Religion and Race On January 14, 1963, great leaders of two different worlds met at a conference on “Religion and Race” organized by the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ) in Chicago. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a faithful...
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Antisemitism is the world’s “oldest hatred.” For as long as the Jewish people have existed, their history has been punctuated by antisemitism.
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"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless." These are famous words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran Pastor who was killed by the Nazis for resisting the regime. However, he was not the...
Reflection on Antisemitism from Paul Wilbur The hate for the Jewish people seems to be spreading like wildfire. Many wonder, have we learned nothing from history? We are in the 21st century, in the modern enlightened era. The Dark Ages...
All racism is evil, but there is something different and more insidious about antisemitism. So why are Jews hated? Along with many other powerful people throughout time, why did Hitler hate the Jewish people? Let's explore this long and abhorrent...
How to Talk about Israel In today’s world, Israel is a controversial topic, even in relation to the Bible. It is sometimes hard to keep our conversations free of politics but filled with faith. We believe God when He said...
The United Nations (UN) and Israel No matter how you feel about the United Nations, it has a special power. The UN is the one place on Earth where nations get together and attempt to speak with one voice. That's why their...
Typical Replacement Theology Teachings Replacement theology isn’t new. We can trace it as far back as the 3rd century. How did it come into the Church and come to dominate so much of it? A widely distributed Christian magazine published...
The long history of antisemitism in the Church has affected where the Jewish people are today. If antisemitism is the hatred of Jews, how could it exist in the Church at all? Growing up in a Jewish home, I was...
Christian Anti-Zionism? A few years ago I spoke at a conference plenary session at a prominent Christian university. The preceding speaker was an Arab Christian peace activist. The next day the two of us hosted a Q&A session on the...