Zionist vs Palestinian Debate on Israel/Hamas Conflict
Watch three intense debates between a Zionist Christian (Dr. André Villeneuve) and a Palestinian Christian (Daniel Bannoura) as they discuss the ongoing Israel/Hamas conflict in 2024. Gain insights into the different perspectives on this controversial issue and witness a clash of opinions on the political and humanitarian aspects of the conflict.
...Did Israel Steal Land from the Palestinians?
Michael Lofton interviews Dr. Andre Villeneuve and former IDF soldier Ariel Birnbaum about the war in Gaza and explores a wide range of questions - including whether Israel stole land from the Palestinians.
The Pope and the Cheshire Cat
When we meet cats who grin, that is, people who are naturally nice and warm, we tend to think that they are good people. A grin of the sort gives itself out as an implicit promise of support in time of need. Somebody whom we identify as empathic will be most likely to help. What is very curious is realizing that certain people's cordial grin amounts to nothing more than a grin – that there is nothing be...
Le Sionisme Catholique
Le don inconditionnel de l'élection du peuple juif constitue le fondement théologique du sionisme catholique. De nombreux textes du Nouveau Testament peuvent venir à l'appui de l'idée selon laquelle les catholiques devraient soutenir le sionisme. Jésus lui-même était un juif chrétien sioniste. Les catholiques reconnaissent que le peuple juif a...
Un nouveau Sionisme Chrétien
Les détracteurs du sionisme chrétien le rejettent généralement pour l’une ou plusieurs des trois raisons suivantes : (1) Ils disent que celui-ci met en miettes le Nouveau Testament, où l'accent mis par l'Ancien Testament sur un pays particulier est remplacé par la vision du monde dans sa totalité ; (2) Ils pensent que c'est là, la préoccupation exclusive des dispensationalistes prémillénaristes...
The Holy Mass that I Did not Celebrate
On the one hand, there is the Christian message of unconditional love and its emphasis on self-sacrifice at the hands of those who hate you unjustly: "No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends." On the other hand, there is the logic of war: you want to liquidate those who hate you to the point of murdering your nation by all possible means, prefera...
Pourquoi la terre promise appartient aux israélites
Gerald McDermott étudie la notion de substitution dans la théologie chrétienne, celle-ci estime que les promesses faites au peuple juif dans l'Ancien Testament, y compris la promesse d’une terre, ont été substituées par l'Église chrétienne. Il soutient que ce point de vue a dominé l'interprétation chrétienne depuis le quatrième siècle, conduisant à la marginalisation dans le...
Dr. André Villeneuve on Israel and the Church
Dr. André Villeneuve discusses the role of Israel in the age of the Church on Michael Lofton's "Reason and Theology" podcast. Topics include God's covenant with Israel, supersessionism, the idea of the Church as "new Israel", Israel's role in the age of the Church, the modern state of Israel, Zionism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Israel's r...