Reaching the Ultra-Orthodox Jews of Mea Shearim: My Approach, with Reflections on Head Covering

As a Christian from Scotland, shaped by Calvary Chapel’s grace-focused teachings and now part of a Reformed community, I watched Wandering Emma’s YouTube video about Mea Shearim, an Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jewish neighbourhood in Jerusalem. The practices, such as women covering their hair for modesty, men speaking Yiddish as a daily...

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600 Days in Captivity – A Call to Pray, Stand, and Share the Gospel

My heart’s breaking as we hit 600 days, since October 7, 2023, when 58 people, from children to grandparents, have been held in Hamas’s dungeon tunnels in Gaza. At Supporting Israel (https://www.supportingisrael.co.uk/) and Born Again Christians (https://bornagainchristians.org/), we’re praying for these hostages and their families, who are living a nightmare....

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No Done Yet: God’s Regathering of Israel

In Ezekiel 36:24 (NKJV), God declares, “For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.” This prophetic assurance, rooted in the Hebrew v’laqachti (“I will take”) and v’qibbasti (“I will gather”), was vividly fulfilled in 1948 when...

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