Dr. Barry Horner. The nature of Reformed eschatology is comprised of several distinguishing characteristics. To begin with there is the thread of Augustinianism. From the fourth century onward, Aurelius Augustine has continued to be a hovering influence over Christendom, and particularly with regard to the church in its institutional form. (more…)
Israel Today: When Mosab Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader, converted to Christianity and wrote a book chronicling his years of clandestine collaboration with Israeli security forces, he became a sensation among pro-Israel Christians in his adoptive homeland of America. But now, other former Palestinian terrorists-turned-Evangelical Christians are accusing Mosab of duping pro-Israel churches for his own personal profit or, worse, in order to negatively influence their view of the Jewish state. (more…)
By Mal Couch…The church and Israel did not begin at the same time and are, therefore, not the same entity. The nation of Israel essentially began when God called Abraham and promised to make a great nation from him.
A Catholic synod called at the Vatican to address the rising persecution of Christian in the Middle East wrapped up on Saturday with a joint statement that focused a lot of attention on demanding Israel end its “occupation” of Arab lands. (more…)
In “Future Israel”, dr. Barry Horner challenges Christian anti-Judaism. Following are some fragments of chapter 7, Israel and Christian Anti-Judaic Hermeneutics Today. Horner offers guidelines for what he calls a Judeo-centric way of reading and explaining the Bible. He briefly describes the four methods of interpretation explored by classical Jewish tradition, that are also part of the world of the New Testament. (more…)
The highest ambition of Jesus is to fulfil the Torah. Jesus stands completely within the tradition of Israel. God still requires the fulfilment of the Torah. (more…)
Written by Drs. Jan van Barneveld..A cuckoo will lay its egg early in spring. However, not in its own nest, but in the nest of a smaller singing bird. Without realising that there is a strange egg in its nest that bird broods the cuckoo egg together with its own. (more…)
“The Old Testament, the first part of the Bible, deals with the old covenant God made with Israel; the New Testament, the second part of the Bible, deals with God’s New covenant made with Christians, with the Church.” (more…)
God loves Israel and calles Israel His firstborn son. Can God reject His son? Did Israel lose His status as God’s son because of its disobedience? If so, what does that mean for us when we are disobedient to God? (more…)
One of the objectives of this website is to refute what is commonly known as replacement theology or supercessionism. Our message is, simply said: the church has not replaced Israel in God’s redemptive plan. Clinging to replacement theology in fact means theological suicide! (more…)
