Covenant & Conflict
by Gateway Center for Israel
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Why Gen Z Struggles with Israel
Why Gen Z Struggles with Israel
About this podcast
"Covenant & Conflict" is a thought-provoking podcast produced by the “Gateway Center for Israel” and hosted by Nic Lesmeister and David Blease, where ancient biblical truths meet contemporary issues head-on. Each episode offers a deep dive into complex and often divisive topics with subject matter experts, aiming to explore the intersection of covenantal values and modern debates. Instead of fostering division, this podcast seeks to model respectful engagement and peaceful discourse amidst conflict.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 54 episodes
- Why Gen Z Struggles with Israel · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 46When Nic graduated high school, nobody asked him what his stance was on Israel. Today, every teenager feels they need to take a position. Who can they trust to portray a balanced…
- How to talk with your kids about Israel · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 45The gospel outline most of us learned jumps from creation straight to Jesus in the New Testament. Our kids inherit the missing storyline in the Bible and it shapes how they see…
- Why Israel is Key to Reaching the World · 1 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 44In 1999, Wayne Wilks had a vision in a Budapest hotel room. Seventeen years later, on a balcony in that same city, he had another one... and it became Gateway Center for Israel…
- What Happens when Your Family Rejects Your Faith · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 43"If you walk out those doors, you're not coming back home." She walked out anyway, and that was only the beginning. On Covenant and Conflict, Trysten Tice tells David how a…
- Everything Wrong with Dispensational Theology · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 42Does God still have a covenant with Israel? Is the Church the "new Israel"? And is every Christian who supports Israel automatically a dispensationalist?In this episode of the…
- A Roadmap to Joy: Finding God in Pain, Purpose, and the Unexpected · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 41What if joy wasn’t the absence of pain, but something deeper, stronger, and always available? In this powerful episode of Covenant & Conflict, David Blease sits down with author…
- Torah, Jesus, and Identity: The Tension No One Talks About · 1 h 17 min · Season 2 Episode 40What happens when a Jewish man finds Yeshua, but refuses to stop being Jewish? In this powerful episode of Covenant & Conflict, we sit down again with Rocket Rudolph, a…
- Is Israel Breaking International Law? The Truth About Genocide, the UN, and Gaza with Andrew Tucker · 1 h 17 min · Season 2 Episode 39In this long-awaited episode of Covenant & Conflict, we sit down with international lawyer Andrew Tucker to unpack one of the most misunderstood and controversial topics in the…
- What Christians Need to Know About Islam Right Now | Nathaniel Buzolic · 1 h 27 min · Season 2 Episode 38What should Christians really believe about Islam, and why does it matter right now? In this powerful and unfiltered episode of Covenant & Conflict, we sit down with Nathaniel…
- Between Judaism & Christianity: A Messianic Story with Joshua Aaron · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 37In this powerful episode of the Covenant & Conflict Podcast, we sit down with Joshua Aaron to unpack one of the most complex and misunderstood topics in the Church today: the…
- An Ethiopian Jewish Journey to Messiah with David Safafa · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 36What happens when an Ethiopian Jewish man, raised in deep tradition, encounters Yeshua (Jesus) in a dream that changes everything? In this powerful episode of Covenant &…
- A Practical Guide to Israel, The End Times, and the Return of Jesus | Ben Juster (Tikkun America) · 54 min · Season 2 Episode 35What did Yeshua actually say must happen before His return, and what does that mean for how we live right now? In this episode of Covenant & Conflict, David Blease sits down with…
- Pressing Pause: Starting Sabbath · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 34Are modern Christians missing the gift of the Sabbath? In a world addicted to productivity, burnout, and constant noise, what if the Fourth Commandment isn’t a burden, but an…
- The Modern Messianic Movement Explained with Dr. Dan Juster · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 33What is the theological foundation of the Messianic Jewish movement? Should Jewish believers in Jesus remain Jewish? And why does replacement theology continue to distort how the…
- Hollywood Actor Finds Jesus & Stands with Israel with Nathaniel Buzolic · 1 h 21 min · Season 2 Episode 32In this powerful conversation, David Blease sits down with Nathaniel Buzolic (known to many as “Nate Buzz”) to trace his extraordinary journey from Hollywood fame to radical…
- Heartcry of David: Prophetic Worship Connecting Israel and the Church · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 31What does biblical unity between Jewish and Gentile believers actually look like in practice, not just theology, but lived relationships? In this episode, Micah and Abby Mahoney…
- The Inquisition and the Jewish People: Faith, Persecution, and Survival · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 30In this gripping episode of the Covenant & Conflict Podcast, we sit down with Rabbi Matheus Guimarães, a Messianic Jewish leader from Brazil, to uncover one of the most tragic…
- What Does It Mean to Be the House of God? A Messianic Worship Perspective · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 29In this powerful episode of the Covenant & Conflict Podcast, we sit down with Shilo Ben Hod, founder of SOLU Israel, for a deeply moving conversation about worship, identity…
- God's Name Explained: YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah, Yehova · 1 h 9 min · Season 2 Episode 28What is the true name of God? In this episode of the Covenant & Conflict Podcast, Nehemia Gordon explores the history, meaning, and pronunciation of YHWH, including Yahweh vs…
- Reject Replacement Theology & Embrace Revival with David Blease & Joakim Lundquvist · 1 h 4 minIn this episode of the Covenant and Conflict Podcast, we sit down with Pastor Joakim Lundqvist to explore his powerful journey of faith, the unique story of his church in Sweden…
