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Screwtape Letter #15 – Discussion Guide
Screwtape seems to be on a roll now. At first there was only one thing to do. Now, he sees other ways for Wormwood to attack ...
I Never Knew You, Part 2
I Never Knew You. Most Christians will recognize these words as the scariest ones in the Bible. They're from a passage in Matthew. The thing is - while "I never knew you" can be spelled using the letters of the alphabet at the right, we cannot tell "who" never knew ...
Blessed are the poor in spirit
Blessed are the poor in spirit. Seriously? The poor in spirit are blessed? That sounds so backwards! It's even more strange when it's translated as happy are the poor in spirit! It seems like it should be blessed are the rich in spirit. And yet, that's not what Jesus said. ...
Are we supposed to Believe God, Believe in God or Follow God?
Are we supposed to believe God - believe in God - or follow God? Are those three sets of words all different? Or do they all mean the same thing? Well, it depends. When were you born? What culture do you live in / come from? Most important, are you ...
What is faith? Blind? Circular logic? Or the truth?
The problem with faith - to believe or not to believe
What is faith? In this specific case, what is Christian faith? People have lots of ideas about that. Some think faith is blind. Others may think the reasoning behind Christian faith is circular logic. Others believe Christian faith is the truth ...
Idols in the Qur’an and the Bible – Sura 68 – Part 3
[68:41] Do they have idols? Let their idols help them, if they are truthful. 1Ki 18:24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire—he is God.” Both the Qur'an and the Bible warn ...
Can the God of Islam take care of Himself?
We saw earlier in the Qur'an where it says God can take care of Himself. It shows up again in Sura 73. But again - it's abrogated. This really begs the question - does Islam truly believe that their God can take care of Himself - or does He need ...
I can’t read – in The Bible and The Qur’an
In any case - we seem to have one (or both) of the scenarios from Isaiah - Isa 11-12 What you’ve been shown here is somewhat like a letter in a sealed envelope. If you give it to someone who can read and tell her, “Read this,” she’ll say, “I ...
God: Christianity and Islam – Home page
... in the very first article - "what religion was Abraham" - that there are promises made by God (the Jewish and Christian God of the Old Testament) to Abraham, Hagar and Ishmael. At the beginning of this whole controversy - Abraham - there was a common God. A God ...
The Great Omission from The Great Commission
If we are going to do something about the Great Disparity between Christianity as promised in the Bible versus Christianity as experienced in life today, we really must perform The Great Commission, not The Great Omission ...