The Quran on Wine and Strong Drink Paid Members Public
Satan’s Handiwork in Allah’s Garden? Most Westerners are at least passingly familiar with the Islamic belief concerning alcoholic beverages. In conservative Muslim countries which have instituted some form of shari’a law, the production and consumption of alcholic drinks is absolutely forbidden, upon pain of death or some
MUHAMMAD THE WINEBIBBER Paid Members Public
According to the allegedly sound ahadith Muhammad permitted and drank a type of fermented drink called Nabidh: (9) Chapter: The permissibility of Nabidh so long as it has not become strong and has not become intoxicating Ibn ‘Abbas reported that Nabidh was prepared for Allah’s Messenger in the beginning
FLORENCE AND THE CANON Paid Members Public
According to the online Catholic Encyclopedia, among the reasons why the Council of Florence was convened was to settle the issues of purgatory, the filioque and papal primacy in order to reunite the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Churched with Rome: The Ferrara Council opened on 8 January, 1438, under the
ROGERS, MELITO & WISDOM Paid Members Public
A Review of Anthony Rogers’ “Melito and the Wisdom of Pseudo-Solomon” Uploaded to Academia.edu on 12/14/24[1] I’d like to begin this review by noting that although Rogers and I engage in our own respective spheres of apologetics, I do not believe there is sufficient
WHAT KIND OF SAVIOR IS JESUS? Paid Members Public
In this post I will revisit the issue of the work of Christ in accomplishing the salvation of mankind, and its implication on his divinity. SAVIOR OF THE WORLD The God-breathed Scriptures proclaim that God the Father raised up a king from the physical line of David to save
Justin: Jesus Ministers the Father’s will Paid Members Public
Rev. Dr. Christiaan Kappes In my previous article “Follow up…” on Justin Martyr, I highlighted how contemporary scholars often abandon concentrating on narratives of Justin’s supposed subordinationism in contemporary-scholarly translations of Justin. Still there is literature out there by legitimate scholars that assumes Justin to be subordinationist, mainly
ISLAMIC WIFE BEATING Paid Members Public
The Islamic sources testify to the physical abuse which Muslim women underwent at the hands of their husbands. For instance, a man beat his wife so badly that he broke her arm in the process: 13 Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq) (734) Chapter: Regarding Khul’ Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin: Habibah
THE CREATED QURAN Paid Members Public
According to Sunni Islam, the Quran is believed to be one of the attributes (sifaat) of Allah, being the speech of Allah (kalamullah). Sunnis reason from this fact, since the attributes of Allah are not created, the Quran is, therefore, uncreated. On the other hand, there have been other Islamic