About Biblical insights: The gospel and the land of the Bible
In this podcast, biblical scholar Philip Church and host Lauren Domigan discuss the political situation in the Middle East following the unconscionable events of 7 October 2023, when Hamas broke into Israel and killed numerous people and took many hostages. These events and their aftermath have been in the news media and our social media feeds almost daily. In this podcast, Philip sets these events into their historical context and suggests what he believes to be an appropriate theological and biblical response.
An Inside Perspective: Interview with Dr Lamma Mansour and Dr Yousef Al Khouri
In this episode, Philip welcomes Cole Martin again, who has been travelling around Aotearoa with two visitors to our country. Together we interview Dr Lamma Mansour, a sociologist and theologian who is a Palestinian citizen of Israel from Nazareth and Dr Yousef Al Khouri, the Academic Dean of Bethlehem Bible College, who was born and grew up in Gaza and who now lives in Bethlehem near the field where the angels appeared to the shepherds to announce the birth of Jesus. We talk about life for Palestinians both inside the territory of Israel and in the West Bank and Gaza.
30 Jun 2026
Their pain is our pain - or should be
In this episode Lauren and Philip speak with Cole Martin a photo journalist who recently spent 6 months living in a refugee camp in the West Bank making friends with Palestinians and sharing their lives.
18 Dec 2025
What about the Rapture and the Tribulation: will it really happen, and will anybody be left behind?
In this episode, Lauren and Philip examine the theology behind the popular Left Behind series of novels, specifically the Rapture, by which the church will be whisked away to escape the so-called Great Tribulation. For many of us, this scheme is “received orthodoxy” that we have absorbed by a process like osmosis and have never really examined – this episode provides an opportunity to do that.
13 Nov 2025
Why do so many Christians support the state of Israel?
In this episode, Lauren and Philip ask why so many Christians continue to support Israel. They explore a popular understanding of the end times, where some Christians believe that the formation of the state of Israel is a prelude to the Second Coming of Jesus. Is this really the case? Do the Palestinian Christians have to leave their homes so Jesus can return? And will Jesus really sit on the throne of David in Jerusalem for 1,000 years?
29 Sept 2025
Love, Reconciliation and Forgiveness: Interview with Dr Hanna Massad
In this episode, we interview Dr Hanna Massad, former pastor of the Gaza Baptist Church. We were moved by his message of love, reconciliation, and forgiveness in the face of persecution, and learned of various aspects of his current ministry.
7 Mar 2025
7. The land of Jerusalem and the temple in the New Testament
We remind ourselves of the importance of the land, Jerusalem and temple in ancient Israel and what the New Testament says about that. At the end of the episode, we consider what Paul the Apostle meant when he said, "In this way all Israel will be saved" (Romans 11:26).
6 Mar 2025
6. Living in God’s land
We go back to the Old Testament and look at how God's people are to live in God's land, the exile as the consequence of disobedience, followed by the promises of the return from exile.
5 Mar 2025
5. Restorationism and Zionism
This episode defines restorationism, political Zionism, and Christian Zionism, and it gives a history of the development of Zionism since it emerged at the end of the nineteenth century.
4 Mar 2025
4. Jewish and Palestinian perspectives of the land
We go back to the Old Testament and consider the importance of the land of the Bible for ancient Israel and why Jewish people today consider the land important. We end with a brief look at what some Palestinians say about the land.
3 Mar 2025
3. Life in the land of the Holy One: It's complicated
We take a no-holds-barred look at what it is like to live in the West Bank and Gaza today and some Christian responses to that.
2 Mar 2025
2. 4000 years in 40 minutes
A brief potted history of the promised land from the promises to Abraham of Genesis 12 to the present day.
1 Mar 2025
1. Biblical insights: Introduction
Biblical scholar Philip Church and host Lauren Domigan introduce themselves and the background of this series about the gospel and the land of the Bible.
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