Apologetics
ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY: TRUTH AND LOVE [1]
ISLAM: Is there a ¢â‚¬ËœChristian ¢â‚¬â„¢ Approach? A way of confronting the truth about Islam vis-a-vis Christianity irenically? Some notes from my recent reading: People Like Us ¢â‚¬“ How Arrogance is Dividing Islam and the West (Waleed Aly, 2007). Islam: Human Rights and Public Policy (ed. David Claydon, 2009). The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom […]
Nobel Prize Winners: Muslims and Jews
(Note: I am a Christian, and don ¢â‚¬â„¢t like the flavour of this article, which has floated around the Internet for a number of years ¢â‚¬“ and needs updating. I would, for example, dispute the idea that Jews don’t force the world’s media to see their side of the story: they do it better than anyone. […]
The Problem of Suffering: 8 considerations
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest. Psalm 22:1. My inward parts are in turmoil, and are never still; days […]
Review of Wafa Sultan’s “A God who Hates”
Wafa Sultan describes herself as an atheist. Her autobiographical “A God who Hates” is a witness statement concerning Islam’s God, of whom she writes “I did see the influence he wielded, and in order to dispel his influence, I have to deal with him as if he exists” (p.46). At the heart of Sultan’s courageous […]
Anti-Christian Persecution across the World
Facing the Rising Tide: Anti-Christian Persecution across the World. April 10, 2010 On Easter Monday the Archbishop of Canterbury appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme Start the Week and was asked to comment on the troubles currently being experienced by non-Western Christians. In his reply he said, ‘We lose sight in this country very […]
Pray for the World – May 2010
May 2010 IRAN – PRAISE AND PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN PRISONERS A number of arrests and releases of Christian prisoners in Iran have caused mixed feelings among the Christian community, according to Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN). Three women (Maryam Jalali, Mitra Zahmati and Farzan Matin) were finally released on 17 March after being held for […]
Review: Mark Durie, The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom
Mark Durie, The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom (2010) Critiquing Islam, some can be so “truthful” they come across as bigoted (one Christian politician wants “no more Muslim immigrants”); others are so “politically correct” they can be guilty of appeasement. Mark Durie, in this well-researched book, works hard to “speak the truth in love”. […]
‘JUDEO-CHRISTIAN’ OR ‘JUDEO-MUSLIM’?
The term “Judeo-Christian” has been tossed around quite a bit during my lifetime. I always viewed it with suspicion, its use generally marshaled in support of some politico-religious agenda, usually accompanied by bombast and flag-waving. A cursory examination of the history of the phrase [1] reveals that its meaning has evolved quite a bit since […]
Imagine (more on the Tea-Party phenomenon)
Imagine, if you dare… Tim Wise plays a game called “Imagine.” As in, Imagine if the Tea Party were mostly black instead of overwhelmingly white. Imagine how our response to it would change. Let ¢â‚¬â„¢s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called ¢â‚¬Å“Imagine. ¢â‚¬ The way it ¢â‚¬â„¢s played is simple: we ¢â‚¬â„¢ll envision recent happenings in […]
Israel’s Holy War
*Sightings* 4/26/10 Israel ¢â‚¬â„¢s Holy War — Martin E. Marty In eleven years of weekly *Sightings* I can ¢â‚¬â„¢t find that I ever commented on ¢â‚¬Å“public religion ¢â‚¬ in Israel. The U. S. is usually in our sights, and we are aware of participation in or leadership of holy wars by Hindu militants, Muslim extremists, Buddhist monks, and […]
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