What’s So Good About ”Good Friday”? – by Jack Kinsella

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According to Christian tradition, the Friday before Easter is called ”Good Friday” because it is the day that Jesus Christ was crucified. GOOD Friday? The Crucifixion most probably did not actually take place on a Friday, anyway. The Scriptures make reference only to the ‘Sabbath’ and there were two Sabbath days during that particular Passover week. But it is on Friday that the world remembers, whether it wants to or not, that a Man was crucified on a hill called Golgotha outside the walls of Jerusalem for the sins of mankind. If the world wants to remember it as a …

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French ambassador to US: Israel becoming an apartheid state

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i24NEWS Latest Revision 19 April 2019, 14:47 (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) France’s Ambassador to the United States Gérard Araud. Ambassador Gérard Araud said the US peace plan is almost certainly doomed to fail Israel will become an apartheid state, outgoing French ambassador to the United States told the Atlantic in an interview published on Friday where he […]

Moscow yeshiva set on fire during Passover Seder

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Arson fire was set at Torat Chaim yeshiva in eastern Moscow as 60 people gather there for Passover celebration. Elad Benari, Canada, 19/04/ An arson fire was set at the largest yeshiva in Russia as during a Passover Seder on Friday, Jewish officials said, according to The Associated Press. No one was reported injured in […]

My Word: Reaching for the Moon and freedom to choose

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Like many in Israel and around the world, I held my breath on Thursday, April 11, as I watched what I hoped would be the successful landing of the SpaceIL lunar probe Beresheet on the Moon. By Liat Collins April 18, 2019 20:58   ‘Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan,” goes the […]

THE SEVEN SAYINGS OF THE SAVIOR ON THE CROSS

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by A. W. Pink To the Students of the Words, Works and Ways of God: CONTENTS Introduction 1. The Word of Forgiveness — “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” Luke 23:34 2. The Word of Salvation — “And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say […]

Macron congratulates Netanyahu on win, shares hope for two-state solution

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German Chancellor Angel Merkel called to congratulate the prime minister on Monday, also stressing her country’s hope for dialogue between the Israelis and Palestinians and for a two-state solution. JERUSALEM POST STAFF April 19, 2019 12:53 French President Emmanuel Macaron sent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a letter on Thursday in which he congratulated him on […]

Netanyahu in Passover message: Israel now admired by ‘the Arab and Muslim world’

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In video marking festival of freedom, prime minister says he’s ‘persistently and systematically turning Israel into a rising global power’ By TOI STAFFToday, 12:37 pm  0 0shares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted what he said were burgeoning ties between Israel […]

How do we learn consistent faith?

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We’re very fickle in our faith, aren’t we? We are inconsistent, ambivalent. We sing “My faith looks up to Thee” . . . until the medicine stops working, until the lights go out, until the bill comes due and we don’t have what it takes to pay it. Until our grades slip or our career takes a turn or we lose a mate . . . . How do we learn consistent faith? We learn it one day at a time. We learn it through endurance.James writes: “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that …

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“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. John 11:39

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We find in all our Lord’s life, an economy of miracle. He never put forth supernatural power, unless it was necessary. Could not Jesus have taken away the stone himself? Certainly he could. The power that could call the dead to life, could easily have lifted back the piece of rock from the door of the tomb. But there is always something left for human hands to do.God honors us by making us co-workers with himself, both in providence and grace. He feeds us—but ordinarily we must toil to earn and gather our own food. He saves people’s souls; but …

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Syria says Iranian oil tankers blocked at Suez Canal if shipment is destined for Syrian port

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – Under the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and Great Britain, no Iranian oil tankers are allowed to transit the Suez Canal if they are destined for a Syrian port, a Syrian military source told Al-Masdar News this morning. The source said Iranian oil tankers are allowed to enter Mediterranean waters […]

Iran showcases domestic fighter jets

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Iran showcases its domestically made fighter jets during a military parade marking National Army Day in Tehran. Elad Benari, 19/04/19 06:34 Iran on Thursday showcased its domestically made fighter jets by flying the aircraft over Tehran during a military parade marking National Army Day, The Associated Press reported. TV footage showed the aircraft performing during […]

A Third Of A Mile

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Dr. Mike Murphy “Seven hundred and sixty-two steps.  I can still remember taking each of those steps as if it was yesterday.  The confusion and the fear that filled me, the anger and hatred that surround me.  And with each of those seven hundred and sixty-two steps, I feared each might be my last. We had travelled so far to get to the city that day.  Days at sea, then two more days we walked to get there.  Travelling that distance so my sons might also experience Passover that year, and see my beloved city for the first time. But …

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PA to launch campaign against US peace plan

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Abbas adviser announces PA will launch campaign to counter Trump’s “Deal of the Century”. Elad Benari, 19/04/19  Nabil Shaath, international relations adviser to Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, said on Thursday that the PA will launch a campaign to counter the US peace plan, known as the “Deal of the Century”, reported the Xinhua […]

Report: US Submits Request to Lease Land for Permanent Embassy in Jerusalem

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by JNS.org A view of the then-future U.S. embassy in Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood, Feb. 24, 2018. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. JNS.org – The United States recently submitted a request to Israeli authorities to “begin preparing” the Allenby compound in Jerusalem for the construction of the US permanent embassy in the country, reported Israel’s Channel 12. The outlet […]