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Weekly Update: “I will harden Pharaoh’s heart”
As always, there are some positive and some less-than-positive developments to report this week...
The Missionary | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #16
Abram preached the gospel of the one, true and only God. He “made souls” for this cause. So he bec...
The Book of Revelation – Write Number Seven
“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven s...
Analysis: Israel’s Security Situation
The assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary...
Weekly Update: “My dwelling place will be with them”
There is a lot of discussion at the moment in Israel and around the world about the Trump peace...
Farewell to Elena
Early Tuesday morning, January 28, 2020, I received a phone call from Nataliya from Kiev: “Koen, we...
More than Sympathy
Food is desperately needed for the poor in Israel. Over one in five people live below the poverty...
An Altar | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #15
Why did Abram build an altar to the Lord? To reconcile with God? To establish a relationship with...
From San Remo to The Hague – How the Global Community is Breaching its ‘Sacred Trust’
The international community is breaching the ‘sacred trust’ promised to the Jewish people 100 years...
Weekly Update: “I will cause many people to live on you – yes, all of Israel”
There is an increasing tension between the word of God and the way nations treat the Jewish people...
The Book of Revelation – Write Number Six
“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of f...
Exactly This Land | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #14
Had Abram not obeyed God’s invitation, he would never have known which land the Lord had in mind. T...
Trump’s ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan Unveiled
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 was one of the most extraordinary days in Israel's history...
How long will you remain indecisive? (Jeremiah 31 – part 7)
Dancing is not for me. I don’t even know why. It is probably a mix of shyness and clumsiness. But i...
Weekly Update: Crossing the Red Sea
I don’t know about you, but I find it difficult to make sense of the world events surrounding I...
Tu Bishvat: New Year of the Trees
‘Tu Bishvat’ – these perhaps somewhat puzzling words indicate a date on the Jewish calendar. Tu (com...
The Book of Revelation – Write Number Five
“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two...
The Original Inhabitants | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #13
Some people uphold that nobody lived in the land of Israel prior to the arrival of the people of...
The holidays are over, but the hunger is not!
In December 2019 alone we were able to pack and hand out 3,611 food parcels. This was before...
Israel and the Church – Allies or Enemies? [DOWNLOAD]
In the past as well as in the present, the relation of Christian churches to the Jews and Israel...