Theocast
The War in Israel: Reformed Thoughts
October 18, 2023
Summary
The events in Israel in recent days have sparked a lot of theological debate. Here at Theocast, we have gotten a number of questions from listeners. How should we think about the horrific terrorist attack on Israeli citizens and the turmoil that rages on? Are these events the fulfillment of end-time prophecy? What do these events mean for the mission of the church? Jon and Justin respond to these questions and more in today’s episode.
Topics
- Episode focus: The War in Israel: Reformed Thoughts
- The events in Israel in recent days have sparked a lot of theological debate
- Here at Theocast, we have gotten a number of questions from listeners
- How should we think about the horrific terrorist attack on Israeli citizens and the turmoil that rages on?
- Are these events the fulfillment of end-time prophecy?
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Transcript
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Hi, this is Justin.
Today on Theocast, John and I are going to attempt to bring some clarity to a conversation that's quite heated regarding the war going on in Israel, there's a lot of theological arguments being made, there are a lot of
questions being asked, and so for our part, we want to try to bring some hope and we pray some light from God's Word and ultimately talk about the plan of God through Christ and all of these things.
Stay tuned.
We hope you're encouraged.
If you're new to Theocast, you may not have heard of this word.
It's called pietism.
Have you ever felt like the Christian life is a heavy burden versus rest and joy that you wake up worrying about how well you're going to perform instead of thinking about what Christ has done for you.
It's dread versus joy, really.
That's pietism.
Pietism causes Christians to look in on themselves and find their hope not in what Christ has done, but what they're doing.
And we have a little book for you.
It's free.
We want you to download it, and we're going to explain the difference between pietism and what we call confessionalism, reformed theology, really, how it is that we walk by faith, seeing the joy of Christ, and when Jesus says,
Come to me and I will give you rest, what does that look like?
You can download it at our website.
Just go to theocast.org.
Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian life from a confessional, reform, and pastoral perspective.
Your hosts today are John Moffat, who is pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee, and I am Justin Perdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.
We're recording in an afternoon window, so may the Lord give us grace, stamina, and we've got good coffee to help us out with those afternoon doldrums that most everybody experiences.
