Stan

I’m a South African Gentile believer, a Biblical Zionist, the son of a missionary couple, a Mayflower descendant with a rich Christian heritage. For 26 years I’ve been married to Františka of Prague. We have seven Jerusalem-born children. Three have completed IDF service and are Israeli citizens Israel has been my home for 30 years. In that time I have been a kibbutz volunteer, a journalist, columnist, commentator and writer. I have traveled extensively from Israel – especially to the United States and Australia – to share "God’s case for Israel" with Christians. In 2011 I qualified as a certified Israel tour guide and enjoy the incomparable privilege of showing individuals, families and busloads of Christians around God's Land.

A Train for the Messiah

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A note to Bible-believing Christians whose heads may be in the clouds: Please read the following verses, then take a clear-eyed look at developments unfolding at the Center of the Earth in our day. “For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; I will … Read more

Pain amidst blessing

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Yesterday afternoon (Thursday, April 26, 2018) I stood with 28 Australian Christians on the Biblical Mountain of Blessing, Mount Gerizim, way up in northern Samaria. The valleys and hills spread out from nearly 900 meters below us were dappled with light as grey clouds heavy with rain and hail charted their course southwards. Rain, so … Read more

‘The beginning of our redemption’

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In 1864, famed British Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon proclaimed, concerning the then-still-anticipated restoration of the nation of Israel: There will be a native government again; there will again be the form of a body politic; a State shall be incorporated, and a King shall reign (emphasis added). In November 1948, six months after Israel’s national … Read more

As Israel Remembers

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April 18, 2018: Today – as Israel Remembers On Israel’s Memorial Day, when the people of Israel remember the 23,645 of their people who have fallen in war or been murdered by terrorists since the rebirth of their national home, this little girl reads out a letter to her dad, Elad Solomon (36), who was … Read more