamt disturbing nightmares, while I felt sick like I’ve never felt before with terrible contractions coming down my spine and back. This was not […]

Behind all the firepower, the unseen hand of God is at work. by Charles Gardner. Amid the darkness and gloom of escalating warfare as the anniversary of the October 7th massacre approaches, God is still shining his light. For my key task this coming Monday, I have arranged to meet up for an interview with […]

Damning new evidence of Jewish blood on UK hands. by Charles Gardner. The British Government bears responsibility for trapping millions of Jews in Nazi Europe during World War II, a senior academic has claimed in a film documentary. In a revised episode of the brilliant expose from established filmmaker Hugh Kitson, Professor Steven Zipperstein of […]

Ceremony evokes special memories of Israeli president. by Charles Gardner. Precious memories of a former Israeli president were shared during the unveiling of a Jewish memorial stone near Lincoln, England, on Sunday. Inspired by the recently excavated Magdala Stone in Galilee dating from the Second Temple period, it is the gift of the city’s Christians […]

Lincoln’s stone of sorrow for historic persecution. by Charles Gardner. At a time when Jews are once more wondering whether they are no longer welcome in Britain, the Christians of Lincoln have rallied round to honour them in a special way. At the very spot where murderous antisemitism broke out in the city in the […]

Gentile Christians support Messianic and Arab believers in Israel. by Charles Gardner. What particularly spurred me on to volunteer for Jewish mission following my retirement in 2013 was a video of a Jerusalem conference where Jew and Arab met as brothers reconciled through the cross of Christ. Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, dominated by the Islamic […]

How calamity is followed by redemption in God’s calendar. by Charles Gardner. I was greatly shocked to hear of Yolanda Diaz, a Spanish Deputy Prime Minister, ending a speech on the Gaza War with the genocidal slogan “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea”.1 This of course is the Hamas chant that […]

NOW EVERYTHING CHANGES – Review by Charles Gardner. When a Palestinian flag is discovered flying on top of a remote hill in England’s beautiful Lake District, something is surely amiss. And it proves the trigger for one man’s search for truth in a world that has seemingly gone mad. A new book by prolific author […]

Three Christian ladies who loved and served the Jewish people. by Charles Gardner. Sometimes I think we afford far too much attention to the heroic efforts of men in the long history of the church. So I am delighted to focus on three Gentile women whose love for the Jewish people made a significant impact […]