Lebanese voices
Like Roger I am angry and depressed at what is happening in the Middle East - the Hizbullah rocket attacks on northern Israel, the disproportionate destruction of Lebanon and the refusal of the US and UK to back UN calls for a cease fire.
So another voice is welcome - and that of the Lebanese Christian community is one that is not often heard. Dr Martin Accad is the Academic Dean of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Lebanon, and was in the US teaching when Israel bombed Beirut Airport. He writes in anger about what has happened his country. Worth a read.
Also worth a read in this thread is a gracious response from David Gushee, who Accad criticised, and a further, more hopeful article from Dr Accad.
Moving. I agree with everything in his first article, and can’t see how Christianity Today can dispute anything he says about Israel’s history or the role of the US.
Sort of gives away Christianity Today’s perspective on the world, doesn’t it. But credit to them for publishing voices that don’t share their particular worldview.