(h.t. Steve Hays)
Israel
Blatant Anti-Semitism of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
As a Presbyterian, albeit a member of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) it grieves me to see headlines like this, from Commentary: Presbyterians Escalate War on Jews. This story follows another, called Presbyterians Declare War on the Jews, and details the Presbyterian Church, USA’s outright embrace of anti-Semitism. Fresh off a closely defeated attempt to join the […]
This is Infiltrating Evangelical Colleges and Churches…
Glad I am not the only one seeing this and concerned about it: http://www.joelstrumpet.com/?p=6632
N. T. Wright’s Supersessionism Does Not Square with the Apostle Paul
Here is an excellent piece by Larry Hurtado taking N. T. Wright’s supersessionism to task. http://larryhurtado.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/israel-and-the-people-of-god-wright-response/
Evangelicals Shunning Israel and Something Else…
http://www.meforum.org/3769/israel-evangelical-support (h.t. J.R.) This is not unrelated to a similar trend that I see happening in Evangelicalism in recent years: Evangelicals are also shunning talking about the second coming of Jesus. Yes, you heard me right. We expect this in the dead mainline churches. But it is now happening in evangelical—even conservative evangelical—churches. Many are […]
Are the Land Promises to Israel Unconditional?
http://www.lineoffireradio.com/2013/08/22/scott-volk-asks-dr-brown-his-toughest-israel-related-questions/ “Scott Volk interviews Dr. Brown today on Thoroughly Jewish Thursday, raising difficult issues about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, discussing difficult verses about Israel and the Church, and taking your Jewish-related questions.”
The Struggle for the Temple Mount
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2013/12/the_temple_mount_dismounted.html
Scott Volk and Michael Brown on Replacement Theology
http://www.lineoffireradio.com/2013/04/04/dr-brown-talks-with-scott-volk-about-replacement-theology-and-wrong-theological-concepts/ Dr. Brown shares excerpts from his newly recorded podcast interviews about the idea that the Church has replaced Israel in God’s plan of redemption, answering Scott’s questions about key verses in this important discussion.
Anti-Israel Activism in U.S. Churches Increasing
http://spectator.org/archives/2013/09/13/countering-anti-israel-evangel/
The Last Israelis
“The Islamic theocracy ruling Iran believes that apocalyptic scenarios are necessary before Islam’s savior, the Mahdi, or ‘Hidden Imam,’ returns (including a prophecy that Muslims must slay all Jews before he returns)…” Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/09/mideast_nuclear_holocaust.html#ixzz2dkHMT1Ct
Progressive Dispensationalism, Reconstitution of Ethnic National Israel, and Acts 3:18
God does not break his promises. Let me repeat this: God does not break his promises. Acts 3:18 says, “But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets—that his Christ would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way.” (Acts 3:18 emphasis mine) Acts 3:18 provides us a crucial hermeneutical principle for interpreting Old Testament […]