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JTA — If Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s visit to Hasidic Brooklyn this week had yielded only one amusing moment, Dayenu – it would have been enough. But, thank God, there were many in the Republican presidential candidate’s visit to a Jewish bookstore, shmura matzah bakery and Hasidic school in Borough Park on Tuesday. “It’s a wonderful, wonderful holiday for our friends in the Jewish community – the Passover,” Kasich told reporters after emerging from the matzah bakery, a box of the fresh-baked stuff in hand. Yes, Jews are known to love The Passover, almost as much they love The Pre-Election...

There’s a religious liberty standoff underway in Middleton, Wisconsin. ADVERTISEMENT On one side is a group of Christian moms armed with Chick-fil-A sandwiches and 400 homemade brownies. On the other side are public school administrators who believe that Jesus and plump juicy chicken breasts are “divisive.” The controversy surrounds an off-campus lunch event involving students at Middleton High School known as “Jesus Lunch.”

The Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Oviedo “almost certainly covered the cadaver of the same person.” This is the conclusion from an investigation that has compared the two relics using forensics and geometry.The research was done by Dr. Juan Manuel Miñarro, a sculpture professor at the University of Seville, as part of a project sponsored by the Valencia-based Centro Español de Sindonología (CES) (The Spanish Center of Sindonology).Transparency acetate on three-dimensional model used in the investigation of Juan Manuel Miñarro . LINTEUM The study thus supports what tradition has held for more than two millennia: that the...

Coincidentally — or providentially — Newsweek magazine decided to place Jesus on its cover immediately following two large prayer gatherings, one of which took place in DC! Inquiring minds want to know: “What’s all this talk about Jesus Christ coming to our Nation’s Capital?” Having lived in Washington DC for 24 years, and having worked across the street from the White House, I know it’s unusual for this kind of talk and photo to be so prominent. A regular feature on a top-rated cable news show says it best: “What the heck just happened?” Surveys reveal that over 80%...

Genesis 14:20 Praise be to God Most High, Who Delivered your Enemies into your Hands.

It has been hard enough for me, as a Reagan scholar, to forebear claims by Trump supporters of alleged commonalities between Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. Some lost soul, in a fit of madness, composed a list of 15 uncanny “similarities” between the two. The list has gone viral and has been sent to me too many times. I’ve resisted responding to it, and -- pray God -- I will not need to. But speaking of God, other analogies are being made by Trump supporters that wrench my stomach so hard that I need to vent as a form of...

Just before I sat down to write this article, the terrorist group known as ISIS claimed responsibility for another attack in the Middle East. In this latest incident, Muslim terrorists reportedly killed more than twelve people, injured more than twenty-five people, and took as many as fifty hostages. Sadly, we have grown accustomed to such horrendous news—so accustomed that we have almost come to expect such news every day. If we have not become desensitized to these sinful and shameful acts of terrorism, we feel a range of emotions, from anger to sadness, vengeance to helplessness, defensiveness to aggression. ISIS...

Psalm 70:4 But Fill the Followers of God with Joy. Let those who Love Your Salvation Exclaim, "What a Wonderful God He is!"

Dear LORD, I’ve been looking back… and remembering the day you opened up my eyes.. In the painful winter of my young life… You showed me something I had never seen before, (tho I had often gazed at the crucifix in church and wondered…) But when I read the book, (tho I was depressed and distracted) You put clay in my eyes, and opened them… now I see, that “He made him who knew no sin, to be sin for us…” You commanded me to understand… That as a substitute, Jesus died for me… Dear LORD I have been looking...

A Pakistani descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who was nearly stabbed to death by radical Muslims and brought back to life by the power of Jesus Christ, has released a new book detailing the life-threatening extremism he escaped and his life on the run. Ali Sayed Husnain Shah, who comes from a prominent Shia Muslim family with direct genealogical connection to Muhammad, details in new book, The Cost: My Life On a Terrorist Hit List, how he went from being a member of one of the most prestigious Islamic families in Lahore to an infidel being forced to move...

Nehemiah 9:5 Stand Up and Praise the Lord Your God Forever and Ever, And Let them Praise Thy Glorious Name, O God, Which Excelleth Above All Thanksgiving and Praise.

He is not here: for he is risen as he said. Come and see the place where he lay..   Matthew 28:6Easter wishes to all. May your day of rebirth be filled with joy, love, hope and forgiveness. And perhaps a chocolate bunny or two, at your discretion. Incognito bunny h/t Cripes SuzetteSo I suggest we all take a break from politics and politicians, enjoy the day and, if the weather allows, get out in the fresh air, breathe deep and remind yourself: only 298 more days! And trust the hand of God to see us through. Jesus said unto...

At this time of year Christians celebrate Easter, or as I prefer, Resurrection Sunday. As one scans history, no other date put such a mark in time as when Jesus Christ shed His grave-clothes and departed the tomb. Of all the religions of the world, only Christianity claims an empty tomb for its founder. The physical resurrection of Jesus is the cornerstone of Christianity. British theologian Michael Green said it well when he noted, 'Without faith in the resurrection there would be no Christianity at all.' Noted biblical scholar, professor, and author Wilbur M. Smith said that, 'The resurrection of...

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.(Isaiah 53:12)The Last verse of this fourth Servant Song has always struck me as anti-climatic. But this is because I believe the King James version confuses the meaning somewhat, for it reads as though the Servant takes his place among other great and strong ones. But the according to evangelical scholar Alec Motyer,...

Share Your Fear Either With Jesus Sweating Blood, or you will share it with the king of terrors. We remember Christ lying in the tomb, really dead, though now He lives forever. But fear not, His mother is still here, while He is in the land of shades. He passed through human fear, giving Himself over to whatever the Father wanted of him. Fear is the common principle of sin as the soul is the enervating force of the body. The greatest creation, a Seraph Angel (Isaiah 6:1-8) we call the Light Bearer (Lucifer), still didn't trust God to...

PSALM 22 A Psalm of David;For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered:...

What did Jesus mean when He uttered the words “It is finished!” in John 19:30? The phrase actually translates one word in Greek, tetelestai, from the root teleo, which means “to finish, fulfill.” Significantly, this specific form of the verb, tetelestai, is only found twice in the entire New Testament, both times in John 19. In fact, the two occurrences of tetelestai are found within three verses of each other: “After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), ‘I thirst.’ . . . When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is...

Emmy Award-winning 3D illustrator and animator Ray Downing of Studio Macbeth, widely known for his 2010 History Channel show and DVD “The Real Face of Jesus,” has produced a new DVD, “Jesus Alive Again: An Easter Meditation.” Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/03/emmy-winning-artist-depicts-jesus-from-shroud/#BfbDIxEqg371Dcrs.99

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto...

Archaeologists in Israel are "astonished and surprised" after finding artifacts dating back to Jesus' time at a local orphanage and military complex in Jerusalem. The Israel Antiquities Authority said this week that it has found numerous rare and important artifacts, some dating back to the Second Temple period, buried deep beneath the Schneller compound in Jerusalem, which had previously served as a orphanage and later an Israeli army base. The Schneller compound first served as an orphanage in the 1800's, and then as an occupation area for German soldiers during World Wars I and II. It later became a base...