What is the biblical relationship between Israel and the Church? In these seven short videos we will refute the most common assertions made by Christian Zionists. These are based on my book Zion’s Christian Soldiers.

There is a printable outline of these seven short videos here:

Reviews : Seven Bible Studies : Seven Biblical Answers : Seven Biblical Answers Video  : 7 Biblische Antworten (German) : 7 Bijbelse Antwoorden (Dutch) :  7 Biblical Answers (Chinese) : 7 Biblical Answers (Simplified Chinese) : Seven Biblical Answers (Korean) : Seven Affirmations : Arabic Edition : Jerusalem Declaration : The Place of Israel by John Stott: Kindle edition

A simple four page demolition of Christian Zionism based on my book Zion’s Christian Soldiers. Now available in seven languages: Arabic, Chinese, Chinese Simplified, Dutch, English, German& Korean. Also available as Seven Bible Studies for personal and group discussion.

“It is not an understatement to say that what is at stake is our understanding of the gospel, the centrality of the cross, the role of the church, and the nature of our missionary mandate, not least, to the beloved Jewish people. If we don’t see Jesus at the heart of the Hebrew scriptures, and the continuity between his Old Testament and New Testament saints in the one inclusive Church, we’re not reading them correctly. The key question is this “Was the coming of Jesus and the birth of the Church the fulfilment or the postponement of the promises God made to Abraham?” Christian Zionists see the promises of identity, land and destiny as part of an ongoing covenant God has with the Jewish people. In this book I unpack this question and show that Christian Zionism is a recent manifestation of a heresy refuted by the New Testament.”

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Photos taken at the Nakba 75 National March held in Westminster, London on Saturday 13th May. Further photos may be viewed here

In this interview Bishop Richard Llewellin talks about his experiences of serving his curacy in South Africa under the apartheid regime and the parallels with Palestine today. (apologies for the quality of the audio)

In this interview Bishop Richard Llewellin shares his experiences with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine (EAPPI). EAPPI is an international programme coordinated by the World Council of Churches. It brings people from around the world to the West Bank to serve for three months as human rights monitors. For more information see https://eappi.org

Bishop Richard was ordained in 1964 and was a curate at Radlett. After serving a second curacy at Johannesburg Cathedral, and being expelled from South Africa by the apartheid Nationalist government of the day in 1971, he was then successively the Vicar of Waltham Cross, the Rector of Harpenden and a canon of Truro Cathedral before being ordained to the episcopate as the suffragan Bishop of Street Germans (1985-1992). 

He later became the suffragan Bishop of Dover (1992-1999) and was subsequently appointed Bishop at Lambeth and Chief of Staff to the Archbishop by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, a position he held until 2004. In retirement he was appointed an honorary fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University.

Bishop Richard is a member of the Peacemaker Trust Board of Reference and  Palestine Solidarity Campaign