Even Christian Zionist pastors can change their minds about the Israel/Palestine conflict when they thoroughly study the issues with some help and encouragement from friends and relatives. Thanks to the efforts of our friend and brother in Christ, Palestinian Pastor Alex Awad from Bethlehem Bible College and the Christ At The Checkpoint conferences that laid the groundwork, We Hold These Truths’ founder Chuck Carlson shares the results of one of our activist friends in a four-minute audio nugget of sunshine and hope that encouraged and inspired us. We hope you will be inspired, too!
Rev. Alex Awad is one of the “Living Stones” of the Holy Land. The vast majority of Christians visiting the Holy Land of Israel only visit the “Dead Stones” sites, like the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, built over the site where it is believed to be where Jesus was born in a manger. The “Living Stones,” the Palestinian Christians, who live there, are only heard by a fraction of the tourists to Israel. Dr. Darryl DelHousaye, Chancellor of Phoenix Seminary, asked Tom Compton of We Hold These Truths to provide a video with messages from “Living Stones of the Holy Land” that will serve as a supplement for members of the tour that he is leading to Israel. Included in this video are two inspirational presentations by Rev. Alex Awad, who was the pastor of the East Jerusalem Baptist Church and Dean and professor at Bethlehem Bible College, and Sami Awad of the Holy Land Trust.
