• OPINION \ Jan 12, 2009
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    Jesus knew that His Father loved Him because He always did that which pleased Him. What will it take for God the Father to answer His Beloved Son's prayer?:

    "I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your Word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

    Howard Bass, Jan 9, 2009, Special For "Come and See"
    The Answer to Jesus' Prayer in John 17
  • PALESTINE \ Jan 06, 2009
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    The pastor of the Catholic parish in Gaza City described Gaza as "drowning in blood" as hospitals overflowed with patients.

    In a message to participants in a special Mass for peace at St. Stephen Church in Jerusalem Jan. 4, Msgr. Manuel Musallam, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, wrote: "What you see on television cannot be compared to what is happening. The word love is choking in my throat. ... We are living like animals in Gaza. We cry and nobody hears us. I am asking God for mercy and pray that the light of Christianity continues to shine in Gaza."

    By Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service, Jan 5, 009
    Gaza pastor: 'We cry and nobody hears us'
  • TOP STORIES \ Jan 05, 2009
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    A Fox News Special Report on Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, and his decision to abandon his Muslim faith, denounce his father's organization, move to America and become a Christian

    From Youtube, Jan 4, 2009

    Escaping from Hamas - The story of Masaab Yousef
  • TOP STORIES \ Jan 05, 2009
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    A Fox News Special Report on Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, and his decision to abandon his Muslim faith, denounce his father's organization, move to America and become a Christian

  • OPINION \ Jan 01, 2009
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    "Come and See" continues to bring different prespectives from the Holy Land regarding the Violence between Israel and Hamas.

    Rev. Alex Awad writes his point of view of what is happenning in Gaza: "There is no doubt that the Qassam rockets launched against the western Negev and Ashkelon by Islamic militants linked to Hamas cause great pain and anxiety for many Israelis. Most people agree that Israel has the right to defend itself. However Israel , as usual, has overdone it. Israel has a pattern of being extreme. “An eye for an eye” does not satisfy. It has to be more like one hundred eyes for one eye and one hundred teeth for one tooth.

    Alex Awad, Dec 31, 2008, Special for "Come and See"
    Regarding Gaza: One Hundred Eyes for one eye
  • TOP STORIES \ Jan 01, 2009
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    The raging arms conflict between Hamas in Gaza and the Israeli military must stop “immediately,” declared the World Council of Churhces (WCC) on Monday.

    Ethan Cole, Christian Post Reporter
  • ISRAEL \ Jan 01, 2009
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    Pope Benedict XVI is expected to celebrate a Mass in Nazareth during a four-day visit to the Holy Land next May. The visit is to be the first by a pontiff since John Paul II prayed at Christian sites in the Palestinian territories and Israel eight years ago.

    Benedict's pilgrimage -- and the hundreds of thousands of Catholics who are expected to join him for it -- will be especially welcomed by Christians in Nazareth. Compared to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born, and Jerusalem, where he died, this community has often felt shortchanged in the biblical tourism sweepstakes.

    By Matthew Fisher, VancouverSun, December 21, 2008

  • OPINION \ Dec 29, 2008
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    A Palestinian Evangelical Christian leader, challenges Messianic Jews to consider their responsibility related to the bloody events of Gaza. He asks, “will you look me in the eyes next time we meet and shake my hands while the hands of your army are still wet with the blood of my people!?” He asserts the need for advocating a theology of peace rather than justifying a theology of war.

    Yohanna Katanacho, Special For "Come and See", Dec 29, 2008
    Reflecting on Gaza: An open letter to my Messianic Brothers and Sisters
  • TOP STORIES \ Dec 23, 2008
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    Every Christmastime, there's an update on the status of Bethlehem, the town where the Bible says Jesus was born. Tourists? No tourists? Street fighting? Quiet? Bethlehem has been battered, revived, battered again and revived again in more cycles than I can count.

    The first time I visited, in 1971, it was a quick few miles hike from the southern edge of Jerusalem, through a dip in the ancient landscape, past centuries old olive groves. My last visit was in 1999 when the town was in a building boom and many had high hopes that prosperity on the West Bank would contribute to more peaceful days.

    USA Today, Faith and Reason, USA Today, Dec 20, 2008