It’s said that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes truth. Sadly, that was displayed recently by someone with whom I was once friendly and who hosted me multiple times on his radio program, enthusiastic about my work building bridges between Jews and Christians in support of Israel.

Brian Glenn used to host an afternoon radio program, “In the Know” in the Dallas area. We met nearly a decade ago in the context of Run for Zion, the first Christian program around the Jerusalem Marathon.

In our first of several conversations, he was enthusiastic, effusive, about the program, and a sincere desire to visit Israel.  Brian went on about how Israel was a “country I would love to go to,” and that “If there’s one place to make a trip for the rest of your life,” it would be Israel. When speaking of walking where Jesus walked he said, “I cannot imagine standing and going to the same places.” And when discussing Neil Armstrong’s famous quote that walking where Jesus walked was more meaningful than being the first man to walk on the moon, he agreed. “I couldn’t think of any place I would rather be.”

Brian was not paid to say any of this. He spontaneously endorsed Run for Zion and the Genesis 123 Foundation, as a way to “get involved in an insane opportunity to do good in this world.” Then he added, “I want to keep following up and promoting this whatever we can do I want to help. I’m hooked.”

At one point Brian’s co-host Luke added that they should put their prayer in the Western Wall.  But it seems that Brian has flipped and he’s the one for whom prayers are needed.

Brian left to pursue other options........

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