Professor Jing Kong is a principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She received the B.S in chemistry from Peking University in 1997 and the Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University… Read More ›
This Easter Christians ponder a story that has been told over and over for the past 2000 years: that the Jewish Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, made a sacrifice of his own life to make mankind right with God (variants of… Read More ›
podcast 178 – Apologists on how God can die – Part 1 by Professor Dale Tuggy Back in episode 145, I laid out a triad of claims which can’t all be true: 1. Jesus died. 2. Jesus was fully divine. 3…. Read More ›
Allah’s grace transforms our life Yusuf Ali translation and commentary surah 16 verse 97
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) invited Mustafa Akyol on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, to deliver a talk on his newly published book, The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews became a Prophet of the Muslims. Mustafa… Read More ›
The Qur’an is not a work of literary narrative, as is the Bible. As a scripture that provides guidance (huda) and a reminder (tadhkira) to humankind, it gives more emphasis to spiritual edifications than to providing a full account of… Read More ›
Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) was an Italian Catholic priest and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism. The Catholic Church reveres Thomas Aquinas as a saint and regards… Read More ›
Ard A. Louis is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford, where he leads an interdisciplinary research group studying problems on the border between chemistry, physics and biology, and is also director of graduate studies in theoretical physics…. Read More ›
This is an excellent lecture by Professor Bart Ehrman with regards to the evolution of Jesus during early history. A must watch for Christians and Jews.
St Augustine (died AD 430): Question the beauty of the earth, the beauty of the sea, the beauty of the wide air around you, the beauty of the sky: question the order of the stars: question the living creatures that move… Read More ›
Jesus has so many wives! Muslims are limited to four max, and Muhammad had eleven in his role as Head of State, but the humble Messiah from Nazareth has infinitely more… Nuns taking the Veil (1963)
God is ONE, this is the core creed of Monotheism. This oneness of God as an aspect of His absolute nature, must be understood properly in order to worship HIM. Maimonides[1] had laid out a principle to understand the Oneness of God… Read More ›
“The proof of the pudding is in the eating”, as we say in England. It is the sheer efficacy of these words – their saving and transforming power – that convinces me of the Divine origin of the Qur’an. For example, the… Read More ›
Why should someone seriously consider Islam? And if someone is setting out to find the truth, how would they know Islam is it? We ask brother Dr Shabir Ally. Q: Brother Shabir Ally, for Muslims, it’s a kind of a… Read More ›
Thoughts on God and creation from Harvard professor of Mathematics and Biology and Director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Martin Nowak
Muhammad said, “No one’s acts can lead to paradise.” They asked, “Not even you, Messenger of God?” He said, “Not even me, unless God enfolds me with His favour and mercy. So fulfil your commitments and draw near. Let no… Read More ›
Revd Peter Mullen is a British clergyman ordained in the Church of England. This is an extract from his hard-hitting article in The Salisbury Review. What he says applies with equal force to Muslims and traditional Jews of course. Democracy has no… Read More ›
Consider: God did not ask himself, in Gethsemane, to spare Jesus from the fate of the cross; Jesus did ask God, in Gethsemane, to spare him from the fate of death on the cross. God doesn’t pray to himself; during… Read More ›
extract from Sacred Freedom
Bart Ehrman’s like what else could it mean! 🙂 Mark 12:28-29 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of… Read More ›
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