Bold Christian Writing Who Are God’s Chosen People? Andrew Isker, February 23, 2024 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker “We must give eleventy gazillion dollars to Israel because ‘they are God’s Chosen People’ and ‘those who bless you I will bless’” is a refrain Christians have been told their entire lives. There is no single theological issue that is the cause of greater confusion among… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Israel’s Second Chance Andrew Isker, December 7, 2023 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction In each of the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), as Jesus preached against the wicked and perverse generation in Israel, He made a statement that has puzzled many Christians even to this day. “Blasphemy against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Re-Considering Doug Wilson’s “Covenant with Hagar” Part 2 Guest Post, December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 Share this:by Gabe Harder Defining the Covenant To this point, it should be clear that the “covenant with Hagar” is key to Wilson’s brand of soft supersessionism. What’s equally clear, however, is that this particular covenantal arrangement evades precise definition, and what elements have been made plain at times appear entirely… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Re-Considering Doug Wilson’s “Covenant with Hagar” Part 1 Guest Post, December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 Share this:by Gabe Harder Introduction Doug Wilson’s “American Milk and Honey” is now available. There’s a great deal in the book worth commenting on, and I anticipate engaging with that material more broadly in the near future. In the lead-up to its release, however, Moscow has not been silent concerning Israel,… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Pentecost Was The Greater Crossing of the Jordan Andrew Isker, November 29, 2023 Share this:The Christian Story Takes Israel’s History and Fulfills It by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction The Day of Pentecost is one of the greatest events in the entire Bible. There is a reason that the church throughout the world has celebrated it yearly for the better part of two thousand years…. Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Just what IS Israel? Guest Post, November 17, 2023 Share this:The Relationship Between Christians and Jews by Ronald Dodson It is a question that is suddenly quite relevant, as the cyclical violence that has plagued the Levant has sparked again after the attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7th. It was a brutal move by the operative wing of… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing The Church Is Israel Guest Post, November 6, 2023November 7, 2023 Share this:by TheUncreatedLight A common belief in some American Evangelical circles (not all) is that the nation state of Israel is the Israel spoken about in the Bible, these are the “true Israelites” so therefore it must be supported at all costs, etc. But does that align with the Bible? Who… Continue Reading