My last post was “7 reasons you really need to visit Israel, especially if you’re a pastor and/or Bible teacher." Today’s post is a natural follow-up. It’s for all of you who believe your pastor(s) don’t have enough of a heart for Israel and you want to talk to them about it in the right way.

Ann and I have pastored in Jerusalem for 30 years. We co-founded King of Kings in 1983, and five years later I became the lead pastor, at age 35. You can do the math. If I could live it over again…

Have you ever met a generous person you didn’t like? Generous people are attractive.Generous souls are relaxed when we are in their home. The generous soul thinks, “what’s yours is mine.” That’s attractive.  

If you don’t take the time to get alone with God in the solitary place you risk physical and emotional collapse. For some of you, all it would take is just one more light rain, one more committee meeting, one more talk to prepare, one more night-shift at work, to send you sliding treacherously down the mountainside.

We should continue to let the Holy Spirit make us wholly holy because God has chosen us for a high calling, and holiness is the only way to succeed and fulfill this calling. So all of us are all in ministry. We are all priests. If, as priests, we are called to be people who build a bridge between man and God, then we had better not be a shaky, unstable and unreliable bridge. If people see us as guides to God, then we had better walk straight and not  guide people off the path.