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• Karl Barth on the Trinity

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on November 1, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  “The Bible lacks the express declaration that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are of equal essence and therefore in an equal sense God himself.  And the other express declaration is also lacking, that God is God thus… Read More ›

• O Isaiah, where art thou? No longer in Isaiah 53 it seems…

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 31, 2015 • ( 9 )

  

  The Book of Isaiah is much beloved by Christians for it contains a wondrous prophecy concerning the death and resurrection of Jesus – or so we are told.  In Christian-Muslim debates over the meaning of the crucial chapter 53 I have… Read More ›

• Some juicy new reading

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 31, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  I have just got back from the wondrous Foyles Bookshop in Charing Cross Road, having bought two succulent gems.. St Paul: The Misunderstood Apostle has just been published, written by the celebrated religious commentator Karen Armstrong. I always appreciate her balanced… Read More ›

• British and Muslim?

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (aka Tim Winter) (Based on a lecture given to a conference of British converts on September 17 1997) It is said that the 19th century French poet Mallarmé can only be fully understood by those… Read More ›

• History of English – in just ten hilarious minutes

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Learn about the influence of Shakespeare and the King James Bible on the English Language. Fascinating!

• Shakespeare: Original pronunciation

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 31, 2015 • ( 1 )

  An introduction by David and Ben Crystal to the ‘Original Pronunciation’ production of Shakespeare and what they reveal about the history of the English language. Absolutely fascinating!

• Walking the streets of London

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

• Important facts to remember as you grow older..

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

• The flaw in Christian apologetics

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 31, 2015 • ( 26 )

  

• Tasbih

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Tasbih

• The Temptation of Christ and what this tells us

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Vasily Ivanovich Surikov – Temptation of Christ Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted with evil and He himself tempts no one. James 1:13 For we do not have… Read More ›

• The Hadith Critical Methodology: A brief look at how Hadith are authenticated in the Islamic tradition.

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 30, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Originally posted on Pondering Islam:
  Some time after the death of the Prophet, a need arose among the Muslims for an authentic source for the beliefs and ritual practices of the Prophet Muhammad (ص). The Qur’an, which was undoubtedly considered authentic and…

• “But there will come an age when whoso fulfilleth one tenth of the law shall be saved”

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 30, 2015 • ( 2 )

  In the superb biography of the Prophet Muhammad by Martin Lings Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources there is a wonderful paragraph about Muhammad’s counsel to his companions,  ‘It was his wont to warn them continually that the privilege of living… Read More ›

• Tim Winter employing the Jedi mind trick

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 29, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

• Ya Allah (O Allah) Calligraphy

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

• How To Respond to Other Christians Who Quote “I am THE Way”

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 29, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Reblogged from The Progressive Christian Channel (yes! not all Christians are fundamentalists!). Its relevance to Muslim-Christian debates will hopefully become apparent. One of my personal mantras is “One God. Many paths.” I’ve been surprised by the number of fellow Christians… Read More ›

• O Daniel, where art thou? No longer in the Bible it seems…

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 29, 2015 • ( 20 )

  

  The Book of Daniel is much beloved by Christians for it contains a wondrous prophecy concerning the coming Messiah – or so we are told.  In Christian-Muslim debates over the meaning of the crucial chapter 7 I have always been… Read More ›

• Hadith

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 28, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

• The late great Muhammad Asad

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 28, 2015 • ( 7 )

  

• Adding Trinity to the Bible

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 28, 2015 • ( 0 )

  this excerpt from a Bart Ehrman talk tells the fascinating story of Erasmus and the Trinity verse.

• thank you all for your kind words and encouragement to keep going!

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 28, 2015 • ( 12 )

  I’ll keep the show on the road for a while longer…

• Daniel 7:13-14 Messiah Jesus God?

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 27, 2015 • ( 71 )

  

  Originally posted on Discover The Truth:
  بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Kaleef K. Karim Trinitarian Jesus-worshippers hold to the belief that Daniel 7:13-14 proves the deity of Jesus, and that he should be “worshipped.” According to trinitarians the Aramaic word “פלח” (Pelach) is…

• Occidentalism

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

• The Seven Deadly Sins of Salafism

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Asharis: Assemble:
  By Suede Nikita Chiselled into a gold tablet paid for by the Saudi Ministry of ‘Education’ (or at least they should be): 1. Use Ahad hadith (single chain narrations) to persuade people that this is what…

• Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

• Modern art

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

• The preposterously named ‘Liberty GB’ – just another neo-Nazi hate group

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 25, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  The ridiculously named Liberty GB want to ban Muslims and Islam from the UK. Unsurprisingly, I disagree…

• Are we supposed to believe that? Understanding Midrash & Aggadah – Rabbi Michael Skobac

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  A clear and informative discussion – worth watching.

• Gospel source criticism

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 25, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

• How to work out where Mark’s Gospel ends

  By paulwilliamsbloggingtheologycom on October 25, 2015 • ( 0 )