Antisemitism Under the Bridge: When Hatred Shows Up Close to Home
Living in Cleveland, Tennessee, certain things become part of the landscape. Churches, Christian ministries, colleges, denominational offices, and mission organizations are deeply woven into the identity of this community. Support for Israel and concern for the Jewish people are also common throughout the region. That is part of what made something I encountered beneath a […]
Did the Scofield Bible Create Biblical Zionism?
Whenever I hear someone dismiss Christian support for Israel as a modern invention, one name usually enters the conversation: C. I. Scofield. The argument is familiar. Scofield created dispensationalism, placed it in the notes of his study Bible, and persuaded generations of Christians to believe that the Jewish people still had a place in God’s […]
Why I Keep Returning to Israel (Even in Wartime)
I have traveled to Israel five times since June 2024, spending approximately fifty days in the land. Each trip has marked me in a different way. I now know where to eat, how to navigate the Old City, and what it feels like to walk Jerusalem’s stone streets carrying both wonder and weight in my […]
An Unlikely Dinner in the Nation’s Capital
Twenty or thirty years ago, a dinner like this would have been nearly impossible to imagine. A rabbi, an evangelical pastor, a Catholic theologian, and a 12-year-old boy walk into a kosher restaurant in Washington, D.C. It almost sounds like the beginning of a joke. But on the evening of Israel Advocacy Day, it felt […]