Is God really like Jesus?
In October 1944 after an assault on San Martino-Sogliano, Thomas F. Torrance, the future great Scottish Theologian and my (Jimmy) mentor, was serving as a stretcher bearer under fire when…
How does Israel bear witness to God today?
How does Israel bear witness to God today? From our perspective, please consider: 1. Israel is an object lesson that confirms God’s ongoing covenant of grace not only with Israel…
Dine Out Along The Road: Israel Edition
Last summer I (Jimmy) produced 2 episodes of an American Food & Travel television program, Dine out along the Road, for our good friend Ray O'Canto. The food and wine scene…
Wild & Beguiled: Israel can’t escape her calling
Israel is a little like the Wild West. On November 12, 2018, more than 400 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel. And so it continues... once again in human…
Yom Kippur, Sukkot & Finding Neverland
In the film “Finding Neverland” there’s this great scene; it’s opening night for the play “Peter Pan” and the theatre is packed except for 25 seats kept in reserve by…
Jesus Comes Back To The Jews
"Jesus Comes back to the Jews” was the headline in The Times of Israel on January 23, 2017. It described an art exhibit held at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem…
Part 3: Why Does Israel Still Matter: Contract Lenses
Part 3: Why Does Israel Still Matter? I ended the last segment with a question about Moses and the Law. How are we to understand the relationship between God’s one-sided…
Part 2: Why Does Israel Still Matter: God makes covenants NOT contracts
Part 2: Why Does Israel Still Matter? Picking up where we left off, I think the starting point to answering this question is to understand that God makes covenants NOT…
Part 1: Why Does Israel Still Matter: Lost in translation
The truth is... the question ‘Why Does Israel still Matter?’ can only be asked by a Church that has become utterly alienated from its own origins. Nevertheless, it’s a question…