Reformed Fox
Puritan Board Freshman
(Maybe this should be posted elsewhere, but I am not certain.)
How many people in the reformed community end up blindly supporting the state of Israel? Though I have never polled congregants in churches I have attended those in the reformed tradition are mostly free from making this mistake (understandably). At the last church I attended there was one individual wearing a pro-Israel shirt and literally the first thing he said after we introduced ourselves is that I should visit Israel and not believe any of the propaganda coming from the other side. It was an awkward experience on a number of levels but it got me into thinking how prominent blind support for Israel is in reformed circles?
Can anyone give me some clues?
P.S. Also how tied is support for Israel to dispensationalism? Of course this was the root of the problem but now there is a general socio-cultural precedent tying support for Israel to conservative "real" Christianity.
How many people in the reformed community end up blindly supporting the state of Israel? Though I have never polled congregants in churches I have attended those in the reformed tradition are mostly free from making this mistake (understandably). At the last church I attended there was one individual wearing a pro-Israel shirt and literally the first thing he said after we introduced ourselves is that I should visit Israel and not believe any of the propaganda coming from the other side. It was an awkward experience on a number of levels but it got me into thinking how prominent blind support for Israel is in reformed circles?
Can anyone give me some clues?
P.S. Also how tied is support for Israel to dispensationalism? Of course this was the root of the problem but now there is a general socio-cultural precedent tying support for Israel to conservative "real" Christianity.