In 1979, I studied at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. One of my professors was C. Peter Wagner, an engaging and inspiring lecturer who left lasting traces in me with his teaching on church growth, the spiritual gifts and mobilization for work in the Kingdom of God.
Antisemitism is not only a thing in the past but also becoming the new normal. This is the history about the longest hatred. In December 1817, a ship stranded through a storm on its way to England off Western Norway. On board was a Polish Jew named Michael Jonas. He was rescued and arrived in […]
The Ten Commandments apply today When Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, he was standing there as a representative of a people who had just been released from captivity in Egypt. The God of Israel had redeemed his people from bondage. Now He revealed His will to them. «You shall have no other […]
Has God changed his mind? That God by grace saves the one who believes is not a truth that first appears in the New Testament. Throughout the Bible, faith is linked to God’s salvation initiative: the sacrificial lamb. Faith connects the old and the new covenant. It is therefore wrong to put a contradiction between […]
The Bible in the Balance The fact that the Bible is exposed to criticism is nothing new. Questioning much of what is written in the Bible is the rule more than the exception for many leading theologians. But it is not so common for conservative Christians to question whether the Bible is God’s Word to […]
Opponents of Christian Zionism use the tragedy after the October 7, 23 massacre to condemn those of us who support Israel’s God-given right to its historic homeland. Joel Halldorf believes that it is time to expose Christian Zionism for what it is – a dangerous heresy that makes people turn a blind eye to war […]
Ezekiel 36:21-23 gives us a perspective on the Middle East conflict that is very rarely highlighted. Namely, that God has a vested interest in Israel being united in his own land. It is about the credibility of God’s Name. Through what happens, God will confirm His sovereignty over the land of Israel and over The […]