Pilgrim's Pint is a casual and engaging lecture series exploring the curious and candid questions of Christian belief in a modern context. The series is held at Post, 16 Bay Road in South Hamilton from 7:00-8:30 PM. Below is a list of upcoming lectures.
The Israel-Palestine conflict is older than you might realize. Competing claims to divine promise, sacred land, and historical destiny have fueled strife not for hundreds of years but for thousands.To empathetically understand the deep-seated national conflict happening today it's wise to investigate the ancient histories that have culminated in such divergent worldviews. Before Jewish settlement in Palestine following World War I, before the Crusades of the Middle Ages, even before the conquest of Alexander the Great, the seeds of enduring conflict were growing along the banks of the Jordan River. Is this conflict simply a question of land rights before a peace can finally be accomplished? Or must we first confront bigger questions about the nature of conflict itself, about ultimate power and true identity? Join us on Monday, April 14 as Dr. Seong Hyun Park (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) explores the history of these competing narratives and the human desire to tie ultimate meaning to earthly kingdoms and temporal justice.