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Teachings on prayer, intercession, and communion with God grounded in Scripture.
JOHN 17:3: ONLY TRUE GOD Paid Members Public
BY ROBERT HOMMEL “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” John 17:3 New International Version (NIV) Commentary Jesus states emphatically that eternal life is this: Knowing the Father in an intimate way as well as His
ALLAH WORSHIPS WITH THE QURAN Paid Members Public
One of the major acts of worship for Muslims is the recitation of the Quran, a point which the Islamic scripture itself repeatedly makes: And when the Qur’an is recited, give ear to it and pay heed, that ye may obtain mercy. S. 7:24 Pickthall Perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat)
The Signing of the Cross in Early Christianity Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to cite an early source attesting to the Christian practice of doing the sign of the cross with the hand. I will be quoting from a document called the Odes of Solomon. Scholars date this work as early to the beginning of the second
A MONK WONDERS: WHO DOES ALLAH PRAY TO? Paid Members Public
The following is a translation of a theological debate that took place between Ibrahim al-Tabarani and the prince Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Malik al-Hashimi in Bait al-Maqdis (Quds) around the year 820 AD (http://alkalema.net/gedal/gedal18.htm). B – The meaning of Christ’s prayer Al-Basri said: Tell me,
Did Jesus Pray or Didn’t He? Paid Members Public
Muslim polemicists such as Shabir Ally argue that the Jesus portrayed by John is a person who has supreme control even over his impending death, unlike the Jesus of Mark who is depicted as a frail and more human. One example cited by Ally to prove this claim is the
Unveiling the Inanimate Gods of Islam Paid Members Public
In the following article titled, “The Kabah – The Great Idol of Islam Pt. 1” (https://answeringislam.net/authors/shamoun/kabah_idol1.html), I demonstrated that Muslims commit idolatry for facing the black cube structure in Mecca during their five daily prayers, and because of their being required to visit it
To Descend or not to Descend? That is the Question! Paid Members Public
The Salafi versus Sunni-Shia Dilemma According to the so-called authentic narrations attributed to Muhammad, Allah literally descends to the lowest heaven, the heaven that is supposed to be closest to the earth, at the last third of every night. The reports claim that Allah does so for the sole purpose
Revealing the God Whom Allah Worships and Prays To! Paid Members Public
According to the Quran, Muhammad’s deity prays just like the angels and Muslims do: They are those on whom are the prayers (salawatun) from their Lord and mercy, and it is they who are the guided-ones. S. 2:157 Those on whom are prayers from their lord and mercy,