J. John interviewing the brilliant Tom Wright, asks a question from the audience (the Youtube video can be viewed at the end of the post): [Warning: Long sentence alert]! Question: "How do you understand the specific scriptures concerning God's promises to the Jewish people today and also concerning the actual land of Israel?" Tom... Continue Reading →
Israel or Palestine – where is it heading? A sermon by Richard Matcham based on Romans 11:25-36 “Lord I pray that the raw nerves and thin shells this topic will likely touch upon, will enlarge the capacity of us all to engage truthfully with the text and the world, and challenge us to be contentedly... Continue Reading →
Leading up to (yet) another anniversary of the 'catastrophe', or 'Al-Nakba', of the Palestinian people following the events prior and up to and since 15th May 1948, I will be posting excerpts highlighting this tragic situation from various angles. I have taken my lead from the excellent book 'Palestinian Memories' by Palestinian theologian Alex... Continue Reading →
"The Anglo-American Protestant tradition of Judeo-centric prophecy interpretation was from its inception a political theology. The tradition openly constructed friends (Jews) as well as enemies (Muslims and Roman Catholics), while cultivating occidentocentric discources that discounted Eastern Christians. These constructions are manifested in contemporary discourses surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which cast Jews within eschatological dramas while... Continue Reading →
Christian Zionism says "This is my land, we're staying put!" Jesus says, "Go in all the world and make disciples." Christian Zionism says "Abraham is our father!" Jesus says "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did." Christian Zionism says "We must help rebuild the Temple." Jesus says, "My body... Continue Reading →
Palestinian Christian Bible Scholar, Yohanna Katanacho, spoke at Catalyst Live, Reading, UK 2013. Today is the 1948 anniversary of Israeli independence and the Palestinian nakba (catastrophe). Loving enemies is still the best way to make friends. Pray for Israelis and the Palestinians. http://vimeo.com/81400326
"World-wide commitment to peace in the Holy Land is vital." We must "question the assumptions underpinning the Israeli oppression of the Palestinians....We in South Africa remember with gratitude the extraordinary phenomenon of the world-wide movement against apartheid. And after years of tribulation, here we are, finally, free! South Africa, once a pariah state, and an embarrassment... Continue Reading →
“The bride is beautiful but she is married to another man.” Introduction Zionism is a multifaceted ideology, making definition difficult. Generally, it may be defined as ‘the national movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel.’[1] The term ‘Zionism’ was first... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 