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January 13, 2026

The Meaning of Christian Zionism and the Message of Its Detractors

“At a minimum, American Christians should be just in our dealings with Israel.”

Recently, a small group of American Christian figures with disproportionate online presence—many of them Protestants associated with the movement known as Christian nationalism—have begun proclaiming Christian Zionism a heresy. This position, recently echoed by Tucker Carlson, isn’t a theological abstraction, but inevitably accompanies anti-Semitism and deranged beliefs about Israel. Jay W. Richards refutes the claims of heresy on scriptural grounds, provides a clear definition and concise history of Christian Zionism, and explains that this belief doesn’t necessarily entail eschatological claims about the significance of Israel’s founding. 

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