Prayers for Jerusalem (and Babylon)

Today I would like to do a brief scriptural analysis of the oft misquoted *pray for Israel* mantra that evangelicals mindlessly repeat. What does it actually say? What is the context? And is there a near identical exhortation to pray for Babylon? Read on... One scripture often referenced is Psalms 122:6 which states: "Pray for …

Loose our blessing?

In the lead up to the current Israeli assault on Gaza I saw a short clip of John Hagee at his "A Night to Honor Israel" rally held on October 22. The wacky, blubberous, false teacher urged a preemptive American attack upon Iran, spoke falsely about God's covenants, and declared that "What you do to …

Thoughts on Israel, Gaza, Jews, and Christianity

We live in a dark time. I wish to make a few comments on the current events in Gaza. I submitted a slightly different (shorter and milder) version of this article to a different website which declined to publish it. So here is the full octane version for my dedicated readers at GKS. The perennial …