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One day..
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Some juicy reading just delivered to my office
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Why do Jews feel so much rage at St Paul?
Even the New Testament records Jewish hostility towards Paul of Tarsus. If you want to know why Jews feel so much “rage” at Paul this video explains clearly and biblically. Key texts discussed: Luke 1:6: Both of them were righteous in the… Read More ›
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How Intolerant is Islamic Law? Dr Jonathan A. C. Brown
https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_7bknqn66 In September 2016, the Alwaleed Centre was delighted to welcome renowned scholar and Director of the Alwaleed Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, Dr Jonathan A. C. Brown to Edinburgh. Dr Brown is author of the acclaimed monographs Hadith: Muhammad’s… Read More ›
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2017
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The Hadith ‘…Fight Until They Say There Is No god But Allah’ Explained
Originally posted on Discover The Truth:
Kaleef K. Karim Content: 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Quraysh Broke The Treaty And Waged War 4. Analysing The Hadith 5. The Hadith rejects Forced Conversion Claim 6. The Quran Rejects Forced Conversion Claim… -
Seasons greetings to you all from Blogging Theology
Merry Christmas to all my Christian brothers and sisters… and to anyone who else who’s celebrating today. A belated Happy Hanukkah too, to all my Jewish brothers and sisters. Seasons greetings to you all.
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Missionary madness
Militant missionary Tony Costa sheepishly agrees in a blunt one word answer that in his religion (Trinitarianism) Jesus ordered the killing of babies and children. The appalling genocide is commanded in 1 Samuel 15: “Go, attack the Amalekites and totally… Read More ›
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Hate to break it to you, but Santa is now Muslim.
A hard-working Santa takes a few minutes off to nip down to his local mosque, the Aziziye in Stoke Newington, for the prayer.
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Christian confusion at Christmas!
It seems that the very meaning of Christmas (that “God could suffer and die”) is radically contradicted by the Bible itself. My question therefore to Christians: should we believe you or the teaching of 1 Timothy 6: 15-16?
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What unites Englishness and Islam?
How can we foster an ‘English Islam’? In this presentation given at the ‘Very English Islam’ garden party at Woking Peace Garden, September 2016, Dr Timothy Winter of Cambridge University examines the shared traditions between Englishness and Islam. The English… Read More ›
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Christ, just one of many messengers and prophets sent to the nations of the earth
Muslims are obligated to believe in and honour all of the prophets, and to testify that prophethood has been completed with the coming of Prophet Muhammad. “Say, ‘We believe in God and in what was sent down to… Read More ›
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Dr Jonathan AC Brown – The Single Greatest Argument
Dr Brown says what needs to be said..
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Going, going, not gone..
I think Jay Smith had a leaving party about two months ago but now it looks like he is not leaving until maybe next year. I wonder if they will have another leaving party for him. I remember when Jesus… Read More ›
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Has Adam Saleh cried “Wolf” too often?
YouTube star and serial prankster Adam Saleh, who has more than 1.6 million subscribers on his channel, posted a video on Twitter that appeared to show him being escorted from a Delta Airlines flight simply for speaking Arabic. However, people… Read More ›
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Does Biblical Law Force Rape Victim To Marry Rapist?
Originally posted on Discover The Truth:
Some modern Christians have attempted to show that Deuteronomy 22:28-29 does not condone or sanction a rapist to marry the rape victim. The verse in question is very clear in Hebrew. It categorically states… -
Apostate Neil Littlejohn calls for violent Christian overthrow of Istanbul
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Missionary Mishap: God’s Word Finally Revised
Originally posted on Calling Christians:
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What is “cruel and unusual punishment”? Comparing shariah and Western understandings
Professor Brown tells us of the behind the scenes work needed to write his brilliant article “Stoning and Hand Cutting—Understanding the Hudud and the Shariah in Islam” He also discusses what is “cruel and unusual punishment” – comparing shariah and Western understandings…. Read More ›
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From last year’s Christmas stamps.
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P2 – Holy Facts! Brother Paul vs Christian
Here we discuss the nature of the resurrection appears of Jesus to the disciples. Sound starts at 0:28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZvY779U0Bo
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Dear Lambeth Palace
(Lambeth Palace is the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in London)
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Why we should read Dante as well as Shakespeare
By Peter Hainesworth, reproduced from the OUP Blog Dante can seem overwhelming. T.S. Eliot’s peremptory declaration that ‘Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them: there is no third’ is more likely to be off-putting these days than inspiring…. Read More ›
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An old favourite from the Quaker Carol Book.
credit Ship of Fools
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P1 – Holy Facts! Brother Paul vs Christian
Another snippet from my marathon debate yesterday at Speakers’ Corner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsdxBxtQxpQ and before anyone complains (as they have done) that I’m preying on Christians who don’t know their faith, Josh is doing a PhD in Christian theology.
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Idols come tumbling down
Exodus 20:3-4 “You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.”
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If you’re not careful Christmas will be the death of you
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Br Paul and a Christian discuss God and time. Speakers Corner
This was filmed just a few hours ago at Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, London. The Christian, Josh, is doing his PhD in theology on the thought of renowned Oxford philosopher of religion Richard Swinburne. Our debate/discussion lasted over 3 hours and… Read More ›
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A popular way to celebrate Christmas
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