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Defenses of the identity, deity, teachings, and works of Jesus using Scripture and historical evidence.
A Brief Explanation of the Sword in Luke 22:36 Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Did Jesus endorse and encourage violence in the Gospels, presumably a righteous kind of violence? Did he call his original disciples to this? Did he order all of his disciples to buy swords, really? One verse may indicate that he did. And Luke 22:36 reads: 36
Did the Apostle John Anticipate Mohammed? Paid Members Public
By Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. If one reads the letter of St. John it seems that he was anticipating the arrival of someone like Mohammed. Certainly John had in mind the immediate threat of the Gnostics who were trying to merge pagan and Christian thought together. But then, this
Is Isa merely a Messenger or God Incarnate? Paid Members Public
Farooq Ibrahim While being a Muslim in the late 1980’s, and seeking the truth within Islam, I was faced with a number of challenges as I tried to reach out and invite Christians to the truth of the Quran and Islam. One such challenge was the belief that Jesus
Deceptive God, Incompetent Messiah: What Islam Really Teaches About Allah and Jesus Paid Members Public
Deceptive God, Incompetent Messiah What Islam Really Teaches About Allah and Jesus By David Wood For nearly two thousand years, Christians have proclaimed Jesus’ death and resurrection. Islam rejects both of these doctrines and offers a different account of what happened at the cross and afterwards. However, the Muslim explanation
The death of Jesus and the death of Muhammad Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson All humans are mortal. You the reader are a human. Therefore, you are mortal. So goes standard, basic logic. But what about Jesus and Muhammad? They were also human. Therefore, they were mortal. It is true that the New Testament teaches that Christ is the divine Son
Dear Muslim, ... — some answers to emails I received Paid Members Public
Answers to emails { The below text is to be understood as a combined answer to a number of emails that I received in response to my articles published on Answering Islam. } Dear Muslim: Let me give you some help in writing to me. You want to respond to something I
Jesus and Muhammad: Fifteen major differences Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Aggressive Islam is on the march. 9/11; violent protests over cartoons; many pushes to establish Islamic courts in Europe and Canada; demands to silence free speech, to criminalize criticism of the messenger of Allah; the President of Iran threatening to wipe Israel off the map, and
How Jesus and Muhammad confronted Satan Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Few people know that Muhammad says in the Quran that he takes refuge in Allah from evil witches who may cast spells on him Sura 113:4. Few people know that early reliable Islamic sources reveal that before Muhammads ministry went public in Mecca, he nearly committed