Category Archives: Faith

A Message from Kyiv, Day 7

Only a few hours ago (today) I had a privilege of speaking with a good friend via FaceTime.  Irene, who lives in Kyiv, in a moving account shares how her life has been changed in the first seven days of … Continue reading

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Solidarity with Ukraine Protest in Houston

Standing in solidarity with Ukraine: As Ukraine is enduring its fourth night of deadly terror there is nothing that could justify the naked and shameless aggression orchestrated by Putin’s regime on the unsuspecting nation of Ukraine. No “what-about this or … Continue reading

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A Christian View of the Political Turmoil From Inside of Israel

Focus Conversation with Botrus Mansour, an Arab lawyer and General Director of Nazareth Baptist School. Botrus is also a Baptist Church Elder, and Chairman of the Convention of Evangelical Churches in Israel. He is the author of several books, of … Continue reading

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In Medias Res: Refugees in Your Own Land

Yousef Alkhoury, Lecturer of Biblical Studies and Missions, Bethlehem Bible College, Palestine speaks at the Focus webinar “Refugees and Immigrants Our Neighbors”. 

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Refugees and Immigrants, Our Neighbors

On Thursday, May 27, 20h CET (6pm GMT) we are continuing our current season of webinar conversations on refugees and immigrants, this time with the title – “Refugees and Immigrants, Our Neighbors”. Our underlining question remains: Should we, followers of … Continue reading

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Only When One Turns to the Lord the Veil is Taken Away

We do not arrive at the TRUTH by carefully aligning Biblical proof texts into systematically organized themes, topics, doctrines, or systems of beliefs however important they might be. By doing so many have arrived at diverse teachings and truths, all … Continue reading

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Meeting Jesus on the Refugee Trail, Webinar

Zoom attendance requires registration. Register here. The treatment of refugees and migrants over the past several years has been a very much contested issue in the US and Europe. The spectrum of attitudes towards them, shared among many Christians too, … Continue reading

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Christian Nationalism, Webinar Notes

A selection of webinar highlights from two webinars, Overcoming Christian Nationalism, and Christian Nationalism and Christian Identity Do Not Belong Together” produced by Leadership Focus International, February and March 2021. Time 28.33 min.

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Christian Identity and Christian Nationalism Do Not Belong Together

‘Christian Identity and Christian Nationalism Do Not Go Together’, was a message a group of international panelists shared on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. It is one thing to love one’s country, and quite another to be idolatrously obsessed with one’s … Continue reading

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We Really Don’t Want to Talk About This

I’ve been recently reading the Old Testament books that major in God’s judgments against the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; judgments that were delivered by means of the Assyrian and Babylonian invaders, which ultimately led both kingdoms into captivity.  One … Continue reading

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