Letters to God

By Chris Mitchell, CBN News Middle East Bureau Chief

JERUSALEM, Israel -- If you mailed a letter to God, where would you send it? 

Thousands of people from around the world send their letters to God to where else but Jerusalem. 

But what do they do with the letters?

Twice a year, Israel's Postal Service delivers letters to God. CBN News followed them on a recent delivery to where they believe the letters belong, the Western Wall.  

Israeli Economy on the Mend

CBNNews.com, JERUSALEM, Israel - In its annual report on Israel, Moody's Investor Service determined that the Jewish state had held up well in the worldwide economic meltdown.

The report called Israel's short-term prospects "relatively good" and its A1 government bond rating "stable."

"Although the recession now appears to be over for Israel, Moody's believes a more robust recovery will have to come from global rather than domestic developments, given that Israel is a small, open economy," the report stated.

"The country's high levels of economic, institutional and financial strength" under gird its strong credit rating, and "the recession now appears to be over for Israel," the report read.

Hinn Examines Jew-Muslim Conflict in New Book

By DeWayne Hamby

Charisma Magazine.com - Television evangelist and author Benny Hinn documents his unique perspective of Middle Eastern world affairs in the new release Blood in the Sand. The book—Hinn's first major release in several years—centers on the cultural war between Muslims and Jews for control of Israel and how it affects the rest of the world.

"I have spent all of my adult life as a student of prophecy, and I believe these recent developments in Israel and across the Middle East are signaling a hot, accelerated and unprecedented prophetic season that will quickly change the course of history," he writes.

Hinn's perspective on the conflict is unique. He was born in Jaffa, Israel, to parents of Armenian, Greek and Lebanese descent, and through the years he has traveled extensively to the area to meet with Jewish and Arab leaders.