A Baptist Who Embodied the Spirit of Lottie Moon

If you grew up in a Southern Baptist church, you know Lottie Moon. She was a missionary to China for 40 years and has come to personify the missionary spirit of Southern Baptists. My friend, Mike Lee, pastored a church in Scottsville, Virginia, that was founded by...

The Jewish Rabbi Who Blessed Me

Even though I am not Jewish, many times I receive greetings for Jewish holidays. Being an Israeli citizen, you get quite a lot of these automatic email greetings. This year, only one person sent me a greeting for Passover – the infamous Israel lawmaker, Bezalel...

Baptists’ Witness in Israel Approaches a Century

Farewells were said as a determined young man left his family in Safed, the crown jewel of the mountains overlooking the Sea of Galilee, to make his way to America. In 1909, under the love and guidance of Dr. George W. Truett, Shukri Musa found the desire of his heart...