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April 20, 2024 | Iran Attacks Israel! Interview with Jim Showers
Israel has been locked in a war with Hamas since October, but it now faces a much greater enemy: Iran. The Middle East powerhouse launched more than 300 drones and missiles from its own soil into...
April 13, 2024 | Interview w/ Justin Kron, Hope in the Holy Land
Is the Jewish-Palestinian conflict in Israel blown out of proportion, or is it as hostile as it sounds? We hear many stories of animosity between these groups, but it’s hard to know the truth w...
April 6, 2024 | Israel My Glory In Depth: Interview w/ Jim Showers
God’s wonderful plan of redemption stretches to everything in creation, but Israel is the key to its fulfillment. God gave the Jewish people special covenants and a special role in His plan. Th...
March 30, 2024 | The Suffering and Resurrection of Jesus, Psalm 22
Have you ever imagined how Jesus must have felt the night before His crucifixion? He knew His time to die for the sins of the world had come, and excruciating pain and suffering lay before Him. S...
March 23, 2024 | Interview w/ Ronit Glaser, Magen David Adom
While most of us grieve for and sympathize with Israelis who suffered horrific violence perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, we can never fully understand their experiences. But fi...
March 16, 2024 | The Davidic Covenant, Part 5
God’s covenant with King David unlocks many of Scripture’s beautiful truths, particularly about Jesus. It explains why Jesus is the King of Israel, the Messiah, the Son of God, and the Son of...
March 9, 2024 | The Davidic Covenant, Part 4
Does the Old Testament ever say that God would have a son? The answer determines our right to place our faith in Jesus! This week Chris remembers a conversation with his Jewish friend that gave h...
March 2, 2024 | FOI in Action: Jael Kalisher
Jael Kalisher is a uniquely gifted Friends of Israel (FOI) field representative in Israel. Having joined FOI as a full-time representative only days after Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel in Oct...
February 24, 2024 | The Davidic Covenant, Part 3
Even when we are unfaithful to God, He is faithful to us. What a blessed promise! We see this truth through God’s covenant with King David. In part 3 of our series on the Davidic covenant, we e...
February 17, 2024 | The Davidic Covenant, Part 2
In 2 Samuel 7, God made a wonderful covenant with David with implications that reached back hundreds of years earlier and extended to Jesus the Messiah. Last week we studied how this Davidic Cove...
February 10, 2024 | The Davidic Covenant, Part 1
This week we begin a series on the Davidic Covenant. This promise God made with King David is a foundational truth that touches so much of Scripture, including Jesus’ birth, identity, and Kingd...
February 3, 2024 | Israel My Glory In Depth: Interview w/ Steve Conover
The life of David, the “man after God’s own heart,” was filled with a vast range of experiences. Having been a lowly shepherd, a fierce warrior, a reflective musician, and an exalted king, ...
January 27, 2024 | Monumental Moses Moments, Part 2
God’s glory is awesome and overwhelming—and yet God is willing to reveal His perfect character to us! He showed Moses His glory on Mount Sinai after the Israelites’ sin with the golden calf...
January 20, 2024 | Monumental Moses Moments, Part 1
Have you ever wanted God to show you His glory? Moses did. He carried the weighty privilege and responsibility of leading God’s Chosen People through the wilderness. God performed great miracle...
January 13, 2024 | Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Part 5
Our series on Paul’s letter to the Romans in September covered the Jewish context of the epistle, atonement, Jesus’ righteousness, reconciliation, redemption, and the eternal security of our ...
January 6, 2024 | Anxiety & Worry (Rebroadcast)
This program is a rebroadcast from April 7, 2018. Sometimes, as Christians, we can dismiss the physical effects of struggles and sins we deal with every day. On this week’s show, Chris talks ab...
December 30, 2023 | When God Became Man, Part 2 (Rebroadcast)
This program is a rebroadcast from December 29, 2018. We trust you are enjoying time with family and friends, and we hope you take some time and reflect on the reason we celebrate: God sending Je...
December 23, 2023 | When God Became Man, Part 1 (Rebroadcast)
This program is a rebroadcast from December 22, 2018. Merry Christmas! We are excited to take some time out of this busy season and reflect on the reason we celebrate: God sending Jesus to the ea...
December 16, 2023 | Interview w/ Edan Kleiman, Beit Halochem
Many of us are praying for the brave men and women serving with the Israel Defense Forces to protect Israel in its war against Hamas terrorists. They face great danger, and many are wounded in th...
December 9, 2023 | Interview w/ Pastor Kai Hoess
God works in hearts all around the world, drawing lost souls to a saving knowledge of Himself. Many who receive Christ and study Scripture faithfully sense God’s calling to stand with and bless...
December 2, 2023 | Israel My Glory In Depth: Interview w/ Dan Price
As we welcome the Christmas season, many people’s minds are flooded with thoughts of the perfect Christmas present. But only one gift is eternally fulfilling, and it’s offered freely to every...
November 25, 2023 | A Thanksgiving from Leviticus
Celebrate the holiday of gratitude by learning a beautiful lesson from the Bible about thanksgiving! We dig into Leviticus this week for a special lesson. You’re probably not familiar with this...
November 18, 2023 | Israel at War Update w/ Jael Kalisher
What is life in Israel like right now? You’ve probably wondered what Israelis face while their nation is at war. Jael Kalisher, The Friends of Israel’s newest field representative, provides a...
November 11, 2023 | Israel at War Update w/ Bassem Eid
As Israel fights a physical war against Hamas terrorists, it also finds itself battling to defend its public image. Many people and institutions, particularly universities, have hitched their wag...
November 4, 2023 | Israel at War Update w/ Josh Reinstein
When terrorists killed and wounded thousands on October 7, the world stood behind Israel. But it wasn’t long before anti-Zionists turned the tide of public opinion against the Jewish state. To ...
October 28, 2023 | Israel at War Update w/ Chris Katulka
Amid a war as consequential as the one between Israel and Hamas, we can’t afford to be uninformed or misinformed. This week, Chris speaks with Steve about how we can navigate the stream of misi...
October 21, 2023 | Israel at War Update w/ Jim Showers
When Hamas terrorists killed and wounded thousands of Israelis and launched thousands of missiles into the Jewish state, they forced Israel into a brutal war. To help you grapple with Israel’s ...
October 14, 2023 | Israel at War: A Conversation with Jim Showers
On Saturday, October 7, Hamas terrorists launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing hundreds, wounding thousands, and capturing more than 100 hostages. These bloodthirsty terrorists murdered i...
October 7, 2023 | Israel My Glory In Depth: Interview w/ Dan Price
Are you afraid that you can lose your salvation? Don’t worry—Scripture makes it clear that you can never lose it! If you trust in Christ for salvation, His promise to save you lasts forever. ...
September 30, 2023 | Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Part 4
Christians are called to the ministry of reconciliation. In Romans 5:10, Paul shared this wonderful truth: “For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, m...
September 23, 2023 | Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Part 3
The bad news: We owe a debt we could never pay on our own. The good news: Jesus’ righteousness paid our debt! In part 1 of our series on the book of Romans, we studied the Jewish people’s pri...
September 16, 2023 | Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Part 2
Many Christians consider the book of Romans their favorite because of how clearly it teaches the gospel message. The apostle Paul presented the Good News wonderfully, teaching some fundamental tr...
September 9, 2023 | Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Part 1
Of all the people in the world, the apostle Paul said, the Jewish people need to hear the gospel most—but they also should understand God’s judgment better than all others. Paul used the phra...
September 2, 2023 | Interview w/ Shmuel Bowman, Operation Lifeshield
Meet an Israeli hero who is saving lives in the Holy Land! On this week’s broadcast, Chris speaks with Shmuel Bowman, executive director of Operation Lifeshield, about the amazing work Shmuel�...
August 26, 2023 | FOI IN ACTION: Linda Craft/Tikvah Team
The Lord uses faithful believers to accomplish great things, and this week’s guest provides a great example of this fact. Linda Craft has served with The Friends of Israel for more than 20 year...
August 19, 2023 | King David, Part 4 (The Legacy)
David held many remarkable distinctions during his life—shepherd, warrior, psalmist, and king. But his legacy extends beyond these roles in God’s plan for history and the whole world. God mad...
August 12, 2023 | Israel My Glory In Depth: Interview w/ Meno Kalisher
Does the Old Testament still matter today? Yes, as much as ever—for so many reasons! This week, Meno Kalisher, pastor of the Jerusalem Assembly in Israel, teaches us how Paul used the Old Testa...
August 5, 2023 | King David, Part 3 (The Psalmist)
The biblical hero David was a man of many talents. We’ve already studied his history as a shepherd and a warrior king. In part 3 of our 4-part series on David, we’ll explore his artistic side...
July 29, 2023 | King David, Part 2 (The Warrior)
As a young man, David was a great warrior in Israel. Following his stunning victory over the Philistine giant, Goliath, David continued to gain victory for Israel in the Lord’s name. His succes...
July 22, 2023 | King David, Part 1 (The Shepherd)
David is one of the most important figures in God’s story of redemption in the Bible. We can follow David’s life from his youth to his death throughout the Old Testament to learn what made hi...
July 15, 2023 | Judges: Not to the Strong, Part 2 (REBROADCAST)
This program is a rebroadcast from August 20, 2016. This week, we are rebroadcasting part two of our series "Not to the Strong" based on the Old Testament book of Judges. Chris takes a deeper loo...
July 8, 2023 | Judges: Not to the Strong, Part 1 (REBROADCAST)
This program is a rebroadcast from August 13, 2016. The book of Judges speaks directly into our culture today. Without strong leadership, both politically and spiritually, we can expect to see ev...
July 1, 2023 | Angels & Demons, Part 2 (REBROADCAST)
This program is a rebroadcast from March 6, 2021. Do you know how demons came to be? And did you know there are different types of demons? After studying angels, God’s agents, in last week’s ...
June 24, 2023 | Angels & Demons, Part 1 (REBROADCAST)
This program is a rebroadcast from February 27, 2021. What do you think of when you hear the word “angels”? Maybe you picture halos, wings, and white robes. Despite what movies and TV shows w...
June 17, 2023 | Acts 2: Peter’s Truth Bombs to Israel, Part 2
Peter dropped some serious truth bombs on the Jewish people in Acts 2! The Holy Spirit had just come to indwell believers, and the people didn’t know what to make of the phenomenon. But Peter w...
June 10, 2023 | Acts 2: Peter’s Truth Bombs to Israel, Part 1
When the church began, people were skeptical. Some even believed the Christians who had just been filled with the Holy Spirit were drunk. But the apostle Peter set them straight by showing them t...
June 3, 2023 | The Six-Day War, Part 2
When Israel’s enemies were closing in a few short years after its rebirth, only God could have saved the Jewish state—and He did! Last week we saw how God orchestrated the events of the 1967 ...
May 27, 2023 | The Six-Day War, Part 1
The date was June 5, 1967— and it seemed like the whole world was against Israel. The fledgling Jewish state was impossibly outnumbered. Less than two decades after fighting for its establishme...
May 20, 2023 | Israel My Glory In Depth: Interview w/ Bruce Scott
Do you wish you could walk the streets of Jerusalem? Come visit the city on a virtual tour on this week’s show! Our latest issue of Israel My Glory magazine treats readers to a tour of 15 sites...
May 13, 2023 | Interview w/ Guy Caspi, Magen David Adom
This week’s guest has made a career of saving lives in the land of Israel. Guy Caspi, a director and instructor for Magen David Adom (MDA), has spent more than 40 years providing emergency medi...