| Source: Presence.tv http://www.presence.tv/cms/6part-cz-series-leadersguide.php DVDs To order your DVD copy click here. Leaders Guide: The "Christian Zionists DVD" is a perfect for small group study. To help small group leaders use the DVD to spur on discussion and action, we have written up a reproducible "Discussion Guide." Also, we have prepared a 105-page "Christian Zionists: On the Road Map to Armaggedon" e-book, that you can circulate to those in your study, encouraging them to read before each session. The ebook and discussion guide are on your DVD. Christian Zionists DVD Session One: 1. Do you have any friends who offer unquestioned political support for Israel due to their End-Time beliefs? 2. What did you find interesting about Sizer's lecture on the British roots of Christian Zionism? 3. What is Jewish Zionism? Is it helping or is it hurting the Jewish people? 4. In your opinion are Christian Zionists taking us down "the road to Armageddon" or is this itself a political or theological stereotype? Session Two: 1. What did you find interesting about Sizer's lecture on the American roots of Christian Zionism? 2. What is the Scofield Bible and how did help create Christian Zionism and "dispensationalism"? 3. Is it legitimate for Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and Hal Lindsey to garner political and moral support for Israel and its West Bank settlements? Session Three: 1. How do you read the Bible, in comparison or contrast to a Christian Zionist's "ultra-literalist biblical hermeneutic"? 2. How would you biblically respond to the "Greater Israel" claim that God promised the Jews the Land from Egypt to Iraq? 3. What was Jesus' and Paul's attitude toward Jerusalem and Herod's Temple? How do you feel about present day claims to rebuild the third Jewish Temple? Session Four: 1. From your experience, is Sizer correct to assert that Christian Zionists foster anti-Arab prejudices? Is so, how? If not, why not? 2. In contrast to national Jewish expectations, what was Jesus' vision for his own nation? 3. What do you consider to be an authentic understanding of Bible prophecy, in contrast to Hal Lindsey's view of prophecy as "pre-written history" of the end of the world? Session Five: 1. In a nutshell, what is the political agenda of Christian Zionism? How do you feel about it? 2. What should be done about the Jewish settlements established in the West Bank after 1967? 3. Based on what you have heard in this series, what kind of Holy Land tour would you avoid and what type of pilgrimage would you go on instead? Session Six: 1. How should people of faith relate to the peace process and the proposed two-state solution? 2. What can Americans and Europeans practically do to counter the Christian Zionist lobby in the United States? 3. What can you do to help the Palestinian Christians recover from aggressive Zionist policies? |
Presence Ministries is proud to present a new 6-part DVD by Dr. Stephen Sizer entitled, "Christian Zionists-on the Road to Armageddon." This DVD was released to coincide with an international Christian conference in Jerusalem, April 14-18, that critiqued End-Time Bible prophecy with respect to its negative effect on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Dr. Sizer addressed the conference on the history and theology of this misguided millennialism. The conference was hosted by Sabeel, led by Dr. Naim Ateek. Sabeel exists to strengthen the identity, presence and witness of Palestinian Christians, descendants of the original Christians of the first-century. The conference theme was "Challenging Christian Zionism: Politics, Theology, and the Israel-Palestine Conflict," and featured an evening address by the Archbishop of Canterbury.