Over Christmas I had the chance to watch the 2010 documentary With God On Our Side. This film provides an insightful, provocative and emotional look at Christian Zionism, exploring historical, religious, political and social aspects of the Jewish/Palestinian conflict. The film doesn’t settle for easy answers but instead seeks to uncover the truth behind the rhetoric. It allows Christian Zionists to speak for themselves and explain their reasoning, but also offers a decisive refutation of that misguided position. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to gain a better understanding of the problems in the Middle East from a truly Christian perspective. Below is the trailer:
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Tag: Israel
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Review: With God On Our Side
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Follow-Up: Can you be a Christian and still believe … ?
My post Can you be a Christian and still believe … ? caused quite a bit of furor on the interwebs, so I’d like to take a moment to offer a few explanatory notes as well as provide some resources for further exploration of these topics.First, the point of the post wasn’t to provide a litmus test for Christian faith (liberal or otherwise). The moment we use any of these issues to judge someone else’s relationship with God, we’ve stepped into dangerous territory — territory that belongs not to us, but to God alone. What you believe about these things doesn’t include you in or exclude you from the Kingdom of God. (more…)
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Can you be a Christian and still believe … ?
Guess what? You can still be a Christian even if you believe that:- Evolution is true.
- The Bible isn’t inerrant.
- Women have the same rights as men.
- Homosexuality isn’t a sin.
- Owning a gun isn’t a God-given right.
- America isn’t God’s chosen country.
- Republicans aren’t God’s chosen political party.
- The modern state of Israel isn’t God’s chosen people.
- Decisions about abortion should be left up to individual women.
- Non-Christians won’t burn for eternity in hell.
And you just might be a bit closer to the Kingdom of God if you do believe some of those things.
Update #1:
For those of you on Facebook, I’ve created a nice little meme of this post.Update #2:
I’ve provided a list of resources regarding these beliefs in my follow-up post, coincidentally titled: Follow-Up: Can you be a Christian and still believe … ? -
Review: Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef
Yousef, Mosab Hassan. (2010). Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices. Carol Stream: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
An absolutely amazing story conveyed in an absolutely mediocre manner. Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of one of the founders of Hamas, a key operative in that organization, an Israeli spy and finally a professing Christian living in America, has lived an extraordinary life, witnessing events first-hand that most people only see on the evening news. (more…)