Luke 21:32 records “when these things start to happen, straighten up and lift your head becuase your salvation is drawing near.”Listen to this Middle East update by Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer given to Family Media radio in Kenya. Listen to the interview
The wave of protests in the Arab world that began in Tunisia, and spread to Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen, have underscored the need to develop a unified Western policy toward these movements. Everyone supports the idea of democratic reforms that could lead to the end of authoritarian rule in much of the Middle East. (more…)
Global poll held for BBC finds just three countries ranked below Israel – Pakistan, North Korea, Iran. Israel is one of the least popular countries in the world, according to a survey conducted by Globescan for the BBC in 27 different states. (more…)
By Frida Ghitis…The holiday season has now ended, but not without leaving behind a trail of devastation and a rising sense of anguish among Christian communities in the Middle East. A series of deadly assaults and ominous threats – most dramatically the New Year’s church massacre in Alexandria – Egypt, and a threat from al-Qaida in Iraq to “open the doors of destruction and rivers of blood” upon Christians have raised fears that Christianity may not survive in the region of its birth. (more…)
By Melanie Phillips Some four-and-a-half years ago, a book of mine was published that caused something of a sensation. It was called Londonistan, and it was about the way in which – astoundingly – Britain had become the most important centre, outside the Islamic world itself, for the production and export of Islamic terrorism. (more…)
By Caroline Glick…Does the US fail to understand what will happen to its strategic interests in the region if the Muslim Brotherhood is the power behind the throne of the next regime? (more…)
When one looks at the heartbreaking conflict in the Middle East, one cannot help but think about the biblical background. Can one find some solutions and understanding there? What has the Bible to say about the conflict between these two brothers with the same father Abraham, but with different mothers? (more…)
by Don Finto…Egypt is in transition. There is much communication going on – emails, phone calls, facebook, twittering, blogging, and perhaps also an increase in Bible reading as we try to discern what is happening in Egypt and how it will affect the world. (more…)
Exodus 20:1-6 (New King James Version) says: And God spoke all these words, saying: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. “You shall have no other gods before Me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image any likeness of anything … For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, … Is this the God we love and serve? Or are we lovers and slaves of other gods? Who are these gods? What is the origin of aliens and demons? When it comes to these beings, what can we expect in the future? (more…)
By Earl Cox.. Another year has come and gone, and that simply means that the world is one year farther into the “end times” of Bible prophecy. As some would say, it is one year closer to its Biblical conclusion. Actually, the Bible does not say that the world itself will end, but that this “time” or “age” will end and a new one will begin. (more…)
