So you believe in replacement theology? I thought I read this as the author saying the Church and Israel are two different things, not that the Church has replaced Israel. The view he says he agrees with is the second one, that we are different, not the first which is replacement theology. Unless of course, I read this with blond eyes, which is possible! :-)
To be perfectly honest I've never thought about it before. If I've learned anything from this board it's that Christians have a name and theology for just about everything.
I've always felt that when the Gentiles were grafted onto the branch of Israel we were a continuation of what God had started with Israel. Israel was broken off. (Romans 11) We are not a replacement. I think Romans is very clear in the branch analogy. It also fits with "I am the vine, you are the branch...".
I never knew there was a theology of different views on this.