It is often said that touring Israel is like reading a fifth gospel as you come to understand the narrative more clearly in its Jewish context of the time.
Author - Charles Gardner
Conceived in Cape Town within months of the rebirth of Israel, 70-year-old Charles Gardner was brought up in South Africa before joining his half-Jewish grandmother in London as a 21st birthday present, which turned out to be permanent. As with the Jewish state, he too was duly born again and, as he grew in his Christian faith, became increasingly aware of the crucial place of Israel in God’s purposes.
After a spell as correspondent for the South African Press Association, he moved to Yorkshire, England where he worked as reporter and later editor of various newspapers while also founding Christian publications.
Descended from Portuguese Sephardic Jews who managed to survive the Spanish Inquisition, he is married to Linda, 62, who teaches Christianity and the Jewish festivals in primary schools.
Author of several books including Israel the Chosen (Amazon), Peace in Jerusalem (olivepresspublisher.com) and A Nation Reborn (Christian Publications International), he has four children and nine grandchildren, loves sport and is still a keen runner.
More articles from Charles Gardner
Bible believers prepared Israel for statehood; then we stopped listening to God.
“Antisemitism will only be fully dealt with when Jesus returns. But we must fight it; we must be vocal against it.”
Abraham’s family find healing and reconciliation through Yeshua’s atoning sacrifice.
There was a day when it was said in Israel that ‘God has come to help his people.’
Paying the price for standing up to the Nazis.
Heartbroken dad recalls the day his beloved teenage daughter was blown up in a Jerusalem suicide bombing.
‘Be careful what you pray,’ says headteacher who once prayed for good school heads.
Without God, we are heading for the rocks of disaster.
Isaiah’s Prince of Peace is ready to embrace his people.
