Jesus: his roles and nature Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson (Part One, Part Two, Appendix) Jesus Christ started a religious movement that would eventually become a religion and include over two billion people. It is easily the fastest growing religion in the world, in such continents and countries as Africa, China, and India. Reliable estimates, based on
The law of retaliation in the Quran and early Islam Paid Members Public
Muhammads ire for your eye The law of retaliation in the Quran and early Islam James M. Arlandson True Islam, the one taught by Muhammad, revives the law of retaliation or lex talionis, best known from the formulation "an eye for an eye" in the Torah. Traditional Muslims
Who is the Real Jesus? (Part II) Paid Members Public
Who is the Real Jesus? Part II By Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. In the previous article only the gospels were considered in answering this question. We now turn to the rest of the New Testament, beginning with Acts of the Apostles, the companion book to the Gospel of Luke
Who is the Real Jesus? Paid Members Public
By Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. The most important question in all religious questions is: who is Jesus? Secularist believe he was a misguided man, Muslims believe he was a prophet, Hindus have respect for him as a wise man, orthodox Christians believe Him to be the Son of God.
Muhammads atrocity against the Qurayza Jews Paid Members Public
How Sad made him glad James M. Arlandson In AD 627, Muhammad committed an atrocity against the last remaining major tribe of Jews in Medina: the Qurayza. He beheaded the men and the pubescent boys and enslaved the women and children. In doing this, he wiped an entire tribe "
Is the Quran Preserved? Paid Members Public
الترجمة العربية Khaled The Quran makes this claim: Verily, we have sent down the Reminder, and, verily, we will guard it. Q15:9 According to Muslim commentators like Ibn Kathir, this Reminder is the Quran since just a few verses before that we read in the same Surah: But they
Jesus and Muhammad in Bible Prophecy Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Bible prophecy was important to Jesus (Luke 24:27), so it should be to us too. On the night Jesus was betrayed, he understood that he was about to be numbered with transgressors. That is, he was going to be falsely arrested like a criminal. Jesus says:
Jesus in Messianic Bible Prophecies Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Old Testament prophecy about the Messiah was very important to our Lord Jesus Christ, so it should be to us, as well. After he was resurrected bodily, he appeared to many disciples. Two of them were walking down a road that led to a village called Emmaus.