Why We Fight

Remember the old World War 2 films entitled “Why We Fight”? It was war footage explaining to the people back home what we were in Europe or the Pacific for—the purpose of all that blood and treasure. (Hard to believe the war erupted because a failed painter was a blamer and thought the Jews had thwarted his personal ambitions.)

For the last 30 years, I have advocated for Israel one way or another. Writing columns, speaking, publishing, networking. I will be very frank with you: I wonder how much actual good was done, especially by pro-Israel groups fronted by Christians. Some of them exist only to perpetuate their own salaries and 401(k) plans. That’s my opinion.

Remember the first pro-Israel book I worked on as a young book editor in 1994: Can Israel Survive in a Hostile World?, by David Lewis. David, of blessed memory, was my mentor and great friend. I went to Israel for the first time with David. Among other things, we interviewed Ariel Sharon at the military complex in Tel Aviv. Sharon only agreed to meet with us because of the reputation of David.

That book was just the latest in a strong of best-sellers from David. I mean, we sold many hundreds of thousands of his books, usually focusing on prophecy, always focusing on the beloved Jewish people. I am still stunned by the reaction to that book.

In the introduction to one of his books, David wrote that an author is usually supposed to express why he or she is writing a book. Of that one, David wrote:

“Because I had to.”

He was a fierce, if also gentle, warrior.

He had a way with words and a dashing charm that is rare. Anyway, our sales manager came off the road after crisscrossing the country presenting our books to chain buyers in the Christian market. Notice the emphasis: chain buyers.

“Jim, I couldn’t give that book away.”

Why, I asked.

“Because it has ‘Israel’ in the title,” he explained.

I was dumbfounded. Recall, this was 30 years ago! Not now, when I wouldn’t be surprised.

Here was an iconic author for us, steeped in pro-Israel work all his life (David listened to the May 1948 broadcast of the announcement of the state of Israel). And his books were now finding it hard to find shelf space in the *cough Christian market. It was at this time that the wonderful Dave Hunt was experiencing the same things.

(By the way, it would curl your hair if I told you some of the unbiblical statements made to us by some buyers for LifeWay and Family Christian Stores. It took some time, but it was no surprise at all to me that their brick-and-mortar stores blew away like chaff in the wind. With the Southern Baptists (I am one) stocking books by the anti-Semite Jimmy Carter, Jen Hatmaker, and any other hot-selling false teachers in the country, it was a matter of time.

In any event, my point is that the anti-Israel rhetoric you hear in the American Church today didn’t blossom yesterday. That crop was planted many, many decades ago. So that now—again, picking on the SBC—you have Reformed types infiltrating and turning the denomination away from pro-Israel sentiments. I honestly never believed I would live to see that. Even the Assemblies of God is slipping in this regard, and as I’ve written many times (beginning in 2013), the Palestinian Narrative forces smartly tried to infiltrate the Calvary Chapel Association. That’s a fact.

I’ve noticed a rash of Jew-haters on social media now, especially (ironically after 10/7), with many of them being the Reformed Boys. Eric Holmerg posted this on April 30:

IRAN EXPLAINED

“American Christian Zionism was used to justify the colonization and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. This was an act of war against the Middle East.

“In 1953, the United States and the United Kingdom orchestrated a coup against Iran’s democratically elected leader, Mohammad Mosaddegh, after he moved to nationalize Iran’s oil. In his place, they restored Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi—a ruler who would govern as a Western-backed autocrat.”

The thing I want you to notice from this quote is that “It’s all Israel’s fault” (the view of someone that posts like this).

Holmberg I think has drifted to this position, so that now he posts a lot of anti-Israel stuff.

I am convinced that those hardened into this position are not going to be swayed.

One of us is going to be absolutely shocked in the next life.

Point being, Holmberg didn’t wake up a couple months ago and start slamming Israel and the Jews. It is a long, slow product that got us here.

I write about this kind of thing quite a lot. The reality is, I speak some about current issues, although I know very little, honestly. For example, I have no idea what is in President Trump’s daily intelligence briefings. Sometimes what is on the surface is not what reality is based on. What I can provide you though, that hopefully is valuable, is a Big Picture look at how we got here. We already know where we’re going.

I write about this because so many people ask me why Jew-haters exist, or how the Church got into this predicament. I will follow up on this next week.

[email protected]

www.patreon.com/TheGodThatAnswers

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Why We Fight

Remember the old World War 2 films entitled “Why We Fight”? It was war footage explaining to the people back home what we were in Europe or the Pacific for—the purpose of all that blood and treasure. (Hard to believe the war erupted because a failed painter was a blamer and thought the Jews had thwarted his personal ambitions.)

For the last 30 years, I have advocated for Israel one way or another. Writing columns, speaking, publishing, networking. I will be very frank with you: I wonder how much actual good was done, especially by pro-Israel groups fronted by Christians. Some of them exist only to perpetuate their own salaries and 401(k) plans. That’s my opinion.

Remember the first pro-Israel book I worked on as a young book editor in 1994: Can Israel Survive in a Hostile World?, by David Lewis. David, of blessed memory, was my mentor and great friend. I went to Israel for the first time with David. Among other things, we interviewed Ariel Sharon at the military complex in Tel Aviv. Sharon only agreed to meet with us because of the reputation of David.

That book was just the latest in a strong of best-sellers from David. I mean, we sold many hundreds of thousands of his books, usually focusing on prophecy, always focusing on the beloved Jewish people. I am still stunned by the reaction to that book.

In the introduction to one of his books, David wrote that an author is usually supposed to express why he or she is writing a book. Of that one, David wrote:

“Because I had to.”

He was a fierce, if also gentle, warrior.

He had a way with words and a dashing charm that is rare. Anyway, our sales manager came off the road after crisscrossing the country presenting our books to chain buyers in the Christian market. Notice the emphasis: chain buyers.

“Jim, I couldn’t give that book away.”

Why, I asked.

“Because it has ‘Israel’ in the title,” he explained.

I was dumbfounded. Recall, this was 30 years ago! Not now, when I wouldn’t be surprised.

Here was an iconic author for us, steeped in pro-Israel work all his life (David listened to the May 1948 broadcast of the announcement of the state of Israel). And his books were now finding it hard to find shelf space in the *cough Christian market. It was at this time that the wonderful Dave Hunt was experiencing the same things.

(By the way, it would curl your hair if I told you some of the unbiblical statements made to us by some buyers for LifeWay and Family Christian Stores. It took some time, but it was no surprise at all to me that their brick-and-mortar stores blew away like chaff in the wind. With the Southern Baptists (I am one) stocking books by the anti-Semite Jimmy Carter, Jen Hatmaker, and any other hot-selling false teachers in the country, it was a matter of time.

In any event, my point is that the anti-Israel rhetoric you hear in the American Church today didn’t blossom yesterday. That crop was planted many, many decades ago. So that now—again, picking on the SBC—you have Reformed types infiltrating and turning the denomination away from pro-Israel sentiments. I honestly never believed I would live to see that. Even the Assemblies of God is slipping in this regard, and as I’ve written many times (beginning in 2013), the Palestinian Narrative forces smartly tried to infiltrate the Calvary Chapel Association. That’s a fact.

I’ve noticed a rash of Jew-haters on social media now, especially (ironically after 10/7), with many of them being the Reformed Boys. Eric Holmerg posted this on April 30:

IRAN EXPLAINED

“American Christian Zionism was used to justify the colonization and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. This was an act of war against the Middle East.

“In 1953, the United States and the United Kingdom orchestrated a coup against Iran’s democratically elected leader, Mohammad Mosaddegh, after he moved to nationalize Iran’s oil. In his place, they restored Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi—a ruler who would govern as a Western-backed autocrat.”

The thing I want you to notice from this quote is that “It’s all Israel’s fault” (the view of someone that posts like this).

Holmberg I think has drifted to this position, so that now he posts a lot of anti-Israel stuff.

I am convinced that those hardened into this position are not going to be swayed.

One of us is going to be absolutely shocked in the next life.

Point being, Holmberg didn’t wake up a couple months ago and start slamming Israel and the Jews. It is a long, slow product that got us here.

I write about this kind of thing quite a lot. The reality is, I speak some about current issues, although I know very little, honestly. For example, I have no idea what is in President Trump’s daily intelligence briefings. Sometimes what is on the surface is not what reality is based on. What I can provide you though, that hopefully is valuable, is a Big Picture look at how we got here. We already know where we’re going.

I write about this because so many people ask me why Jew-haters exist, or how the Church got into this predicament. I will follow up on this next week.

[email protected]

www.patreon.com/TheGodThatAnswers

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