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"The International Criminal Court (ICC) refuses to investigate brutal dictatorships like Iran and Syria, who commit horrific atrocities almost daily. And yet, the ICC has ruled that its "jurisdiction" extends to territories liberated by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War, clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open war crimes probes into Israel’s military actions in Gaza and its presence in Jude...

This is the final part (part 4) of 'Light in the Darkness'. We pick up from where we left off last week, where in Ezekiel 37, God shows the prophet a valley of dry bones. Could this really be depicting the Holocaust? And if so, what about the teaching the church applies to itself? In verse 11 we read, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our...

This is part three of 'Light in the Darkness'. After a very successful Holocaust Memorial Day event, of which CFI put an online event on YouTube on 24th January 2021 - which is available to watch here: https://youtu.be/mUlpeLYCRr4, I look back at various issues relating to this, and for the need for light to break through the darkness of today's world. "This is what the LORD says: "Your wound is i...

This is part two of Light in the Darkness. As we prepare for Holocaust Memorial Day, of which CFI are putting on an online event on YouTube on 24th January 2021 at 7pm (click here for the link to watch this on the 24th of January and after: https://youtu.be/mUlpeLYCRr4), I will be looking at various issues relating to this, and for the need for light to break through the darkness of today's world,...

This is part one of Light in the Darkness. As we prepare for Holocaust Memorial Day, of which CFI are putting on an online event on YouTube on 24th January 2021 at 7pm - see full details here: https://www.cfi.org.uk/downloads/HMD-Flyer2021v5.pdf - I will be looking at various issues relating to this, and for the need for light to break through the darkness of today's world, especially with the Cov...

This is part two of a special two-week Chanukah podcast, and it will be my last podcast of 2020 - see you in the new year! 📌But how much do you know about Chanukah? 📌Why is it celebrated by the Jewish people? 📌What’s the story behind it? 📌Did you know the dynasty that began with a family known as the Maccabees greatly influenced the nation of Israel for several centuries - even touching the li...

Chanukah begins in the evening of Thursday, 10th December and ends in the evening of Friday, 18th December 2020. So, in this podcast I'm sharing part one of a special two-week Chanukah podcast. But how much do you know about Chanukah? Why is it celebrated by the Jewish people? What’s the story behind it? Did you know the dynasty that began with a family known as the Maccabees greatly influenced th...

Walking through the Yad Vashem's Children's Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, Israel, brought a very difficult discovery for me regarding our name. But are names important? And if names are important, then by changing names in the Bible, are we distorting the message? To watch an accompanying short video to this podcast, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4vMnVbc_ms&t=10s

So... we are back in lockdown in England, and this plague isn't going away anytime soon. But where are we in the days leading up to Biblically fulfilled prophecies? Are we really in the "End Days"? The Biblical Church in Paul's days thought they were in the "Last Days'. Was the Church thinking they were in the "End Days" during the Spanish Flu in 1920? What about during WW1 or WW2? And what of the...

Seven Reasons on Why Israel: 1) Jesus’ Disciples were concerned... So shouldn’t we? - Acts 1:6-7 2) God is concerned over the nation of Israel - Jeremiah 31:35; Psalm 105:8-11. 3) God Commands us to uphold Israel’s capital in prayer - Psalm 122 4) God is faithful to His Word ~ He keeps His promises - Isaiah 11:11-12 5) The evangelical Church pre 1948 were very concerned about the restoration of Is...

To understand this difficult issue, one has to first understand a little bit about the heartbeat of God and of God’s covenant relationship regarding this controversial subject. I’d like to look at the issue of “Why Israel?” In doing so, I’d like to deal with, and hopefully answer a few of the common questions I’m often asked, such as: “What do you think about what is happening in the Middle East w...

Episode 23 Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) - To Walk With God The word for 'winter' in the Scriptures is the Hebrew word ‘setav’. Setav means the season of hiding or the time of darkness… Nisan [in the Spring] however, is the month that ends the season of darkness, that breaks the death of winter. Nisan is the month when the earth again bears its fruit, and its flowers again begin to blossom. Nisan...

It's Rosh Hashanah... otherwise known as 'The Jewish New Year'. But can the church learn anything from this wonderful festival? This holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25 and the shofar (a ram's horn) is blown at this time of the year. It is believed that on Rosh Hashanah the destiny of all mankind is recorded by God in the Book of Life. After Rosh Hashanah services, as the congregants leave...

Three times God had laid Israel on my heart, and three times I'd thrown it back in His face. No one but me (and God of course) knew this. Three times I'd told God, “I don’t want it… give it to someone else!” However, once I'd agreed that obedience was better than running away, the Lord soon enabled all that Julia and I were doing in the North of England to blossom and grow. In many ways it is like...

Back in 1995 God spoke to me clearly in two ways. The first was when I cried out to God as Israel had been suffering terrorist attacks from Islamic extremists. The front page of the Daily Telegraph had a photo of an Orthodox Jew holding his small child in his arms – however the child was dead due to being caught up in a terrorist attack. I can remember being so shocked, knowing this child wasn’t a...

What might you expect to find in the wilderness? Throughout the Bible, the wilderness can function as an image of discord. In some ways, one would think that to end up in the wilderness means that one has a loss of control on your walk with God, and of separation from the safety of society. However this is not necessarily so. Sometimes God can lead you there for a purpose as indeed the Spirit of G...

The former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion once stated back in 1956, “In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.” I’ll be sharing much more on the issue of Israel in future podcasts, however, of all the nations in the world over time immemorial, Israel must have seen the most miracles. But what exactly are miracles? Are they really an act of God to intervene on behal...

It was the early '90's and the AIDS epidemic had took its toll on babies and young children in Romania. There could be no instant deliverance, despite the faithful work of charities such as ‘Romanian Children’s Aid’ (RCA) – a Christian based charity that I had agreed to be a volunteer as the co-Chairman of the UK North East, spending many months raising the much needed money with the precious peop...

In 1992, I had the privilege to drive a truck all the way from Middlesbrough, via Essex, through Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary and into and through Romania. This was the second time I’d been to a small place called Cernavoda where we literally saw miracles take place. The biggest shock was when we toured the Orphanages that spilled over with unwanted children, many plagued with AIDS or other...

This is part 2 of The Russia House - podcast episode 15 of The Eagle's Eye Podcast. It was 1989 and Moscow held an air of mystery over it with the underground metro stations looking like palaces, with beautiful ornate ceilings, marble everywhere and chandeliers so grand they wouldn’t look out of place in the finest stately home. The metro station was directly opposite to where we were staying, and...

In the 1980s, the Soviet Union was engulfed by a multitude of problems. The economy began to fall apart. To reform a broken Soviet Union, the democratisation of the Communist Party was promoted through Party Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of ‘perestroika’ and ‘glasnost.’ For me, Moscow held a mystical air over it with the underground metro stations looking like palaces, with beautiful orna...

Episode 13 is recorded by Branch FM Radio, and with their permission, the show with Michael Booth and CFI's David Soakell is added here on The Eagle's Eye Podcast. In the show we discuss what CFI have been doing in 2020 - a year of perfect vision - and how we have not just coped, but excelled even through the Covid-19 plague. Other topics covered include these 'Podcasts', Siyabonga, Norwich City,...

In Jeremiah 6:14 we read, 'They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace. (15) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed; Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time I punish them, They shall be cast down,” says the Lord. (16) Thus says the Lord: “Sta...

In the Torah, in Genesis 24:27 we read ‘And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I am in The Way of The LORD. The LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. I am in The Way of The LORD. By stating this, this servant of Abraham is declaring that he is a disciple of Abraham and is [walking] in the Way of the L...

Show me The Way… (Part One) Suddenly, after opening my Bible, God laid Israel upon my heart. Suddenly, all the stories that Dad used to say about our name being changed made sense. Suddenly the connection with Anne Frank was real, and suddenly I knew why those Jewish kids at Gateshead had such an impact upon me. And I knew God was laying on my heart a calling. And yet, deep down I knew that with t...