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‘No one knows the day or hour… but only the Father’
For any who may be interested 🙂
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Personal Experience – a reasonable basis for faith?
Photo courtesy Mathieu Jarry – https://www.flickr.com/photos/impactmatt/502363271 Does ‘religious experience’ derive from God? Often Christians will say they are such because they have personally encountered Christ, and this is why they are Christians. Muslims will often dismiss this as subjective experience, and claim that these… Read More ›
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‘[T]hey kill and are killed’ for Paradise -‘a true promise…in the…Gospel’?
.A random scene of warfare I found. I thought an image of religious violence might be too contoversial. A painting by Louis Lejeune. {{PD-1923} Q 9:111 – ‘Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in… Read More ›
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‘The Gospel of Luke denies the Incarnation & pre-existence of Jesus Christ.’ – True or False?
Table of Contents The Context for this Blog Post Disclaimer The Virgin Birth – What is its purpose? Is Luke’s Jesus Divine &/or Preexistent? A Titular Christological Approach Does Luke call Jesus ‘God’ (theos)? Son/Son of God Son of Man… Read More ›
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‘The Gospel of Luke denies the Incarnation & pre-existence of Jesus Christ.’ – True or False?
Table of Contents The Context for this Blog Post Disclaimer The Virgin Birth – What is its purpose? Is Luke’s Jesus Divine &/or Preexistent? A Titular Christological Approach Does Luke call Jesus ‘God’ (theos)? Son/Son of God Son of Man… Read More ›
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God is not a human being…or a mortal…
Numbers 23:19 (NRSV) reads: “God is not a human being, that he should lie, or a mortal, that he should change his mind. Has he promised, and will he not do it? Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill… Read More ›
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My Purpose in Blogging…
I wanted to write this in response to some of the comments I have seen in this blog, and also comments made to me by Muslims in person (I frequently go to Speaker’s Corner in London). I also just wanted… Read More ›
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‘The Qur’an’s Crucifixion Error’ – An Argument Beyond Resurrecting?
I have often disagreed with my fellow Christians on this point – I strongly welcome their interaction with this article – as a Christian, I would be quite happy to be refuted 😉 Christians often say that Q 4:157, which… Read More ›
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The Nature of Christ & The Trinity – Letting Scripture Speak
I am often challenged (1) as to how Jesus can be both God and man, and (2) how the Father, Son and Spirit can all be one God. These are valid questions, questions that Christian theologians discussed up until the… Read More ›
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A Review of ‘The Bible in Arabic’, by Sidney H. Griffith
Intro photo credit: Ryk Neethling – https://www.flickr.com/photos/rykneethling/4543063042 Earlier this year Shabir Ally and David Wood debated the topic ‘What is the Qur’ans View of the Christian Scriptures?’. The relevant section I am about to comment on begins at 26:51 –… Read More ›
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Monotheists Mutually Muzzled by Multiverse?
By ‘muzzled’, I refer to the capacity of the below to eliminate one of the most popular arguments for the existence of God, appealed to by monotheistic Christian and Muslims alike – the ‘fine-tuning’ argument. I just needed a verb… Read More ›
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The Qur’an Affirms the Reliability of the Bible: A Plausible (Muslim) View?
Photo credit: Ryk Neethling – https://www.flickr.com/photos/rykneethling/4543063042 My own position is (tentatively) that the Qur’an does affirm the reliability of the Jewish and Christian scriptures. The Qur’an believes that Jews and Christians have misinterpreted such texts, or even covered things up… Read More ›
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The Circular Appeal? The Qur’an and the Injil
First of all, my thanks to Paul Williams for allowing me to blog on this site. Hopefully some great Christian-Muslim dialogue can go on, and I and others can grow in our understanding. As well as posting from time to… Read More ›
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