theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
Mubahala: A Prayer-Duel With A Muslim Paid Members Public
P RAYER-D UEL WITH A M USLIM: A Christian Confronts the Islamic Practice of Mubahala By David Wood and Nabeel Qureshi PART ONE: The Challenge During the summer of 2005, my friend Nabeel, who was a Muslim at the time, brought another Muslim to a small gathering of friends to
The truth about Muslim-Christian marriages Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson A Muslim man is allowed to marry a Christian woman, but a Christian man is not permitted to marry a Muslim woman. I remember hearing an interview on the radio with a Muslim, a few years ago. As the interview began, the host asked the Muslim guest
A Brief Explanation of the Sword in Matthew 10:34 Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson I read constantly that Christians should not be proud of a verse attributed to Jesus. The verse reads: Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth, but a sword. At first glance it indeed appears that Jesus encourages violence and calls his
Are Muslims Fideists? Paid Members Public
Marriage of a one year old By Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. Following are excerpts from an interview with Dr. Ahmad Al-Mu'bi, a Saudi marriage officiant, which aired on LBC TV on June 19, 2008. The transcript is below in part. Dr. Ahmad Al-Mu'bi: Marriage is
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
Grammatical Errors in the Qur'an - Response to Khalid Paid Members Public
From Jochen Katz <jkatz> Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam Subject: Re: They claim the Quran has a grammatical errors Date: Tue Jan 21 13:58:31 EST 1997 Message-Id: [email protected] Peace to you, Khalid, and all readers, In article [email protected], kh55011@
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
Pondering the Invitation to Convert to Islam Paid Members Public
Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. Recently, the President of Iran sent President Bush a long letter involving a number of things, but one of the items was an invitation for Bush to convert to Islam. I began to wonder about the issue of conversion. What advantage is there in becoming