Statement by Jack Sara, president of Bethlehem Bible College
Dear praying friends of Bethlehem Bible College from around the world, In the midst of these challenging times, I want to reach out to you with a heartfelt request. Our country is currently witnessing a significant and distressing conflict. Our faith in Jesus, who taught us, “Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute…
Challenging Holy Land stereotypes
Munther Isaac recently published a book that confronts a longstanding problem in Christian attitudes toward the Holy Land—ignorance, indifference and even hostility to the Palestinian church. Isaac is an Oxford-educated, Palestinian Lutheran pastor who serves as academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College. “When it comes to western Christian attitudes towards Israel,” Munther writes in his…
Under the sparkling stars
The carol “O Little Town of Bethlehem” paints a Christmas card picture of the ancient town of the Nativity: sparkling stars lighting quiet streets, a Holy Baby resting in a manger as the townspeople sleep, unaware. That idyllic view was replaced by a fuller perspective when my family moved to Israel in 1996. What drew…
