Israel

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has found an ancient receipt from about 2,000 years ago on the City of David's Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem.

For many years, my Israeli friends have taught me the importance of resilience as they refuse to allow threats of violence to change their lives. They take shelter when necessary, but they choose not to live in fear because this gives the “terrorists” (“those who cause terror”) what they want.

When violence does strike, they return to normal as quickly as possible. While Americans might turn the site of a terrorist attack into a memorial to those who died, Israelis typically do not. They do not want to memorialize the crime, believing that they pay tribute to their dead by living well. I witnessed such courage in Israel last week. 

Thursday marked the third day of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror group. Talks of a cease-fire are ongoing.

When speaking with Christian friends around the globe and being interviewed by various Christian media about the significance of the Isaiah 62 Fast, one common theme that recurred in these conversations is a sense that while Christians genuinely love and support Israel and their prayers for Israel are heartfelt and sincere, most Christians have little to no deep connection to Israel or with average Israelis. They may truly love us, but they don’t know us.

They don’t know about these basic challenges and other facets of life, from sending our children to the military, economic issues that make making ends meet sometimes a challenge, or the issues that threaten to divide us, and more.

Dr. Robert Jeffress, Jr., pastor of First Baptist Dallas, was recently honored with its "Friend of Zion" award on behalf of Jerusalem's Friends of Zion Museum.

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered the mosaic floor of an ancient church from the Roman era and are opening it up to the public with the hope that hikers and tourists will stop by the site.

The speaker, Huwaida Arraf, is Palestinian-American who fell short in a bid for the 2022 Democratic nomination representing Michigan’s 10th Congressional District. The school said in a note to parents that Arraf went off script.

A 2,500-year-old pottery shard listing the name of King Darius of the Bible has been found in Israel in what researchers are calling a first-of-its-kind discovery.

Leaders from the Anglican Church, the Church of England and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs are condemning acts of vandalism that left more than 30 graves at a Christian cemetery in Jerusalem desecrated.

Let’s not make a category mistake with our souls this year. No matter how advanced our technology becomes, bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari is right: we will never find lasting happiness through temporal comfort and convenience. And let’s avoid an association fallacy that confuses formal religion with a personal relationship with our Maker.