Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 09044. Replacement theology, sometimes called supersessionism, teaches that the church has taken Israel’s place in the purposes of God, so that the promises made to Abraham and David now belong to believers in Jesus and there is no distinct future for the Jewish people as a nation. It has been the majority Christian position…
Reading Time: 7 minutesStanding with Israel in Biblical Truth and Justice Q10141 Preamble As an Evangelical Baptist committed to the authority of Scripture and the unchanging promises of God, I find myself compelled to respond to recent statements from Baptists Together, BMS World Mission and Baptist Union of Wales that mischaracterise Israel’s legitimate right to self-defence and misrepresent…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10009. Replacement theology, the teaching that the Church has permanently superseded Israel in God’s purposes and inherited her promises in spiritualised form, is one of the oldest and, I would argue, one of the most consequential wrong turns in Christian history. It sounds plausible, it has distinguished defenders, and it is refuted by an…