Author Archives
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I Didn’t Have a Relationship With God ~ Muslim Convert
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Is there a single one you could have today without being a social outcast?
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How to Address Doubts in God’s Existence
An excellent overview of this pressing question
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My day job, apparently.
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Moors Murderer Ian Brady dies, Anglican priest hopes he finds “peace”
Moors Murderer Ian Brady who tortured and killed five children as young as ten has just died of lung cancer aged 79, the media reports. I am more than a little disturbed by some of the Christian reaction to this… Read More ›
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Sin, Forgiveness and Reconciliation: A Muslim Perspective
Jonathan Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and he is the Director of the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding.
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A Pre Modern Defense of the Hadiths on Sodomy
Click image to download PDF file of the paper by Professor Brown.
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Egyptians Regretting “Revolution”, Desiring Return of Mubarak and Willing to Bear Oppression For Basic Security and Economic Stability.
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The only emotional spectrum I can relate to ;)
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Pope doubts visions – but where will it all end?
Paul tells of his preaching about the resurrected Christ: “After that, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision…” Acts 26:19
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Did Jesus Talk about Homosexuality?
An interesting article by Scot McKnight a distinguished American New Testament scholar and Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, IL. Reblogged from his Jesus Creed. One is no longer surprised to read in discussions about same-sex relations —… Read More ›
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Thought for the day
The modern Westerner, persuaded that he has a right to “think for himself” and imagining that he exercises this right, is unwilling to acknowledge that his every thought has been shaped by cultural and historical influences and that his opinions… Read More ›
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I visited Regents Park Mosque this afternoon (and gave a talk)
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Why I gave up trying to please others and only seek the pleasure of the Creator
Comment on ‘The Real Gay Housewives of Speakers Corner‘ video on YouTube: There is no pleasing some people!
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Would they vote for Corbyn?
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Critiquing the Qur’anic Authentique [Hadith 5 of 5]
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I voted to Leave
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A response to Western academics who categorise Salafis into: Quietists, Politicos and Jihadists – and why this is a false categorisation.
An interesting article challenging (with some justification in my view) the typical Western academic taxonomy of those who claim to be Salafis. Reblogged from Abu Khadeejah.com It is established through an authentic chain of narration to Imam al-Awzā’ee (born 88H,… Read More ›
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What Bible scholars really think about John’s gospel you will probably never hear from your pastor/minister/priest
I’m sorry to break the bad news to you: what scholars think of the historical value of John’s gospel is a million miles from what the man in the pew thinks: J.D.G. Dunn, The Evidence for Jesus. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster… Read More ›
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Thought for the day
The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.
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The Modern Pursuit of Happiness
The Humble I “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die” seems to best express the only kind of happiness modern man has made available to himself; and we know where such gross hedonism leads to. Our current culture… Read More ›
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We are designed to fall to our knees
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You know what to do..
#OpMuslimVote
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Blogging Theology?
What is the purpose of Blogging Theology? Sometimes it feels like it only exists so that unreconstructed right-wing missionaries can take pot shots at Islam….
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Thought for the day
Gender mixing is not the root of all evil but it’s certainly the root of a lot of it.
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The Pilgrim’s Bible
I have just spent a delightful evening with a neighbour in Southern France. He is an English antiquarian book collector and lives in a sumptuous residence (as you can see below). He showed me his 1608 edition of the Geneva Bible,… Read More ›
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The Epistle of James: early Torah observant followers of Jesus
“James represents Christian Jews who did not define themselves over against Judaism. That is, our book emerged from a Christ-oriented Judaism, from a group that still attended synagogue and wished to maintain irenic relations with those who did not share… Read More ›
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New movements within Christianity
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Abandoned by God, he asked “why?”
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Of Tulips and Beards
Christianity is complicated
Blogging Theology 