I got an interesting e-mail this morning. It’s about another conference is going on right now (March 12-17, 2010), but this one is not quite in the same category as the awesome, Bible believing ones mentioned yesterday. Now, I don’t know very much about these things, but it seems to me that the thing that makes this particular conference kind of shocking is that this one’s at Bethlehem Bible College in Bethlehem – the birth place of Jesus Christ (Matthew 2:6). Bethlehem means “House of Bread“, and it is here in this very place that the “Bread of Life,” the Word (the logos), was born to one day bring peace to the world. But ironically, it appears to me, the little brown blogger of very little brain, that those who claim to know Jesus Christ and believe in His Word are meeting in His place of birth to deny His very Word, and talk about their own ideas for peace.
They say that the aim of this conference is to:
…equip the global church to understand Scripture as it relates to the Palestinian context, and to discuss the theological importance of Peace and Justice in an Evangelical context.
Our hope is to provide a forum for evangelicals who take the Bible seriously to prayerfully seek a well-informed awareness of issues of peace, justice and reconciliation which are contextually sensitive as well profound to scriptural scholarship.
–www.christatthecheckpoint.com
The speakers at this conference are listed here:
http://www.christatthecheckpoint.com/speakers.html
Lynne Hybels, of course, is the wife of Bill Hybels of Willow Creek church and Willow Creek Association (which most seeker friendly churches today are members of). Besides partnering with the Tutus and the Warrens in social justice and world peace endeavours, Mr. Hybels has had the anti-semetic Jimmy Carter in to speak, as well as Tony Blair and Bono (Mr. COEXIST), etc. You may recall that Mr. Hybels is also a signatory of”¦
This “Common Word Between You and Us”, complete with its own website and heavy hitting endorsements from the misguided likes of Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, Leith Anderson, and Jim Wallis of the religious left, has proven to be more of a sophisticated anti-Israel propaganda tool than legitimate Inter-Faith dialogue.
–‘A Common Word’ — Inter-Faith Dialogue or Propaganda Tool?
Mrs. Hybels has also signed something:
“Something called the Christians Support Bold Action for Holy Land Peace campaign was launched; a letter signed by 50 leaders included Tony Campolo, Joel Hunter (president of the NAE); Bill and Lynne Hybels; Richard Mouw, President of Fuller; and David Neff, editor-in-chief CT.
As far as Mr. Campolo goes, well, besides his contemplative, mystical, Ancient Roman Catholic spirituality, centering prayer side, he seems to think that Israel is “stealing” their own land”¦
Sizer: “What’s wrong with the settlements and the wall and so on, is that for security?”
-Tony Campolo on the Israeli Occupation of Palestine
There is more on Campolo’s theology regarding Israel here:
Tony Campolo: Misinformed, bad theology
Tony might benefit by taking a closer look at the what the Bible says on this subject regarding The Land of Israel and To whom does it belong.
Other speakers at this conference include Brother Andrew, and Stephen Sizer.
Unfortunately, Brother Andrew has recently become somewhat imbalanced. Jacob Prasch writes that he…
“joins the Stephen Sizer and Gary Burge chorus of turning a deaf ear to the persecuted Christians in the surrounding Islamic countries to instead stupidly focus on the one nation in the region fully protecting the human rights and religious liberty of Arab Christians ““ Israel.”
–Brother Andrew and Light Force
The Size of the Stephen Sizer Theology
Calvin L. Smith: Stephen Sizer as Anti-Replacement Theology Champion?
Police visit to Seismic Shock blogger after “harassment” complaint ““ the context
Stephen Sizer Complains to Police About Blogger
Stephen Sizer and the Sons of Menelaus
He’s No “Sinner”, He’s a False Prophet
Stephen Sizer Contra Melanie Philips
Response To Stephen Sizer’s Open Letter
As the friend who sent me the e-mail this morning said:
[*Disclaimer: As always, unless otherwise stated, the views expressed on the little brown blog are the personal opinions, rantings, and meanderings of this blogger.]
