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The Nativity of the Messiah in the Swirl of Traditions and Calendars
“Non vi è mese nell’anno, ove forsè si eccettui il Luglio, che non abbia trovati partitanti, i quali lo proclamino pel mese Natalizio” —Antonio Maria Lupi[1] The date of the birth of Christ is a controversial subject. For much of… Read More ›
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A Woman by Robert Campin (about 1435)
(Belgian; National Gallery, London) source
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The 3 kinds of people
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Why do kids leave the church?
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One day, computers will meet all our needs
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US government offers irrefutable proof of Russian hacking
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Polygamy anyone?
The background to this tweet concerns ongoing arguments in the Roman Catholic church about Pope Francis seeming to allow remarried Catholics to receive holy communion (which is contrary to traditional church teaching). Why not polygamists? These marriages were acceptable in the Bible… Read More ›
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Mobile dawah
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The devil is less the author of our destruction, and more the author of our distraction.
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God: the Ultimate Concern
Beautiful The Humble I At the heart of Islam stands the reality of God: Allah, the One, the Absolutely Perfect, Unique, Eternal, Beautiful, Loving, Infinitely Kind and Compassionate, All-Knowing, All-Hearing, All-Seeing, beyond what man can ever conceive, yet nearer to… Read More ›
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The Republic of King Jesus – Professor Alec Ryrie
A fascinating lecture about extreme Christianity
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Christian theologians under Hitler: Gerhard Kittel, Paul Althaus and Emanuel Hirsch
In the days after World War II, a convenient story was told of church leaders and ordinary Christians that defied the Nazis from the beginning. Recent research has uncovered a very different story. Rather than resisting, the greater part of… Read More ›
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Dr Jonathan AC Brown – Sharia & Forbidding Evil: Limits and Etiquettes | 15th MAS ICNA Convention
Another new video
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THE ERASURE OF ISLAM FROM THE POETRY OF RUMI
By Rozina Ali. Reblogged from The New Yorker. A couple of years ago, when Coldplay’s Chris Martin was going through a divorce from the actress Gwyneth Paltrow and feeling down, a friend gave him a book to lift his spirits…. Read More ›
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Today is the 540th anniversary of the death of Charles the Bold
Today’s is the 540th anniversary of Burgundy’s darkest day, with the death of Charles the Bold on January 5th, 1477. This is the most famous portrait of him, by Rogier van der Weyden, from about 1462, currently in the Gemäldegalerie… Read More ›
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6 common misconceptions about Salafi Muslims in the West
by Anabel Inge. Reblogged from: Salafism, often referred to as ‘Wahhabism’, is widely regarded as a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that fuels Jihadism and subjugates women. Some even lump ISIS and Salafism together—casting suspicion upon the thousands of Muslims who identify… Read More ›
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you couldn’t make it up
From BBC News
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Jonathan Brown | Reshaping the Contemporary Muslim Mind
The American Muslim community is under pressure to conform and let go of its morals and beliefs. Due to the negative climate and constant barrage of Islamophobia, many Muslims lose hope or suffer trauma and anxiety. This session will help… Read More ›
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“True Singularity” (توحيد حقيقي)
Originally posted on StandingUnder:
Flakes of snow falling. Each the first and last of its kind. All just water. Unique landscapes of ridges meander like streams. All just flesh and blood. One map for one land. Coiled strands of information… -
Portrait of a Man with an Open Book
by Rogier van der Weyden (ca.1399-1464) 1430s Courtauld Gallery, London
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Real Housewives of ISIS
Shocking footage of real ISIS housewives. Viewer discretion advised!
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A Shakespeare quote
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Why Call it Judaism? The Case for Humanistic Judaism
Humanistic Judaism is new and almost entirely unknown by people outside the movement. Its novelty and its radical break with tradition creates a lot of confusion for people who are only familiar with traditional Judaism and its liberal offshoots. One… Read More ›
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Nabeel Qureshi: “True”Christians do Greater Miracles than Jesus – Exegesis of John 14:12-14
I think RZIM’s Dr Nabeel Qureshi’s exegesis of John 14:12-14 would be lapped up by the Prosperity Gospel crowd. It’s essentially telling Christians that they get anything they want if they pray in the name of Jesus (a man!) and ask for… Read More ›
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Rabbi Tovia Singer Illustrates that the Gospels Were Not Written by the Apostles or Eyewitnesses
A good summary of some of the reasons scholars do not think the gospels were written by apostles
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Jim Al-Khalili: Is Time Travel Possible? Determinism, Relativity and the Arrow of Time
another fascinating and highly informative lecture
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The number of Americans killed annually by..
source
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A book is a wondrous thing
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Sad, but true
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For once I agree with James White: the reformation must continue..
But the Reformation agenda needs to be even more radical. Christians must go back to the historical Jesus: a Torah-observant Prophet who submitted to his Lord. He was so humble he even denied that he was “good” – an attribute properly… Read More ›
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MINIMAL FACTS INDEED: A REPLY TO GARY HABERMAS REGARDING JESUS’S RESURRECTION
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Is Part of the New Testament Lost?
August 24, 2018
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