Kameel Majdali's Road Ahead

It is considered the Number One, or Two, university in the world. She is the most well-known and respected leader on the earth today. They both live in the same country - indeed, they are within 1-2 hours distance from each other. Like horse and carriage, they are synonymous with the greatness of their nation. Yet we are in a culture war with ‘political correctness,’ ’historical revision,’ ‘defund the police,’ with continuous attacks on national borders, traditions, and institutions. Part and parcel of cultural Marxism and the culture war is ‘cancel culture,’ which seeks to silence, de-platform, and, if possible, destroy, the object of its scorn. It doesn’t just target the little guy; even the rich and famous have been in its cross-hairs, like JK Rowlings, Donald Trump, and Franklin Graham (none of these have disappeared yet). Did Queen Elizabeth II get ‘cancelled’ at Oxford University? It depends on how your perspective. Perspective, Please Here’s what actually happened. Magda...

He has been a towering figure in Israeli and even global politics for fifteen non-consecutive years (1996-1999; 2009-2021). Many younger Israelis have known no other leader than him. It is reported that, apart from the American President, he received more world leaders than anyone else. While increasingly a polarising figure at home, he was received with great honor in places like Washington, Moscow, and Beijing. Our course the man in question is Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, who is Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister. On Sunday, 13 June 2021, Netanyahu ceded, most reluctantly, the prime ministership to a new Change government. Assessing Netanyahu From an objective point of view, Netanyahu has been an effective leader. As Finance Minister and Prime Minister, he presided over the growth of the economy, helping to make  Israel a start-up capital and Middle Eastern Silicon Valley. When it comes to issues of national security and counter-terrorism, Israelis trust him most. More than a...

  During the height of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, he was the face of America’s national response. His name became a household word. Many considered him ‘America’s Doctor,’ having served as the chief medical advisor to every US President since Ronald Reagan. The man: Anthony Fauci, scientist, physician, and immunologist. He is the Director of the American National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). He was the lead member of President Trump’s White House Coronavirus Task Force. An anxious nation looked to his voice of reason, calm, and knowledge to get through the scourge of the pandemic. Fauci enjoyed great favour with the mainstream media. Is that image changing? With the release of 3,200 pages of emails through Buzzfeed thanks to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), it appears there is another side to this ‘respected and trusted’ face of Fauci. Though there is still much to sort through and the emails are redacted, yet things look questionable, if not ominous...

    It was a most unsettling thing. At the age of seventeen, I went on a visit to the stunningly beautiful Oregon coast in the United States for a short holiday break. There I caught up with two young ladies who attended my high school, Hudson’s Bay in Vancouver, Washington. One of them graduated with me. We went to visit the local convenience store; while one of them was having a friendly chat with the owner at the cash register, the other was piling foodstuffs into her purse. ‘We have to do it this way,’ she told me later. ‘We don’t have enough money and if we didn’t do this we would starve.’ My reaction? Horror! I had never seen someone brazenly steal first-hand. They didn’t seem to have a problem with it, either. As a new Christian, and even before becoming born again, I knew that stealing was wrong. What I didn’t realise at the time is that you don’t have to be Christian to know that stealing is not just wrong — it’s a crime. Most cultures understand this, but Western...

  Here’s the truly good news: The kingdom of God is coming; Jesus Christ is coming, and God’s will is truly being done. Yet, the road to the fulfilment of God’s perfect plan has a few potholes along the way. Indeed, just before your breakthrough and fulfilment, there will be a a challenge - call it the ‘splat’ - that will try to stop you reaching the desired haven (Psalm 107:30). Of course, perseverance is the key. David had numerous ‘splats’ but he kept going, pressed into God, ‘encouraged himself in the Lord ,’ and served his generation by the will of God (Acts 13:36f). Distress was the labour pains that brought David into a bigger and better place in God (Psalm 4:1; 18:19). Last time we learned that in the midst of a heart-wrenching disaster at Ziklag, where wives, children, and property were taken by the Amalekites while the men were away, David practiced self-encouragement, heard from God, and revived. Some of the key activities involved in this include focusing on the pe...

  The glorious, indispensable, history-making Gospel of Matthew plays an incalculable role in explaining how Jesus of Nazareth, from the tribe of Judah, is the long prophesied Messiah of Israel and the world. His knowledge of Jewish things, including Old Testament prophecy, is extensive. We continue our introduction of Matthew to assist you in your own personal or small group Bible study.   PORTRAIT OF CHRIST IN MATTHEW Lion, Kingly Messiah, Son of David, son of Abraham (1:1) Christ, (1:21) Jesus (1:23) Emmanuel (2:2; 21:5) King of the Jews (2:6) Governor (2:23) Nazarene (4:3) The Son of God (8:19) Master (8:20) Physician (9:15) The Bridegroom (9:19) The Friend of sinners (12:18) The Beloved (13:3) The Sower of Seed (27:37) King of the Jews THEME OF THE BOOK OF MATTHEW Theme of the Gospel of Matthew is, as our sub-title suggests, Jesus Christ the Kingly Messiah. After being rejected by the Jewish leadership in Chapter 11, there is a centra...