worship
Studies on worship, devotion, liturgy, and honoring God according to Scripture.
ALLAH EXTENDS A HAND: ISLAM’S BLACK STONE IDOL Paid Members Public
According to Islamic, the black stone is supposed to be Allah’s right hand which he permits his followers to touch and kiss: “… When we reached Rukn Aswad (the Black Stone) he said, “O Abu Muhammad, “What (command) has reached you regarding this Black Stone?’ Ata’ said: Abu Huraira related
VENERATION OF THE SAINTS: A BIBLICAL OUTLINE PT. 1 Paid Members Public
In this post I will quote the verses where individuals receive reverence, obeisance, relative worship etc., with God’s express approval. Here I will focus on all the places where the Hebrew (shachah) and Greek words (proskyneo) are employed, which are the very terms used in relation to the worship
Is the cross a pagan symbol? Paid Members Public
The following is taken from #13: Is the cross a pagan symbol?. Answers to Jehovah’s Witnesses #13 Robert M. Bowman Jr. Post date: December 5, 2018 Alexamenos Graffito (2nd cent.), with the inscription, “Alexamenos worships God.” Summary: The Watchtower Society teaches that Jesus was not executed on a cross
Grave Worship: More of Muhammad’s Duplicity Exposed Paid Members Public
Muhammad is reported to have cursed the Jews and Christians for turning the graves of the prophets and righteous persons as places of worship, and warned his followers from doing the same with his grave: Narrated ‘Aisha and ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas: When the last moment of the life of Allah’
INVOCATION AND WORSHIP: THE ISLAMIC DILEMMA PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I left off by showing how Muhammad turned himself into an object of worship according to his own criterion: INVOCATION AND WORSHIP: THE ISLAMIC DILEMMA PT. 1. According to certain allegedly sound hadiths, Muhammad permitted his followers to invoke him in their prayers, a practice which
INVOCATION AND WORSHIP: THE ISLAMIC DILEMMA PT. 1 Paid Members Public
The Quran is explicitly clear that invoking/calling on/praying to other beings, especially those who are dead, is a means of worship, and therefore a blatant act of the sin of associating partners with Allah (shirk): Say: I am forbidden to worship (abuda) those on whom ye call (tad’
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES’ REFUTED: WORSHIP JESUS AS GOD Paid Members Public
The Gospels employ the Greek word proskyneo in reference to Jesus’ being worshiped on multiple occasions and for various purposes: “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is
Worship the Creator and not the Creature! Paid Members Public
The God-breathed Scriptures emphatically condemn the worship of creatures, and command the worship of the one true Creator God alone: “For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.” Romans 1:25 “the secrets