Category: Focus on Israel

Do British Christians understand what they are singing? by Charles Gardner. As churches prepare for Christmas here in Yorkshire, the atmosphere has been enriched by that great hymn, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel. How apt for today with the Jewish nation under vicious attack, and many of their people still held […]

December 7, 2023. By Joseph Shulam. Day 62 since the war in Gaza started and it has spread to the North of Israel. Day 62 of horror and hate and cruelty and beastiality by humans that are acting like devils.  Even Beasts don’t do what these people did to innocent young men and women.  As disciples of […]

How Hanukkah prepared the way for Israel’s Messiah. by Charles Gardner. The prodigious and insightful author Rabbi Jonathan Cahn asks the question, “Who is the most famous person to attend the annual Festival of Hanukkah?”1 The answer, as too many perhaps don’t realise, is Yeshua. For in the Gospel of John, the apostle records: “Then […]

Jewish army doctor turns to Jesus after witnessing patient’s extreme courage. by Charles Gardner. A Jewish army surgeon was amazed by the courage of a young soldier badly wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War (1861-65). Dr Max Rossvally was forced to amputate both a leg and arm in a bid […]

A hymn of praise out of the depths of despair. by Charles Gardner. Amidst the searing loss of life in Israel today, it is well to recall the biblical message of solace that can come out of suffering. Isaiah prophesied of a time when those living in a land of “deep darkness” – he was […]

The call to keep watch over God’s chosen people. by Charles Gardner. Back in the late summer, I was prompted by the Lord to re-visit the remarkable story of Corrie ten Boom and her family, so I bought a copy of her book, The Hiding Place, at a Christian store in Berkshire. It was only […]

The upside-down worldview of today’s mainstream media. by Charles Gardner. I concur with the sentiments of Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who has called out the Archbishop of Canterbury over his simplistic statement on the Israel-Gaza War. In calling for a ceasefire, the Church of England prelate had reportedly said: “The misuse of hospitals by Hamas does […]

The ‘Damascus Road’ story of the Son of Hamas. by Charles Gardner. A former Hamas activist has lashed out at the United Nations for failing to condemn the organisation that sparked Israel’s latest war with Gaza. Addressing the Mission of Israel to the UN, Mosab Hassan Yousef said: “I don’t know why it’s not obvious… […]

The Son of God pays the price so the guilty can go free. by Charles Gardner. In view of the war in Israel, it was perfectly appropriate, though not intentional, that our church sermon on Sunday focused on Jesus’ claim to be the truth. It was part of a series on the ‘reason for the […]

Holocaust survivor thanks Christian ‘heroes’ for exposing antisemitism. by Charles Gardner A Holocaust survivor now witnessing horrors he never thought he would see again has been reflecting on the October 7th massacre that sparked Israel’s war with Gaza. Dr Arie Itamar was born in Odessa in the Ukraine around the time of the terrible 1941 […]