Kameel Majdali's Road Ahead

Servings: 4 1 Tablespoon oil 500 grams chicken fillet cut into cubes 1 Tablespoons of tomato paste 3 Tablespoons of tandoori paste 375 can evaporated milk 2 teaspoons cornflour 2 teaspoons brown sugar 30 grams butter 2 Tablespoon fresh coriander leaves to garnish 2 Tablespoon  toasted flaked almonds to garnish With hot oil in the pan, cook the cubed chicken and fry for 2-3 minutes.                With hot oil in the pan, cook the cubed chicken and fry for 2-3 minutes.  Add tomato paste and tandoori paste, stir thoroughly until the chicken is covered.  Stir the evaporated milk, cornflour, and brown sugar. Bring to boil while stirring, then simmer for 5 minutes.  Add butter and stir until completely melted.  Garnish with coriander and flaked almonds. Can be cooked conventionally or in a slow cooker. Enjoy.

As we enter into a new year, and a new decade, there is great concern, anxiety, yet excitement, at what lies ahead. What should we watch for? What should we expect in the year 2020? The United States & Iran: Please look for our separate blog on this topic, which is also part of the Issachar Teaching eLetter. Israel: Before we focus on the US Presidential Election of 3 November, let us keep our eyes on Israel. The Jewish State is scheduled to go to the polls on 2 March 2020, for the third time in a year. This unprecedented situation occurred because no major political party has been able to form a coalition from the April 2019 and September 2019 elections. The other thing to watch what happens to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister, now in a care-taker role. He was indicted in November 2019 by Israel’s attorney general for bribery, corruption, and breach of trust in three separate cases. Netanyahu denies all charges. Will he go on trial in 20

It came as a shock. The United States announced that on 3 January 2020, it had killed Qassem Soleimani (1957-2020), Head of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, as well as the Al Quds (the Islamic name for Jerusalem) Forces (designated as a terrorist group), which is a combination of CIA & special forces. Soleimani has been described as ‘second in command in Iran after Supreme Leader Ali Khameini,’ ‘Iran’s viceroy in Iraq,’ and the single-most powerful operative in the Middle East. His reach extended to Europe, Africa, and South America. He is directly credited with the deaths of 600 American servicemen in Iraq, and of late, a US contractor. The killing of Soleimani was ordered by US President Donald Trump. It was a response to the shelling and killing of a US contractor a few days earlier, as well as an incident at the US Embassy in Baghdad. While Trump’s US (and non-US) critics said he acted impulsively and precipitately, the assassination comes after several recent Irani

The editorial was blistering: President Trump must be removed from office. It came within a day of the US House Democrats voted to impeach the President. The piece could have been written by one of Trump’s many secular progressive opponents in politics or the media. Instead, it came from Christianity Today (from henceforth called CT) , an evangelical publication. Are the evangelicals who voted for Trump in the 2016 Presidential election, now turning against him? Or is CT a minority voice? In December 2019 Democrats in the US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on two counts: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. This move was totally predictable. Yet, what seemed to be unpredictable was that Christianity Today ’s (CT) outgoing editor Mark Galli wrote an editorial calling for the President to remove from office due to his ‘grossly immoral character.’ https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/trump-should-be-removed-from-off

Our society faces issues and asks many questions. People are looking for answers. It is time to address some of the big issues from an informed and pastoral view. We will begin to focus in the next few issues on abortion. I have a niece in the United States. She is a Millennial, born in 1991. My niece is an intelligent thinker, thoroughly postmodern and secular progressive, has a soft, sweet, and compassionate side, but can be militant and combative, perhaps ‘triggered,’ if she doesn’t like what she hears. She loved US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders back in 2016 - she ‘felt the Bern.’ Though she had been exposed to the gospel, she chose to embrace an alternative lifestyle. She knows and respects that I am an ordained Christian minister with a conservative, high-view of Scripture. Imagine my surprise when she asked me via Facebook the following question: What is your view on abortion, and why do you feel that way? Your professional and personal qualms with the i

INTRODUCTION It is an ideal ‘Sunday School’ story. Yet, this book is not just for children; it is a prophetic word for all of God’s people. While some will scoff at the notion that this prophet spent 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the great fish, Jesus Christ treated it as historic fact. More than that, He made Jonah’s 3 days underworld excursion a sign of His own burial, which is an important component of the gospel: Christ died, was buried, and rose again, according to the Scriptures (I Corinthians 15:3-5). HEBREW NAME The book is known as ‘Yonah,’ which means ‘dove.’ AUTHOR Jonah is the author of the book that bears his name. He is the ‘son of Amittai’ and II Kings 14:25, is the only verse in the Bible that tells us anything about him. The text says: He (King Jeroboam II of the Northern Kingdom of Israel) restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake

Have you heard of Ash Wednesday? And Black Saturday? These are the names of two infamous and deadly bush fires, in 1983 and 2009 respectively, that have left an indelible impression on the ‘land down under.’ Bush fires are not unusual in this bone-dry continent. However, the yet unnamed ‘Bush Fire Season 2019-2020 ’ is shaping up to be the worst on record. To give some perspective: Ash Wednesday Fires of February 1983: Affected the Australian states of South Australia and Victoria, burning 418,000 hectares or 1 million acres, destroyed 2,400 houses and killed 75 people. Black Saturday February-March 2009: Affected State of Victoria, burned 450,000 hectares or 1.1 million acres, destroyed 2029 houses and 2000 other structures, and killed 173 people (including respected Melbourne newsreader Brian Naylor). 2019-2020 Bush Fires - Burning since September 2019. New South Wales and eastern Victoria are worse affected, with 12 million acres or 50,000 square kilometre