Strang Report

We all know Jesus ascended into heaven 40 days after Easter Sunday, the day of His resurrection. After the disciples…

During a time of enormous change in the media world, one segment of the Christian publishing industry seems alive and…

Jim Bakker believes The Harbinger
is one of the most important books he’s ever read because of its prophetic
insights. The book highlights how God dealt with Israel when the people
rejected Him, and how the same warnings in Isaiah 9:10 still apply today.

Bakker is featuring Cahn on his national
television show all this week. He invited us on the show at their new facility
called Morningside outside Branson, Mo.

My son Chandler and I traveled to Africa in 2006, and we had to
sleep one night under a mosquito net. That’s because the
possibility of malaria is still real in the remote area of Malawi
where we visited.

Malaria was a problem in the U.S.
until around the time I was born. A concerted effort was made to wipe
it out. The same can be done in Africa, where it killed nearly
600,000 people in 2010—mostly children. The thing is, we can save a life
with a $6 sleeping net that is treated to kill the malaria-bearing
mosquitoes.

Trayvon Martin was killed less than 3 miles from our offices in
Lake Mary, Fla., which abuts Sanford. I’ve been in meetings the
last two days with local pastors and held a major press conference on
Friday covered by all the major media.

Thankfully, pastors in this city are beginning to work together.
And I believe the news conference gave opportunity for some of the
pastors in Sanford to talk about love and forgiveness and
reconciliation. I even met yesterday with the special prosecutor
Angela Corey, who said they are wanting justice for Trayvon and due
process for the man who admitted shooting him, George Zimmerman.

On Thursday I hosted a meeting of 75 pastors, most of them local.
My friends Bishop Harry Jackson and Dr. Raleigh Washington were in
town for other things and we brought them into the meeting. They both
spoke of healing and restoration. They both wanted to see where the
tragedy happened, so I drove them over to The Retreat at Twin Lakes,
where the shooting occurred. It’s less than half a mile from where
my 24-year-old son lives in a similar gated townhouse community in a
newer part of Sanford.

Robert Stearns,
founder of Eagles’ Wings, did a magnificent job as guest editor for the new
issue of Ministry Today. He highlighted a very important topic: the New
Zionism.  I’m happy to post the new
digital issue below in hopes that you’ll read it and benefit from the articles.  You’re getting it before it is emailed to
our regular list.  I hope you’ll
subscribe and be among the first people to receive it on your iPad.

The issue of
Zionism and Israel is near and dear to me. For years I’ve been a strong
supporter of Israel. So it’s an honor for me to have been invited by Robert to
be one of the “conveners” for the Jerusalem Banquet in New York City on May 17.
Even though I’ll write about it later I wanted to send this out right away
because it was announced this week that the keynote speaker will be former
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.

Many of you know I’ve endorsed Rick Santorum. To me he’s the only real
conservative and the one who is right on the moral issues. A press release came
to me earlier today and I’ve cut and pasted it below. I urge the tens of
thousands who will get this to forward it to friends who live in states who will
vote on Super Tuesday. This race is so close that Bible-believing Christians CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE and help Santorum get the momentum to win the nomination and
then the general election.

Why have I endorsed Santorum? It’s easy: Not only is he right on the issues,
but he’s someone I consider “squeaky clean.” I was interviewed on the PBS
program Religion & Ethics and they wanted to know why I didn’t endorse the
other candidates. For Mitt Romney I’m concerned about how he’s flip-flopped. And
I’m wary of the fact that he’s Mormon (although that doesn’t prevent me from
voting for him—it only makes it more difficult). And with Newt Gingrich I’m
concerned his many moral failures (which he says he has repented of and I don’t
doubt that’s true) shows a deep character flaw. But Rick Santorum has a good
record, projects the image of a leader and has strong Christian values.

In 1978, I wrote about Valley Forge Christian College’s landmark lawsuit versus Americans United for the Separation of Church and…