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Defense and explanation of Christian doctrine, practice, and worldview through rigorous biblical argumentation.
Who was the Real Slave Master? Paid Members Public
Who was the Real Slave Master? Rev. Richard P. Bailey "The Christians were the ones who enslaved the Black man, but Islam is a world-wide brotherhood." You may have heard someone say something like this and wondered if it was true. Slavery was practiced by all civilizations
WHY DID JESUS NOT OPENLY REVEAL HIS FULL IDENTITY? Paid Members Public
WHY DID JESUS NOT OPENLY REVEAL HIS FULL IDENTITY? By Richard P Bailey Some people ask, “If Jesus is God, as you Christians claim, why didn’t he say so clearly?” Others say, “Show me one place in the Bible where Jesus said, ‘I am God’ and I will believe
Conclusion of the Sword in Early Christianity and Islam Paid Members Public
Conclusion of the Sword in Early Christianity and Islam James M. Arlandson, Ph.D. This article is the final one in the series, which was a comparative study of the two religions. Here, at last, we summarize, with some analysis, the major differences between the two religions, side by side,
Q and A on the Sword in Early Christianity and Islam Paid Members Public
Q and A on the Sword in Early Christianity and Islam James M. Arlandson, Ph.D. This article covers and reviews topics left unanswered in the rest of this series. A question and answer format is used because readers in the past have asked these questions online or in emails.
Martyrdom and the Sword in Early Christianity and Islam Paid Members Public
Martyrdom and the Sword in Early Christianity and Islam James M. Arlandson, Ph.D. This article covers martyrdom by the sword in our comparative study of the two religions, in their origins. Martyrdom means dying for one’s faith.[1] The New Testament predicts that some disciples will die for
The Sword and the Jews in Early Christianity and Islam Paid Members Public
The Sword and the Jews in Early Christianity and Islam James M. Arlandson, Ph.D. In this comparative study of the two religions, Jesus and his early followers and Muhammad and the earliest Muslims had interaction with Jews, whose Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) is the foundation of Christianity and
The Early Church and the Sword Paid Members Public
The Early Church and the Sword James M. Arlandson, Ph.D. This article is designed to be contrasted with the next one about the sword in the early Muslim community, in our comparative study of the two religions. Should the church be a state of sorts, as it has in
The Mission of Jesus and the Sword Paid Members Public
The Mission of Jesus and the Sword James M. Arlandson, Ph.D. In our comparative study of the two religions of Christianity and Islam, we begin with the mission of Jesus, since he lived about 600 years before Muhammad. The next part in the series, the Mission of Muhammad, is