
Mordecai Porter blows the shofar for home group at the Steve and Laurie Martin home in Charlotte, North Carolina.



Mordecai Porter blows the shofar for home group at the Steve and Laurie Martin home in Charlotte, North Carolina.



In a recent interview with Christian journalist Paul Calvert from the southern Israeli city of Beersheva, Linelle Larue of Christian Friends of Israel described how volunteers are helping residents recover after a direct hit near a soccer field left nearby apartment buildings damaged and families displaced.
Larue said her team joined cleanup efforts in homes filled with broken glass, debris and other remnants of daily life disrupted by Operation Roaring Lion, Israel’s military campaign against Iran that began on Feb.28.
In recent days, CFI also sent assistance to Beit Shemesh and Tel Aviv, reflecting its ongoing efforts to serve communities hit by the recent violence. She told Calvert that there has been a wide mix of people stepping in to help.
“We actually… yesterday, there was a father and a son that joined. So it's beautiful to see such a variety of people from Jerusalem, from the area, from abroad. It's beautiful.”
For Larue, this willingness to serve reveals practical solidarity as much as compassion in times of tragedy.
“Because many of these families – they have been taken from their homes and put up in hotels. So, you know, just to help the kids to pass their time, and, you know, just to be a blessing to them as well,” Larue said, adding that even small acts, like putting things back in order, can have a huge impact after devastation.
She said Israelis are surprised when they realize that Christians from other countries have come to volunteer and help. Larue said the gratitude volunteers encounter shows how deeply their support is felt by people living in displacement and facing ongoing concerns about future attacks. Yet even amid the uncertainty and destruction, she said one theme continues to emerge.
“We've been seeing how people still choose to celebrate even in the midst of devastation. They still choose to say 'Yes' to life.”
Click below to listen to the full interview.
Click to learn more about Christian Friends of Israel.

Doug Hooley, a self-described “retired Chief Deputy, author, and lifelong seeker of the authentic Jesus,” arrived in Israel without an agenda or guide. He visited the Temple Mount and conducted a study to determine whether an unobtrusive structure, no more than an open pagoda with a roof, might hide an enormous secret: that it, rather than the nearby gold-domed structure, is the true site of David's altar and the Holy of Holies.
Watch here. https://youtu.be/CbqJNP_sG3U

As we look to the Lord for His biblical feasts we can see they have deep, prophetic meaning.
Thank you to my friend, Moses Julius in Pakistan, who shared this on his Facebook page.
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin, Love For His People in Charlotte, North Carolina


My good friend, Lathan Wood, and his congregation have done an incredible job buying and restoring an older church building in Gastonia.
He gives me a tour of both buildings. Having seen the “before” and now after results, I was amazed. Wonderful Movement Centre team!



#LathanWood #MovementCentre #gastonia #northcarolina


#believe #God #waiting #fear #guidance #grace #wisdom #alone
Jonathan Feldstein speaks about being Stuck, The war with Iran and his partner in Root and Branch being Iranian.
#JonathaFeldstein #Stuck #war #Iran #RootandBranch #Iranian
St. Patrick - the missionary. Not the mascot. In Ireland.
















March 17, 2026 All Israel News
The elimination of Larijani is the most senior-level elimination since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Iranian regime’s de facto leader, Ali Larijani, and the man responsible for the bloody crackdown on its own people, Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani, were killed in precise strikes carried out by the Israeli Air Force overnight, Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed.
In a statement on Tuesday morning, Katz said, “I was just updated by the Chief of Staff that the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, and the head of the Basij—the regime’s main repression force—Soleimani, were eliminated overnight and have joined the head of the annihilation program, Khamenei, and all those eliminated from the axis of evil in the depths of hell.”
Read more: IDF kills top regime leaders
#IDF #topIranianregimeleader #AliLarijani #Basijcommander #responsibleforkilling #protesters #AllIsraelNews

So let’s get one thing straight.
It doesn’t make someone a “Jewish supremacist” if that person acknowledges reality.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that Jews are 0.2% of the population and have won 22% of Nobel prizes.
That’s what normal people like to call a fact.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews have outlived all of the world’s leading empires.
That’s what normal people like to call history.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews lead the world in cancer research and have developed leading vaccines like Polio and Cholera.
That’s what normal people like to call science.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews lead the world in innovation.
That’s what normal people like to call disruption.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews returned to their homeland and revived the ancient language of Hebrew after thousands of years, something that’s never happened in history.
That’s what normal people like to call miraculous.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews have more entrepreneurs per capita than any country in the world.
That’s what normal people like to call resilience.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews lead the world in environmentalism and have invented technologies like drip irrigation, become a world leader in desalination, now producing over 80% of its domestic water from the sea, or that Israeli companies like Watergen have also pioneered technology that literally pulls clean drinking water out of thin air, providing a potential solution for water-scarce regions globally.
That’s what normal people like to call ingenuity.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews have never started a war or lost one.
That’s what normal people like to call strength.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews are consistently first on scene where there’s a natural disaster anywhere in the world.
That’s what normal people like to call compassion.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews are some of the happiest people in the world, according to almost all surveys.
That’s what normal people like to call emotional and mental strength.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews built the device you’re reading this on and from where so many Jew haters spread their poison.
That’s what normal people like to call brilliance.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews have survived more persecution than any other group in history and despite that, continue to flourish.
That’s what normal people like to call courage.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews have produced some of history’s biggest geniuses and inventors.
That’s what normal people like to call intelligence.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews are a group of people so small in a country so microscopic in a region so unstable and despite that continue to thrive.
That’s what normal people like to call awesomeness.
It’s not supremacy to acknowledge that the Jews have turned a desert into one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
That’s what normal people like to call ambitious.
I will, however, admit one thing. If I hated Jews, I too would have a very hard time with all of the success of the Jewish people.
I’d also call them names.
I’d also accuse them of supremacy.
I’d also make up conspiracies about how they control the world.
So to the Jew haters in the audience I say, I feel you. It must be really tough. You have my empathy.
All that empathy doesn’t change one very clear fact.
The Jews are one freaking awesome nation!
Supremacy? Nope.
Objective fact.
There’s a difference.
Am Yisrael Chai, you fools.
We aren’t going anywhere but don’t worry, we’ll continue to build and develop things that will continue to enhance your life.
Because we’re awesome like that.

If there is one article you should read today - this is it.
Below is the condensed version, but please click the link and read the full 3,756-word article!
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A strange narrative has suddenly appeared across social media, politics, and propaganda outlets: the claim that Jews “worship Baal” and sacrifice children.
Within just six weeks, the idea moved from an obscure OCR error in the Epstein files to livestreams reaching millions, Iranian state rallies burning “Baal” effigies marked with the Star of David, and Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin publishing essays framing the Iran war as a battle against “Baal.”
This narrative is not new. It is simply the oldest antisemitic weapon in Western history - the medieval blood libel, repackaged for the digital age.
For nearly 900 years, the same accusation has preceded waves of violence against Jews:
• 1144 - the blood libel accusation in Norwich, England
• medieval European pogroms
• the Spanish Inquisition
• Russian pogroms
• Nazi propaganda before the Holocaust
The pattern is always the same:
First accuse Jews of demonic practices or child sacrifice.
Then define them as enemies beyond human morality.
Once that happens, coexistence becomes impossible.
Today, that ancient accusation is being revived through a modern ecosystem - social media influencers, propaganda outlets, and geopolitical actors who share the same enemy and amplify the same narrative.
Russia, Iran, and radical online movements may not coordinate directly - but they operate within the same ideological framework, where the West, Israel, and Jews are portrayed as part of a “satanic system.”
It is a reminder that some propaganda techniques never disappear.
They simply wait for a new generation - and new technology.
The narrative may be modern.
The weapon is centuries old.
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https://x.com/defiyantlyfree/status/2033304209161085181?s=46