The Criterion of Embarrassment is an oft-used historical tool by those who seek to authenticate and validate the New Testament Gospels insofar as they are understood as historical literature. However, a thoughtful review of this historical tool in light of… Read More ›
History
Examining the Newest Historical Research on Earliest Quranic Manuscripts I Jay Smith & Ejaz Ahmed
Br. Ejaz Ahmed had a brief dialogue with Jay Smith today (I personally would call it a car crash. RIP Jay). Jay believes all major codices from the Qur’an date to the 8th and 9th centuries CE. Ejaz proved to… Read More ›
Christianity reinvented, again and again..
“Christianity started in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; it moved to Europe and became a culture; it came to America and became an enterprise.” Rev…. Read More ›
Today in Christian history
On this day in 1616, Galileo Galilei was banned by the Catholic Church from teaching that the earth orbits the sun.
Birds of a feather flock together
I write these words in a very posh neighborhood of Chicago with street names such as Cherokee Road, Indian Tree Drive and Blackhawk Road. It’s a white/Jewish area with a 0.18% Native American population (source). This was once Indian territory. So… Read More ›
The Collection of the Quran Part II
Part II of a two part series on the manner in which the Quran was collected into the form that we have it today. This video goes from the death of the Prophet (SAWS) in the year 632 to the… Read More ›
