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Anxious for Armageddon: A Call to Partnership for Middle Eastern and Western Christians
Anxious for Armageddon A Call to Partnership for Middle Eastern and Western Christians Author:Donald E. Wagner A unique resource, "Anxious for Armageddon" both offers the fascinating account of Donald E. Wagner's peronal involvement with the Middle East and calls Western Christians to work with Middle East Chirstians in healing the pain of Jews and Palestinians. — Wagner grippingly tells of his early involvement with streams of Christianity ... more »that treat Israel's possession of the Holy Land as fulfillment of a divine plan that will result in the apocaplyptic battle of Armageddon.
And he shows how he came to see that any truly Christian response to Middle East tensions must include just treatment of Palestinians brutally mistreated to make Israel a home for the Jews -- who were themselves reeling from the Holocaust.
It will be difficult for any reader to put down this passionate book without renewed concern to help spread peace rather than supporting those who seem "anxious for Armageddon".
David E. Wagner has served pastorates in three Presbyterian churches. For ten years he was national director of the Palestine Human Rights Campaign. Since 1990 he has been director of Mercy Corps International's Middle East Program. Wagner has led over twenty tours to the Middle East and has organized over fifteen national conferences.« less