Those who have read the Mideast Updates for any length of time are well aware that God will quite often intervene in supernatural ways. We serve a God who has no limits. He is not like us! Many people are confused by the fact that the Bible teaches us that God is one God and there is none other like […]
MIDEAST UPDATE…4/26/2025…”Even Angels Don’t Fully Understand”
As I was thinking about how to write today’s update, I reviewed reports of the past few weeks coming from the Middle East. Then I read in 1 Peter the following: 12 …And now at last this Good News has been plainly announced to all of us. It was preached to us in the power of the same heaven-sent Holy […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….4/22/2025….”The Search For Truth”
One of the most iconic questions of all time was when Jesus was being interrogated by Pontus Pilate. Jesus had just said to him, “Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” Pilate then asked him, rather sarcastically, “What is truth?” That is a good question today as well. Jesus had warned of deception many times. In our world, […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….4/16/2025….”Who Rules The Universe?”
As I contemplated how I would begin today’s update, I thought of some of the testimonies we have received, and how some readers in the West find the accounts hard to believe. To some, the stories of the miraculous experienced by believers in the Middle East seem over the top. I suppose there are those who wonder if these accounts […]
MIDEAST UPDATE….4/13/2025….”In The World You Will Have Tribulation”
These past few days have been quite eventful in the lives of the House of Blessing missionaries. It was planned last week for groups of HOB leaders to go to a number of strategically selected mosques this past Friday. As you know, Fridays are the day that Muslims gather at their mosques for a sermon and prayer. Al-Hidmi, Azmi, Hab […]
URGENT REQUEST FOR PRAYER — April 11, 2025
There is a full update that will be made available shortly, but in light of events that transpired yesterday, April 11, 2025, the House of Blessing is asking its supporters for urgent prayer. It was planned for a number of teams of House of Blessing leaders to take part in Friday prayers in several strategically picked mosques this Friday (yesterday). […]
Tackling the Crucifixion — “Sign of Jonah” Controversy
One question that has been a source of controversy for many years has to do with the actual day of the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. There are a variety of opinions on the actual day of Christ’s crucifixion and death. Answers will vary from Wednesday, Thursday, or as traditionally has been taught that Friday was the day of […]
MIDEAST UPDATE…4/1/2025…”Father Forgive Them, They Know Not What They Do”
Most readers have likely read the account of brother Abdelrahem’s heart attack and death experience. There were a series of reports that had come in just before Abdelrahem’s emergency, but they were temporarily set aside. I hope to share the basics of these reports in this update. One of the effects of the large number of Muslim people who have […]
MIDEAST UPDATE…3/28/2025…”The Sovereignty of God”
Most readers are aware that I will send out a request for special prayer on occasion. I sent out a request two days ago for brother Abdelrahem. I had received a message that he had had a serious heart attack. I was told that after the attack he was loaded into a vehicle with his son Ibrahim, Abdelrahem’s doctor, and […]
MIDEAST UPDATE…3/20/2025….”What New Doctrine is This?”
In my private devotions, I began reading the Book of Mark again this morning. In chapter 1:21-28 we find the account of Jesus setting a man in the synagogue free of an unclean spirit. Those gathered were apparently used to seeing people plagued with demon spirits, but they had never seen someone freed. The first comment made after Jesus’ teaching […]