The thought came to mind recently that Hamas and Haman are very similar, so I did some research. Haman is mentioned in the Book of Esther, and he was the instigator of a plot to kill the Jews, during the time of the Persian Empire headed by King Xerxes from ...
Read More »Having Hope and Security in a Shaken Up World
“We have started to accept once more that our life is not our own and God has altered our path once again.” These were the words of a monk right after the severe earthquake that recently struck Italy. Surely, indeed, there is an element to life that goes beyond our ...
Read More »Rescued Jewish Boy Repays Kindness 77 Years Later
Thanking someone for a kindness given is simply the right thing to do. Besides, repaying a kindness has it’s own kind of power. According to the UK newspaper, The Independent, 95-year-old Lord Weidenfeld said he has, “a debt to repay”. In the 1930s, as Nazi occupied Austria was persecuting Jewish ...
Read More »Surviving ISIS: An Encouraging Story From Iraq
ISIS seems to be all over the news and the stories never end well. They are known for the gruesome murders of many innocent Christians especially in the middle east. Today I want to share with you about a young girl who, along with her family, became homeless at the ...
Read More »Raw Faith: A Lesson in Staying the Course
“We are a family torn apart, but Jesus hasn’t abandoned us.” Those are the words boldly spoken by Naghmeh Abedini on June 2, 2015. She testified in front of a room of politicians as she has done many times before about the imprisonment of her husband, Saeed. This time it was ...
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