Jerry Stewart: There is no doubt war makes us all feel so helpless. We pray for peace. We long for those we love to be free from harm to come home to us. But as long as the bullies and tyrants in this world exist, as long as there are the very strong, as long as there are the very weak, the fighting, the protecting, must continue. More Here
NASHVILLE (Baptist Press) – One month after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel, Israel’s ground invasion into the Gaza Strip has reached a new stage with ground forces deep inside Gaza City, The Associated Press reported Nov. 7.
And as fighting intensifies in the Middle East, antisemitic sentiments appear to be rising here at home.
A statement issued by the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission in the days immediately following the Oct. 7 attack continues to gain signatories who agree with the statement’s call to “fully support Israel’s right and duty to defend itself against further attack, and urgently call all Christians to pray for the salvation and peace of the people of Israel and Palestine.”
Thousands have added their names to the statement since its release Oct. 11.
“Today marks the one-month anniversary since Hamas first committed its gruesome attacks on Israel,” said ERLC President Brent Leatherwood in written comments Nov. 6. “We continue to grieve the innocent lives who have died and pray for the hostages who are being held in this senseless war. We continue to support the rights of the nation of Israel to defend itself, and have been joined by more than 2,000 signatories on our Evangelical Statement in Support of Israel.”
Cultural commentator Dan Darling noted that last month’s attack on Israel saw more Jewish people killed in a single day than any day since the Holocaust. More Here
