ANTISEMITISM // A LITTLE CONSIDERED ROOT

ANTISEMITISM // A LITTLE CONSIDERED ROOT

“This is paradoxically the inverse consequence of that which is intended for blessing. It underlies and compounds all grievances in those who should have been the recipients of God-intended blessings—grievances, conscious or unconscious, that can be kindled unto rage! That rage, I am suggesting, is called anti-Semitism.”

OUR DUTY TO ISRAEL

OUR DUTY TO ISRAEL

In 1839, the Church of Scotland dispatched a delegation of four ministers to investigate the condition of Jewish communities throughout Europe and the land of Israel. While M'Cheyne was away, W.C. Burns pastored M'Cheyne's parish in his stead, and the LORD visited their fellowship with power. M'Cheyne and his colleagues were convinced blessing had come as they blessed Abraham's sons, and convicted they should spearhead new efforts to honor the Jews with their Gospel.

He preached the following upon return, 17 November 1839.

A BLUSTERY MONDAY

A BLUSTERY MONDAY

“In the almost fifty years that I have worked as a doctor, I have hardly ever seen a man die so entirely submissive to the will of God.” Stephanie Quick meditates on the lasting impact of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life and death. Browse the COVENANT AND CONTROVERSY resource library from FAI STUDIOS.

THE IMPASSE

THE IMPASSE

In any survey of the relationship between the Church and the Synagogue—their respective communities—through history, the report would declare a tumultuous history. Any case of graduated tensions mentions ambivalence, and those exceptions are rarely surpassed with friendliness. Though the suffering Savior “abolished in His flesh the enmity between” Jew and Gentile, one is hard-pressed to find historical tranquility between Jew and Christian...