Month: March 2020

Casual Christianity

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Dr. Mike Murphy I am a people watcher! Let me sit down in a restaurant or a public setting, and I will quickly begin to notice the actions of those around me. With the cancer, I do not get as many opportunities to find myself watching people in public these days. But the other day, I got one of these opportunities as I had a bite of lunch at one of my favorite fast food places(one where cows tell us to eat mor chikin!) As I was enjoying my sandwich with a relative of mine, I heard two women at …

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US intends to continue drawing up sovereignty map as planned

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Despite the momentary political uncertainty, the U.S. administration intends to continue as usual with the work of the Israeli-American committee that discusses the areas of Israeli sovereignty under the Trump Mideast initiative. This according to Reshet Bet this morning. According to the report, the administration says the plan and the committee’s activities reflect a summary […]

Turkey’s defense minister meets EU foreign policy chief

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Parties discuss current situation in Idlib, issue of irregular migrants News Service09:13 March 04, 2020 Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met Tuesday with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and his delegation. The preliminary agenda of the meeting was the current situation in Syria’s Idlib province and the issue of irregular migrants, the Turkish Defense […]

Israel’s New Diplomatic Moment

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Trump’s peace plan calls attention to Palestinian division and the collapse of the Arab political order. Jonathan Spyer March 3, 2020 6:50 pm ET Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared victory in Monday’s Israeli election, the third since April, following two inconclusive results. Although Mr. Netanyahu may be frustrated in his attempt to form a government, […]

Medical breakthrough in Israel: a lung was removed from the body of a cancer patient, cleaned and returned

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Medical breakthrough in Israel: a lung was removed from the body of a cancer patient, cleaned and returned   In Beilinson Hospital, for the first time, a lung cancer patient went under surgery in which the tumor removed and the healthy lung returned to his body. “Cleaning” organs from tumors may change global coping with […]

Iran’s nuclear stockpile now five times over nuclear deal limit

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The UN watchdog admonished Tehran on Tuesday for failing to provide access to two undeclared locations or fully answer its questions about past activities there.   Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is more than five times the 300 kg limit set by the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal, announced the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday, […]

Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile five times higher than nuclear deal cap: UN watchdog

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IAEA says Iran could have at least three undeclared nuclear sites, with Tehran refusing information on those Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is five times above the limit set under the 2015 nuclear deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Tuesday in a report, as cited by the AFP. According to the report, as of […]

Netanyahu begins effort to form new coalition

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Likud spokesman says he spoke to possible defectors GIL HOFFMAN MARCH 3, 2020 14:07 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his bloc of right-wing parties on Tuesday to celebrate his victory in Monday’s election and begin the process of forming a new governing coalition. Netanyahu said in his victory speech early Tuesday at Expo Tel […]

High Court petition seeks to block Netanyahu from forming government

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Movement for Quality Government says PM unfit for task, despite election results, because of his soon-to-start corruption trial By TOI staff Today, 1:09 pm   The Movement for Quality Government in Israel filed a petition with the High Court of Justice Tuesday arguing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not be allowed to form the […]

“…[W]hat exactly is the nature and content of the unpardonable sin or the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?”

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“…[W]hat exactly is the nature and content of the unpardonable sin or the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?” “First, it is not an individual sin, but a national sin. It was committed by the Jewish generation of Jesus’ day and cannot be applied to subsequent Jewish generations.”“Secondly, the content of the unpardonable sin is the national rejection by Israel of the Messiahship of Yeshua while He was present, on the grounds of being demon possessed…”“…[I]t was not an individual sin of that day, nor is it a sin anyone can commit today. On this point the Bible is very clear: no …

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Grace & Law

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Galatians 5:4Ye are severed from Messiah, Ye who would be justified by the law; Ye are fallen from Grace. Going back to the law means that they have been severed from Messiah. The question here is not grace and law, but grace or law.The Greek word translated as severed or ” fallen away” is ‘katargeo’, which means ” to render inoperative.” He is not saying that they lose their salvation. What Paul is saying is that seeking either justification or sanctification by means of the law will render their relationship to the Messiahinoperative.This is the same Greek word that is …

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Russian airbase in Syria comes under attack by drones

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News Desk2020-03-03     /* custom css */ .td_uid_6_5e5e2469d99cb_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_6_5e5e2469d99cb_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 A.M.) – The Russian air defenses were activated last night when a wave of drones attempted to attack their headquarters at the Hmeimim Airbase in southwestern Latakia. According to a […]

Facing Our Fears

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Fear prevents us from trusting fully in God, but He knows the cause of our anxiety and wants to set us free Facing Our Fears Psalms 91:1 – 91:16 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.2 I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his …

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‘Enduring to the End – by Jack Kinsella

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“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of His coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (2nd Peter 3:3-4) For most of the past two thousand years, the scoffers had a point. In terms of Bible prophecy and the return of Christ, things remained pretty much the same from the close of the Apostolic Era until roughly the beginning of the 20th century. When Jesus was asked by His disciples, “What shall …

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