Episodes
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Franklin Graham Supports Netanyahu & Israel's War on Gaza
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham has demonstrated that he is a Christian Zionist. On November 11, 2023, when he prostrated before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This 1 minute. 28-second video verifies this. Our post, "Franklin Graham Goes to Bat for Israel and Is Challenged" gives another look at Mr. Graham's fervent Christian Zionist theology.
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
The Killing of Innocent Palestinian Children by Israel Convicts A Christian Zionist
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
Update: 2024: We Hold These Truths has challenged Christian Zionism for over 20 years. Christian Zionism’s influence on American politics is still powerful. The recent address by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin to the US Congress on July 24, 2024, corroborates this—for example, Speaker of the House. Mike Johnson (R – La) is a Christian Zionist who can’t do enough to fund Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
Lorrie Rutledge rejected Christian Zionist Theology
This interview with Lorrie Rutledge is over 10 years old but is even more relevant today with over 16,000 Palestinian children killed since October 7, 2023, by Israel. Lorrie woke up to the errors of her theology when she was convicted of the Israeli murder of 300 Palestinian children in Gaza during their Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9.
Lorrie Rutledge, from Michigan, was a Christian Zionist who didn’t know she was one because her pastors had told her that the modern state of Israel was the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy and deserved support by Christians, and, she never questioned them. One day, a friend of Lorrie asked her to watch a video that showed pictures of murdered Palestinian children. Lorrie went to work to find out if what she saw was true. This podcast is about Lorrie’s journey out of Christian Zionism. Don’t miss it. It’s very inspiring. And, if you’re not sure about the Israeli treatment of Palestinian children, you need to watch the recent Australian Broadcasting Company documentary about the brutal and ongoing attacks against Palestinian Children. Click Here
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Palestinian Pastor Asks "Who Is My Neighbor?"
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
A powerful retelling of Jesus' parable of The Good Samaritan is made by Rev. Dr. Munther Issac from the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley, CA on August 11, 2024. Several things are remarkable about Rev. Issac's message. He tells the parable as a follower of Christ and as a Palestinian to a predominantly Black, evangelical, inner-city church. Evangelical churches in America, for the most part, have turned their backs on the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Meanwhile, the US Congress hosted a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and gave him 58 standing ovations as the US continues to supply the munitions to sustain the genocide in Gaza. Please watch Rev. Issac's address: "Silence Is Complicity: A Palestinian Call to Action" while on tour with Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA).
Pastor Michael McBride of the Way Christian Center
welcomes Rev. Dr. Munther Issac to the pulpit
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Silence Is Complicity: A Palestinian Call to Action (Rev. Dr. Munther Issac)
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), A Christian Voice for Palestine, presents Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac: "Empty calls for peace without a ceasefire and end to the occupation, and the shallow words of empathy without direct action, are all under the banner of complicity." Rev. Munther Isaac is on an eight-city speaking tour sponsored by FOSNA. This talk is his address at the Claremont Presbyterian Church in Claremont, CA on August 8, 2024. Rev. Munther addresses the silence of many U.S. churches in the face of genocide and Christian Zionism's support of apartheid in the West Bank and Gaza.
Rev. Munther Isaac is a Palestinian pastor and theologian. He now serves the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem and the Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour. He is also the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College and director of the highly acclaimed and influential "Christ at the Checkpoint" conferences.
During the genocide in Gaza, Munther gained global attention for his sermon, "Christ under the Rubble," which was heard by tens of millions of people and subsequently quoted in South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. He has appeared on CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, MSNBC, CBS, TRT, and Democracy Now! Munther is passionate about issues related to Palestinian theology. He speaks locally and internationally and has published numerous articles on the theology of the land, Palestinian Christians, holistic mission, and reconciliation. He is the author of "The Other Side of the Wall," "From Land to Lands, from Eden to the Renewed Earth," "An Introduction to Palestinian Theology" (in Arabic), a commentary on the book of Daniel (in Arabic), and more recently a book on women's ordination, also in Arabic. He is a Kairos Palestine board member involved in many reconciliation and interfaith forums. Munther originally studied civil engineering at Birzeit University in Palestine. He then obtained a Master in Biblical Studies from Westminster Theological Seminary and a PhD from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Molding Jewish Identity
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns. They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity. "ISRAELISM" is directed by two first-time Jewish filmmakers who share a similar story to the film’s protagonists. The documentary uniquely explores how Jewish attitudes towards Israel are changing dramatically, with massive consequences for the region and for Judaism itself.
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Will Christians Sing A Little Louder or Pray For Peace And A Ceasefire in Gaza?
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
On Gaza & Being Jewish
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Rich Siegel was raised Jewish and was an ardent Zionist growing up who became the president of a student Zionist organization. He moved to Israel in his twenties and worked there for a while. A job offer brought him back to the US and led him to ultimately reject Zionism and become an activist for peace and justice for Palestinians. In 2008, Rich led a We Hold These Truths' Project Strait Gate vigil in Paramus, NJ assisted by Chuck Carlson, founder of WHTT. You will find Rich's journey out of Zionism remarkable and inspiring. You can read his article. "On Gaza & Being Jewish" (Here). Also, more about Rich is on our website. (Here)
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Why Christian Zionists Support Israel's War on Gaza
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Israel's genocidal war on the Palestinians in Gaza has renewed support among Christian Zionist churches. They are holding special events to support Israel. Evangelical churches that are not overtly Christian Zionist from the pulpit are unwilling to hold prayer sessions for peace and a ceasefire in Gaza. They might be accused of supporting Hamas and upset those Christian Zionists/Super Patriots in their congregation who might be offended and cut their tithes or leave. Chris, Craig, and Tom from We Hold These Truths discuss and show examples of this phenomenon like Franklin Graham's meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel to pledge his undying support. Never mind the killing of innocent women and children in Gaza.
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Exposing Christian Zionism During A Time of Genocide in Gaza
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Regis Tremblay of Dateline News & Conversations interviewed Tom Compton of We Hold These Truths on Christian Zionism. With over 23,000 Palestinians murdered in Gaza at this point, the situation is becoming a human catastrophe there while American churches are silent, for the most part, in calling for peace and a cease-fire in Gaza. Learn why this is so in this interview.
Tom met Regis in 2013 when he hosted a film showing of Regis' remarkable documentary, The Ghosts of Jeju in Phoenix, AZ. Regis describes his film: "This is my award-winning, blockbuster film about the people of Jeju Island, S. Korea who had been protesting the construction of a large naval base in the village of Gangjeong to accommodate Obama's "pivot to Asia." Now completed, it has destroyed this pristine, UNESCO-protected environment as well as the livelihoods of the farmers and fishermen who have lived there for 500 years. What I discovered was shocking! The US Government of Korea which occupied S. Korea at the end of WWII, feared a peasant uprising against this occupation and rose up against it in massive protests. Fearing a "communist" uprising, the US military organized, trained, armed, and commanded a militia of Koreans and ordered a crackdown on these unarmed peasants. From 1946-47, as many as 50,000 peasants were massacred in what was essentially a free-fire zone on the entire island.
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Palestinian Pastor’s Plea for Help from American Christians
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Palestinian Pastor Munther Ishaq of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem was interviewed by Katie Hallper and Aaron Matte of the Useful Idiots on January 4, 2024, and revealed how Palestinian Christians are being ignored for the most part by Christians in the US. Pastor Munther's video "Look for Jesus Under the Rubble in Gaza" went viral and exposed people to the reality of what is going on with the genocide in Gaza. In this interview, Pastor Munther reveals that the conflict is not about religion as the Israeli government and the mainstream media tell us. The irony of this interview is that the interviewers are Jewish with a genuine heart for peace and justice for the Palestinians. Any Christian who watches this and is not affected by this must have a heart of stone. What will you do with this information? Tell other people or hide it under a bushel?
Pastor Munther Ishaq beside his Christ in the rubble Nativity scene.
Thursday Dec 28, 2023
Christians Who Love War for Israel
Thursday Dec 28, 2023
Thursday Dec 28, 2023
This video was made 14 years ago when We Hold These Truths held a vigil at the Christians United For Israel (CUFI) "Night to Honor Israel" event in Phoenix, AZ. Back then attendees interviewed told us they supported the wars in the Middle East to protect Israel. Nothing has changed since then, Zionised Christians still believe that wars are necessary to protect Israel. After the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel when they broke out of the world's largest open-air prison the rhetoric has now changed to "We must eradicate the evil Hamas". Of course, there is no concern by Israeli supporters about the now over 19,000 Palestinians that have been killed by Israel's vindictive siege on Gaza. About 70% of the victims are innocent women and children. To prove their continued support for Israel, Cornerstone Church led by John Hagee held on October 22, 2023, a "Night to Honor Israel" event described in the article "A San Antonio Megachurch Plays an Outsized Role in Supporting Israel's War Efforts" in the Texas Monthly.
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Fresno Palestinian Activists Allowed to Raise the Palestinian Flag at a Local Park
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
This is quite a remarkable story, With the support of the Fresno mayor, Israeli activists were allowed to raise the Israeli flag in Eaton Park. Palestinian activists took up the challenge with help from a Fresno City Councilman were allowed to raise the Palestinian flag as reported from GVWIRE: Fresno City Council Members Clash Over Palestinian Flag Raising at City Park
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Look for Jesus Under the Rubble in Gaza
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Around the world, Christians will celebrate the birth of Jesus in 2023 pretty much as they have in the past. But in Bethlehem, there will be no community Christmas celebrations. Munther Ishaq, pastor of a Lutheran church in Bethlehem, Palestine explains: "Christmas is the solidarity of God with those who are oppressed, with those who are suffering. and if Jesus is to be born again this time, this year, He will be born in Gaza under the rubble in solidarity with the people of Gaza."
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Israeli Journalist Reveal’ IDF’s Expanded Collateral Damage Policy in Gaza War
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Israeli journalist, Yuval Abraham. who writes for +972 and was interviewed by Owen Jones, explains that Israel's IDF now defines "Collateral Damage" as allowing 200 civilian deaths to attack one Hama target. Previously it was allegedly 5 civilians per Hamas target. Yuval's article, "'A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza" explains the permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system that has enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza.
Civilian deaths in Gaza far outweigh Hamas fighters deaths.
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
In this heart-wrenching report by AlJazeera, "Why does Israel target Palestinian hospitals? Psyops, say analysts" there is a 2-minute video "Gaza war: 31 premature babies evacuated from al-Shifa as Israel seizes hospital". Although the large evangelical church I attend does not preach Christian Zionist dogma from the pulpit, there is a Christian Zionist undertow within the congregation that might begrudge showing any compassion towards the Palestinians. Here's the letter that I sent to the pastor to challenge him to pray for peace and a ceasefire in Gaza.
"Pastor, your sermon on Sunday was good however I was greatly saddened by your preamble prayer. You did not pray for peace and a ceasefire in the Israel/Palestine conflict. My friend at her evangelical church said their pastor prayed for peace in Israel this past Sunday. The "war" has escalated and the death toll in Gaza continues to rise with more than 5,000 innocent Palestinian children being killed. Israel's latest atrocity is the siege on the Al Shifa hospital where 39 premature babies were forced to be evacuated to a southern hospital in Gaza. I beseech you to watch this 2-minute video report at the bottom of the AlJazeera report on this tragedy. Eight of the babies could not be transported because they died. I pray that this will motivate you and the elders to call for a churchwide prayer meeting to pray for peace and a cease-fire to this conflict that is spiraling out of control.
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Christian Zionism, Where Theology Tramples Compassion
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Jeremy Nell on his TNT internet radio show, Jerm Warfare interviews Tom Compton of We Hold These Truths about the theology of Christian Zionism and how it relates to Israel's current punitive war on Gaza. At the time of the interview over 11,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israel. Over 4,000 of those killed were children.
We Hold These Truths has conducted over 200 vigils since 2002 like this one at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Phoenix.
Jeremy Nell is an award-winning political cartoonist from South Africa, whose work has been featured in numerous publications, in various languages, around the world since 2005. His website Jerm Warfare and podcasts, discuss counter-narrative ideas, and have featured some of the greatest minds in the world, such as Robert Kennedy, David Icke, Victor Davis Hanson, Peter McCullough, John McAfee, and Scott Adams.
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Max Blumenthal Gives A Jewish Perspective on Christian Zionism
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Max Blumenthal with The Gray Zone has been a long-time supporter of justice for the Palestinians. In Killing Gaza, journalists Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal documented Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza. This film is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and evidence from the survivors. And, now in 2023, the Israeli genocidal, retribution attack on Gaza pales what it did in 2014. In this 6-minute interview, Max talks about the influence of the Christian Zionist lobby led by Christians United For Israel which was formed with the aid of Israel.
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
The End Of Christian Zionism Or Just A Face Lift
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Chuck Carlson was interviewed by Mark Glen on The Liberty Hour program way back in 2009. What he said then about Christian Zionism and the Christian right is still true today. We found this interview treasure hidden in an archive and we think it needs to see the light of day again. Especially so, in light of the genocidal attack on Gaza by Israel as retribution for Hamas breaking out of the world's largest open-air prison on October 7, 2023, and attacking Israel. The killing of innocent civilians whether they are Israelis or Palestinians is deplorable. For 16 years before this attack by Hamas, Israel had attacked Gaza numerous times while killing thousands of women and children.
Chuck Carlson with a Palestinian woman from Gaza at an Occupy AIPAC rally in Washington, DC in 2012.
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
How Hamas Got Israel To Show Its True Colors
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
The October 7, 2023 attack inside Israel has resulted in an unprecedented and genocidal reaction by Israel that eclipses their four previous assaults on Gaza. Over 7,000 Palestinians have been killed. Almost half were children. This video by Stop World Control was made after the Hamas attack and is quite revealing. It's entitled "The Mystery of Israel - Solved."
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
People and the Land - Understanding the Israel/Palestine Conflict
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
The world seems to be backing Israel without question on the recent violence committed against them by Hamas forces that broke out of Gaza (the world's largest open-air prison) and attacked. Sadly, there were civilian casualties on both sides. Such actions are as horrific as were the three previous Israeli, collective punishment "wars" in Gaza that targeted civilians. Violence only begets more violence. Our beltway pundits and the mainstream media have called the attack by Hamas "Unprovoked". This would indicate that Israel has not provoked Palestinians in the past. The documentary People and the Land: The Story of A People Under Occupation was made in 1997 and funded by PBS but was prevented from airing on public TV. This documentary delves into the history of the conflict and is a valuable reminder that the Zionists have been provoking Palestinians for over 75 years.
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Surprise: The MSM Exposes Some Truths About the Israel/Palestine Conflict
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Has the extreme right-wing government in Israel led by Benjamin Netanyahu caused the liberal mainstream media to become more honest about the Israel/Palestine conflict? In this remarkable 7-minute commentary on MSNBC's The ReidOut Peter Beinart, editor-at-large at the Jewish Currents, is interviewed and gives us hope.
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Christian Zionism: The War-Based Religion
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Steve Elkins, host of The National Intel Report on the Republic Broadcasting Network, interviews Tom Compton, one of the founding directors of We Hold These Truths (WHTT) about Zionized Christianity. WHTT has conducted over 200 vigils since 2002. Included in this interview is a discussion of how we started our vigils.
Chuck Carlson, founder of WHTT decided to hold our first vigil five months before the second war on Iraq and Saddam Hussein as a response to a letter sent to President George Bush in October 2002 by Richard Land, President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The letter was signed by several prominent evangelical Christians and told President Bush that going to war against Iraq would be a "just" war by their interpretation of the Bible. Then, in 2017 when the SBC came to Phoenix for their annual meeting, we confronted Richard Land's successor, Dr. Russel Moore in an interesting exchange. For related podcasts, Click Here
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Israel Wants Christians To Keep Their Blinders on When Visting the Holy Land
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Palestinian Christians are slowly being forced out of Israel whether they are Israeli citizens who are subjected to at least 65 laws that discriminate against them or being surrounded and slowly forced from their lands by over 600,000 illegal settlers in the West Bank of Palestine.
This powerful video is about Palestinian Christians' plight and originally was aired on a CBS 60 Minutes segment presented by Bob Simon in 2012. CBS has removed it (see: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christians-of-the-holy-land/ ), but we were able to obtain a copy. In the 60 Minutes segment, Bob Simon interviews Michael Oren, Israeli Ambassador to the US, who had tried to stop the story even before it was known what would be in it. The Jerusalem Post took Bob Simon, who is Jewish, to task in their article, "Bob Simon & CBS throw the Jews to the lions."
In the segment Bob Simon talks about the "Kairos Palestine" document by Palestinian Christian leaders who introduce it: "We, a group of Christian Palestinians, after prayer, reflection and an exchange of opinion, cry out from within the suffering in our country, under the Israeli occupation, with a cry of hope in the absence of all hope, a cry full of prayer and faith in a God ever vigilant, in God’s divine providence for all the inhabitants of this land. Inspired by the mystery of God's love for all, the mystery of God’s divine presence in the history of all peoples and, in a particular way, in the history of our country, we proclaim our word based on our Christian faith and our sense of Palestinian belonging – a word of faith, hope, and love."
Sadly, many evangelical Christians don't realize that their Palestinian Christians are being threatened. Also, please check out our video, "Listening to the "Living Stones of the Holy Land: Palestinian Christians."
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Israeli Filmmaker Exposes the Evangelical Christian/Zionist Connection
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Israeli filmmaker, Maya Zinshtein's documentary Til Kingdom Come examines the unique relationship between evangelical Christians in America and the state of Israel. As Israel lies in a constant state of struggle between the Jews and Arabs, evangelical Christians pray for the restoration of the Holy Land to the Jewish people.
With a steadfast belief in the Second Coming of Christ, evangelical political powers have become heavily involved in shaping American foreign policy towards Israel and the Middle East. With unparalleled access, the film delves into the relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the controversial decision to move the United States Embassy to Jerusalem, and plans to annex the West Bank.
Evangelical Christians cite these events as a necessary step toward the coming apocalypse because they believe that the Jewish people’s establishment in the Holy Land is essential to God’s plan for the End-Times. The film takes a deep dive into the unusual bond between these bedfellows and the entanglement of politics and religion. We Hold These Truths explains and challenges the beliefs of what is known as Christian Zionism in our award-winning film, Christian Zionism: The Tragedy & The Turning: Part I.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Choose Life Not War: The Abortion Issue
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Recently, the US Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade case of 1973 that allowed abortions. Now, the decision on this issue will go back to the states. Before Chuck Carlson founded We Hold These Truths in 1996, he and his wife were active in the pro-life movement. When We Hold These Truths started challenging "Christian Zionist" or War-Willing" churches in 2002, one of the earliest signs that we carried at those vigils was "Chose Life, Not War!" While evangelical church members typically oppose abortion, large numbers of them enthusiastically support the serial wars of the US for patriotic reasons. In this 2004 message, "Abortion: A Kingdom of God Approach" by Pastor Greg Boyd of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, MN the issue of abortion is addressed that can be seen in a new light in 2022. This was the third of five messages in a series entitled "The Cross and The Sword". It was about how many Christians have welded the cross to the sword. As citizens of the United States of America, the state wheels the sword while Christians are supposed to be under the authority of Jesus Christ. As a result of this series of messages, about 20% of the 5000 congregants in Boyd's church left because they couldn't handle the message. CNN did an excellent report on this in a 7-minute segment titled "God's Warriors"
An audio version of "Abortion: A Kingdom of God Approach" is available HERE.
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Inside the Gaza Gulag
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
It's been over 20 years since Chuck Carlson of We Hold These Truths went alone into the Gaza strip. In this video presentation made in February of 2003, Chuck eloquently describes his findings at an AFP Forum in Mesa, Arizona. Conditions have gotten much worse since his visit. The newly reelected Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has pledged to make conditions for Palestinians much worse by expanding the illegal settlements. His recent Tweet tells it all.
Friday Aug 19, 2022
Dr. Vladimir Zelenko’s Warnings Ignored by Israel
Friday Aug 19, 2022
Friday Aug 19, 2022
Dr. Vladimir Zelenko was an Orthodox Jewish MD from Monroe, NY who had successfully treated over 6,000 patients infected with Covid-19, using early treatment protocols that he developed. This remarkable 24 min. video is a tribute to Dr. Zelenko and includes an overview of a presentation on the dangers of the experimental COVID-19 "vaccines" that he made to a rabbinical court in Jerusalem. Unfortunately, Dr. Zelenko's warnings fell on deaf ears due to the blinding of countries around the world by the WHO (World Health Organization). Israel has one of the highest COVID-19 "vaccine" rates in the world. Sadly, Dr. Zelenko passed away from cancer on June 30, 2022 (see: Here). An example of the dangers of the"vaccines" that Dr. Zelenkoo warned against is examined in this article, "Israel Was Caught Concealing Children’s Vaccine Injuries".
Wednesday May 25, 2022
The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel’s PR War
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world -- except the United States. The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S. Narrated by Roger Waters and featuring leading observers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. media culture, the film explores how the Israeli government, the U.S. government, and the pro-Israel lobby have joined forces, often with very different motives, to shape American media coverage of the conflict in Israel's favor. From the U.S.-based public relations campaigns that emerged in the 1980s to today, the film provides a sweeping analysis of Israel's decades-long battle for the hearts, minds, and tax dollars of the American people in the face of widening international condemnation of its increasingly right-wing policies. Narrated by Roger Waters / Featuring Amira Hass, M.J. Rosenberg, Stephen M. Walt, Noam Chomsky, Rula Jebreal, Henry Siegman, Rashid Khalidi, Rami Khouri, Yousef Munayyer, Norman Finkelstein, Max Blumenthal, Phyllis Bennis, Norman Solomon, Mark Crispin Miller, Peter Hart, and Sut Jhally.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
The Nakba: Israel Has Been Getting Away With Mayhem & Murder for 74 Years
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
We Hold These Truths joined with the Arizona State University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) to observe the 74th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Arabic for “catastrophe”) that occurred in 1948 when over 750,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes and over 450 of their villages were destroyed by the Zionists in their drive to establish the modern state of Israel. The Nakba continues today under the Israeli occupation designed effectively to expel or kill as many Palestinians as “legally” possible. The latest example of this was the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian Christian, by an Israeli sniper. Tom Compton of WHTT reports on the Nakba 74 rally and how millions of evangelical Christians are oblivious to the plight of the "Living Stones" in Israel.
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
A History of We Hold These Truths from 1996
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
We Hold These Truths was founded by Chuck Carlson in 1996. In this podcast, Tom Compton, one of the founding directors, speaks with Dr. Kevin Barrett, who is a practicing Muslim, on his program, Truth Jihad Radio. Tom discusses WHTT's mission and its history of activism to challenge the idol worship of the modern state of Israel by tens of millions of Christian Zionists.
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Challenging the Official US Consensus Narrative
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Sometimes it feels hopeless to challenge what our government does in the name of "helping" us. Members of the Plant-Powered People of AZ (PPPofAZ) advocate plant-based, whole food diets that avoid unhealthy foods. For example, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) are not safe despite the approval given by the FDA. Seven of us from the PPPofAZ went to hear Derrick Broze of The Conscious Resistance speak during his Activation Tour stop in Showlow, AZ. Derrick spoke on a wide range of topics in his thought-provoking presentation including the Freedom Cell Network, which he helped to create.
Freedom Cells are peer-to-peer groups organizing themselves in a decentralized manner with the collective goal of asserting the sovereignty of group members through peaceful resistance and the creation of alternative institutions. The PPPofAZ is a member of the Freedom Cell Network.
If you're an independent thinker and an activist, you'll want to listen to Derrick's powerful presentation even if you don't like what the PPPofAZ eat. Remember, Freedom Isn't Free! [Note: this podcast was posted to our freedom-loving friends at We Hold These Truths' Podbean site.]
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
The Rage of the Nations
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Our friend and brother in Christ, Palestinian Pastor Jamal Bishara, of the First Arabic Baptist Church of Phoenix, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on April 24, 2021. This sermon was the last one he preached as a guest at Apollo Baptist Church in Glendale, Arizona on March 7, 2021. At his memorial, this extended sermon was described this way by one new member of the church to the senior pastor: "When you preach, you preach a chapter. When Pastor Jamal preached, he preached the whole Bible." This is truly an inspiring sermon. For more posts featuring Pastor Jamal, click HERE.
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Attachment & Trauma Affect Our Relationships
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Melinda Cathey is a therapist who co-founded and served as executive director of The Harbor, a transitional care program in Russia. Melinda has spent nearly 30 years working with orphanages and trains and consults on trauma-informed therapy and The Harbor model of residential care with those working with orphans or foster kids in any capacity. Melinda is passionate about helping churches create safe environments, and learn to understand and respond to trauma.
Purpose:
To provide insight, understanding, and practical tips on how church communities can become safer and more compassionate environments where people can partner more effectively with the Holy Spirit to be healing agents for one another.
Topics covered in this 60-minute webinar include:
- An understanding of the way attachment and trauma issues affect God’s plan for our lives.
- Working definitions of attachment and trauma.
- 6 risk factors that will cause developmental trauma.
- The attachment cycle and development.
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (A.C.E).
- Brain development.
- Our personal attachment experience with God.
- Practical ways to support one another as God supports us.
Presenter:
Melinda Cathey, M.A. is an individual and marital therapist. Melinda lived in St. Petersburg from 1992 -2002 with her husband, Mark, and their three children. Before their time in Russia, Melinda received her MA in Counseling Psychology from Trinity International University in 1985 and practiced individual, family, and marriage counseling in a variety of settings: community health, church, private practice. While in Russia, she co-founded The Harbor with Alex Krutov in 2001 and served as its Executive Director until 2015. The Harbor was the first transitional care program of its kind in St. Petersburg and the second in Russia. Most recently, Melinda completed TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention) Educator Training in 2015 under the study of the late Dr. Karyn Purvis at TCU in Dallas, TX. She now trains and consults on trauma-informed therapy and The Harbor model of residential care with those working with orphans or foster kids in any capacity. Her training of TBRI principles has been enthusiastically received in Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, Bolivia, and the U.S. Melinda Cathey can be contacted at: melinda.cathey@novo.org
Handouts:
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
American Christians, Israel and Zionism
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
In this video, our founder, Charles E. Carlson speaks about his solo walk-in visit to the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip in March 2002. There he witnessed and filmed an Israeli bombing raid from the roof of a building owned by the Southern Baptist Convention. Chuck gave this account to members of the Institute for Historical Review two years later. The video account of this bombing raid can be seen in our documentary, “The Roots of Christian Zionism: How Scofield Sowed Seeds of Apostasy”. In the second segment of this 50-minute talk, he explains Zionist Christian's distortion of the bible and why its followers support Israel despite its documented brutality toward the Palestinians. His talk marked the beginning of We Hold These Truths' nineteen-year study of and challenge to the biblical corruption that has fostered Israel's unbroken history of killings. The publication referred by Chuck in his presentation is "The Source of Our War Problem: Why Judeo-Christians Do Not Demand Peace".
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Uncovering Mainline Christian Zionism
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Chuck Carlson and members of We Hold These Truths discuss the existence of Christian Zionism in mainline Christian churches.
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Exposing the “Ugly” of Christian Zionism
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
At We Hold These Truths it has been our mission to expose the Evangelical Church to the dangers and Biblical errors of Christian Zionism. An interesting phenomenon has occurred as we’ve seen the churches that we’ve tried to reach actually become more entrenched in their zionist doctrine, to the point where many Christians now wear the moniker of “Christian Zionist” as a badge of honor and stamp of approval by God. Craig Hanson discusses his article, "Exposing the "Ugly" of Christian Zionism", with Chuck Carlson and Tom Compton in this 33-minute video interview.
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Christian Zionism" The Tragedy & The Turning, Part I
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
We Hold These Truths has been working for peace in the Holy Land since 2002. This documentary was made to challenge Christians who believe that the modern state of Israel is a fulfillment of biblical prophecy even to the exclusion of Palestinian Christians living there. Our 29-minute documentary was recognized as a contribution to peace by being given a special award at the 4th Ammar Popular Film Festival in Tehran, Iran, in January 2014. This film exposes what should be three, obvious truths: 1. The US has a war based economy that is dependent upon the support for its many wars by Christians under the influence of Christian Zionism. 2. Christian Zionism is a corruption of traditional Christianity that has been promoted for just over 100 years, through the Scofield Reference Bible. 3. The Palestinians have been under a brutal military occupation by Israel since 1967. An example of this brutality was an Israeli attack on Gaza that killed four and wounded 40 in 2002, which was witnessed, videoed, and reported by Charles E. Carlson, the Writer/Director of this documentary. This attack was four years before Hamas came to power and the 3 devastating wars on Gaza in 2008/2009, 2012, and 2014 The last major assault on Gaza in 2014, “Operation Protective Edge” resulted in over 2,000 Palestinians killed of whom were 500 children. This planned operation has turned into a genocidal assault on Gaza with the Israelis bombing hospitals and schools, and civilian casualties hovering around 75% of the total while destroying the infrastructure of the world’s largest, open-air prison (Bob Simon of CBS News described Gaza this way in 2009 in an interview with Charlie Rose). Today, Gaza is on the brink of being uninhabitable.
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
When Israel Attacked US Liberty
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
If Israel is the only true US ally in the Middle East why would Israeli forces deliberately attack the USS Liberty surveillance ship sitting in international waters during the 1967 "Six-Day War"? And, why would President Lyndon Johnson order the cover-up of the attack that killed 34 and wounded 172 of the 294 man complement? Craig Hanson of We Hold These Truths delves into the little known history that has been so successfully hidden for over 50 years. References: TruNews - "Sacrificing Liberty trailer (2020); TruNews - "Q & A with the USS Liberty survivors" (2020); TruNews - "USS Liberty Survivors detail horrors of attack and theft of America" (2020); USS Liberty Veterans Association - "Claims, Facts & Comments" (2020); BBC - "The USS Liberty Incident: Dead in the Water" (2002); Al Jazeera - "The Day Israel Attacked America" (2014); "Attack on the USS Liberty: Eye Witness Testimony by Don Pageler" (2013).
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Palestinian Lives Matter!
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Christianity: One Covenant or Two?
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Christians usually refer to two distinct covenants, the Old and the New, the times before and after the coming of Jesus. Find out about the concept of a Dual Covenant and its connection to the theology of "Christian Zionism" in this video with Chuck Carlson, Craig Hanson and Tom Compton of We Hold These Truths. Referenced in the program are: "What is Dual-Covenant Theology?" and "A Theological Response to Christian Zionism By Dr. Rob Dalrymple".
Monday May 18, 2020
Partial Media Exposure of FED Printing Press
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Chuck Carlson and members of We Hold These Truths will look behind the Federal Reserve's curtain hidden behind the mainstream media spin masters. Reuters published a new list of the financial manipulations planned by the Federal Reserve System (FED) to support the economy in the article "What the Federal Reserve has done in the coronavirus crisis". Reuters tells part of the truth about the Federal Reserve Bank, but not a word of who runs it, nor how this money creation affects our lives by diluting the value of dollars we hold, spend, save and depend upon. (See Chuck's analysis in "Press’ Half Truth Policy about Covid-19 and Our Money")
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Trigger for WWW-III
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2020
In the middle of a pandemic, a financial collapse is lurking around the corner. Will the solution to avoid a depression in the US and around the world be another war against a more credible enemy like China or Russia? Chuck Carlson, a former stockbroker and founder of We Hold These Truths, focuses on the bizarre tactics of the Federal Reserve to pump the economy into prosperity. What's going on?
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
The Money War and the Covid-19 Virus Crisis - Video -
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Chuck Carlson, Craig Hanson and Tom Compton of We Hold These Truths discuss the medical, political and financial events surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic event presently gripping the world. Chuck Carlson, a former stockbroker will focus on the financial implications and ramifications of the current crisis as described in his article "The Money War to Come After the Covid-19 Crisis Ends."
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Enemies of tthe State
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
We Hold These Truths' California Outreach Director, Craig Hanson discusses with Chuck Carlson the implications for peace and justice or lack thereof revealed at the March 2-3, 2020 annual meeting of AIPAC, the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, in Washington, DC. At the convention, luminaries like Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo champion the concept that Anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism. In other words, criticism of unjust Israeli policies and actions toward Palestinians constitutes anti-semitism and "Enemies of the State."
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Support for Palestine Coming From Unusual Sources
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Chuck Carlson and Craig Hanson discuss the implications of a video by Vox, "How a Bible prophecy shapes Trump’s foreign policy," that has had over a million views. It exposes the impact of Christian Zionists on US policies with Israel and Palestine. Also, the Telos Group, a supporter of Palestinian rights is discussed in light of the funding for it by George Soros, who says he is not a Zionist.
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
How a Bible prophecy shapes Trump's foreign policy
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
This video talks about the influence of Christian Zionists on the policies of the current occupant of the White House. We Hold These Truths has exposed Christian Zionists like VP Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Congresswoman Michelle Bachman who are featured in this 7-minute video. Chuck Carlson and Craig Hanson of WHTT will analyze this video in a live stream program on our Facebook & YouTube sites.
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Sherry's Holy War for Israel
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
The founding of Israel in 1948 has become a major, theological focal point for millions of American evangelical Christians. In 2001 We Hold These Truths founder, Chuck Carlson, had an ongoing dialog with a “Judaeo-Christian” (who would now be called a “Christian Zionist”) named Sherry that resulted in a six-part series that can be read at “Sherry’s War: A Second Look“. Chuck and Craig Hanson discuss what made Sherry believe that the modern state of Israel is a fulfillment of biblical prophecy and think the way she did. The analysis in this video presentation is carried up to the current state of Christian Zionism.
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Exposing National Bible Studies With A Christian Zionist Bent
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
American evangelical Christians have been conditioned to accept the modern state of Israel as being a fulfillment of biblical prophecy through national Bible studies like Precepts Ministries, founded by Kay Arthur. In this 30-minute video program Chuck Carlson, Craig Hanson and Tom Compton of We Hold These Truths discuss Chuck's groundbreaking article, "Zionism promoted through Bible studies at a church near you." While the theology of Christian Zionism in these studies is usually subtle, the extreme Zionist sentiment as exhibited in two included video clips featuring Kay Arthur should be intuitively obvious to any honest observer. In this program, Craig Hanson scripturally challenges some of the sacred theology held dear by Christian Zionists.
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Why Evangelical Christians Support US Crimes of Aggression
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Pastor Chuck Baldwin is joined by We Hold These Truths' Chuck Carlson and Craig Hanson, discussing his recent article, "Trump's Unholy War." Baldwin asserts there is an economic and political agenda behind the present push for what he calls a "Crime of Aggression" upon the Iranian people. Many church leaders unsuspectingly support these acts. Resources mentioned by Pastor Baldwin are available on his website, Chuck Baldwin Live.
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Is America Marching to War Against Iran?
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
The United States has a war based economy that needs enemies to demonize and go to war with. In this 16-minute video, Chuck Carlson, Craig Hanson and Tom Compton of We Hold These Truths discuss Chuck's article, "Latest Middle East War Scheme Revealed," about the US move to start a war on Iran. Sadly, millions of Christian Zionists support the wars in the Middle East to protect Israel (see our video: "John Hagee with Benny Hinn: Praying for War in the Name of Jesus").