What a Christian Got Wrong About Israel with Sebastian Parra

Sebastian Parra is currently the VP of Advocacy and Strategy at Passages Israel - a nonprofit organization bringing Christian youth to the holy land. Sebastian grew up in Colombia as the son of evangelical Christians who taught him to love Israel before he ever set foot there. By the time he got to college, that had completely changed. As a student activist and civil rights leader at one of Georgia's largest universities he became deeply anti-Israel, influenced by the progressive circles around him. In this episode, Sebastian shares his journey from his childhood in Colombia, where Israeli-trained soldiers guarded his town, to becoming one of the most passionate Christian Zionist advocates in America. We talk about what he saw in Israel that cracked his narrative, what it cost him to change his mind publicly, and why he now dedicates his life to bringing Christian college students to Israel through Passages.