These pages are developed and posted by me, Keith Sorrels, a retired Firefighter from northern California.  I am not Jewish but, I have a  love for the Jewish people and Israel. Why? It is because I have read and continue to study the Bible, which I believe is God's instructions on how mankind can restore our relationships with Him. In the Bible, God Himself has a special love for Israel and the Jewish people, he calls them the "apple of His eye" and He made several promises to them, most of which were unconditional. I owe a huge personal debt to the Jewish people because, without those Jewish scribes of old faithfully copying the scriptures, I would not have a Bible to read and I would not know the way of salvation that God has provided, instead of being full of hope, I would be hope-less or worse off, depending on a false hope.

What about you? Are you searching to restore yourself to God? It seems to me that most people go either two directions with this. 1. Many people have completely turned over the spiritual side of their lives to the "professionals", instead of going to the source themselves. Or, 2. Most people really don't care at all, they know that death is inevitable, but they ignore it like they ignore God's subtle attempts to get their attention. In the Bible, this condition is called a "hardened heart", hardened toward God. I recommend a third option, read the Bible yourself. Get an easy to read translation and consider reading the Gospel of John first and see if it speaks to your heart. If you are interested in reading something I put together about the three most important questions in life, click here. If you would like to read about the dive expedition I went on to the Red Sea, click here. On the expedition, we were looking for artifacts left over from the crossing of the Red Sea by the Children of Israel. The story of the crossing is in Exodus 14:16

Here is what God says to Israel in Jeremiah, this also applies to all people who may have a heart for God, and are tired of the "captivity of sin".

 Jeremiah 29:11 -14  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.