It seems those who hate Israel have taken particular joy in using their holidays as opportunities to mount assaults against them—on days when they might be least suspecting and least prepared.
Evangelical Views Toward Israel Slip to New Low
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“The ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, generational divides, and isolationism are reshaping American Christians’ views.” - CToday
Pew: Americans’ views of Israelis have grown increasingly negative, but views of Palestinians have held fairly steady
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“U.S. adults under 30 express much more favorable views of the Palestinian people (58%) than of the Israeli people (32%)…. Republicans under 30 see both groups similarly – a sharp reversal from a few years ago, when they were much more likely to favor Israelis.” -Pew
Is Replacement Theology New?
What is replacement theology? How old is it? What is it that might be new about it?
Israel Is the Big Loser of the Iran Deal
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“Who are the biggest losers of Trump’s Memorandum of Understanding, signed last week with Iran? Well, it’s a long list. First and foremost is, almost certainly, the Iranian people….But the absolute unquestioned loser of the agreement is Israel” - Persuasion
What Is So Easy to Miss About Israel
Everywhere we turn, it seems that Israel is in the news—often in a negative light.
Some celebrated commentators have come nefariously close to laying all the world’s problems at the feet of Israel and the Jewish people. This is becoming a common allegation in our day.
Others take a contradictory approach and question whether there are any true Israelites left, promoting the fantasy that charlatans have replaced them in an endeavor to execute one of the greatest frauds in history.
Position Statement 26_03: The Jewish People and Israel
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“Antisemitism, hostility toward the Jewish people, is evil…. Antisemitism has various motives, including religious, social, political, ideological, and racial. Throughout history, it has been reflected in bigotry, blood libel, conspiracy theories, pogroms, confiscation of property, and even genocide.
The Biblical Covenants and the Conflict in the Middle East: A Progressive Dispensationalist Perspective
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“The ultimate solution is to embrace the hope of Christ and the New Covenant he offers to both Jew and Gentile, to the people of Israeli and of Palestinian descent as well as to Muslims.
Book Review: Kevin Bauder and Bruce Compton’s ‘Dispensationalism Revisited: A Twenty-First Century Restatement’
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“This Book Review is part of our Biblical Covenants and the Conflict in the Middle East series, in which we bring together scholars with differing views on the relationship between the Biblical covenants and examine how their views affect the current conflict in the Middle East.
Christian Zionism as Heresy?
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“Younger Evangelicals are less inclined to systematic Dispensationalism, and seminaries that once stressed it no longer do. Personally, I rarely if ever meet Dispensationalists under age 50.” - Mark Tooley
