Apologetics
Apocalyptic Questions For The Press
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-175 (General Information) APOCALYPTIC QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESS by Terry Mattingly Surely it was the strangest question a journalist asked on the day the world changed. The mid-day mass at her New York City parish drew a larger crowd than usual, Peggy Noonan reported in the Wall Street Journal, and the people […]
Loving Our (Muslim) Neighbors
BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #011019 – 10/19/2001 Loving Our (Muslim) Neighbors: Islam Series 5 — The Christian Response The conversation in the online chat room was both vicious and violent. “For every American killed in the terrorist attacks,” one man raged, “we ought to kill a hundred Muslims.” Emotions have been running high since […]
Does The Bible Preach Violence?
Many people have been quoting the Quran out of context in an effort to show that Islam promotes violence. A recent op-ed piece by Cal Thomas is a high profile example. This is pure nonsense. Thomas and others doing this are taking selected passages and reading them completely out of context to support whatever argument […]
Terrorism And Repentance: The Response Of Faith
BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #010927 – 9/27/2001 High atop the Pentagon, a few yards from the jet- sized hole in the wall, workmen carefully unfurled a huge American flag. As they secured the Stars and Stripes to the building, one of them lifted his hand in a quiet salute. A photographer captured the moment. […]
Times Are Changing
I have been watching the press as they record the mood and feelings of people around the world. Much has changed since September 11th. I think that any further tragic events, if any, will force opinion even further into a particular mindset. Just follow my reasoning if you will. In a National opinion poll conducted […]
Understanding Islam’s Religion And Doctrine
BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #011017 – 10/17/2001 Understanding Islam’s Religion and Doctrine: Islam Series 3 Our BreakPoint editor, Jim Tonkowich, met with a Muslim friend just after Ramadan, the month in which Muslims are obliged to fast daily from sunrise to sunset. Jim asked, “Do you feel closer to God after the fast?” His […]
Churches Firebombed In Sydney
14/10/01 It does seem to me that the media has focused more on the stories in relation to vandalism of Mosques rather than vandalism to Churches. It seems to me that the vandalism to Mosques has been graffiti whereas churches have been firebombed. The main focus of the firebombing of Churches, as best as I […]
Understanding Islam And Tolerance
BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #011018 – 10/18/2001 Understanding Islam and Tolerance: Islam Series 4 In nearly every discussion about Islam we’re told that Islam is, among other things, a “tolerant” religion. Is Islam really a tolerant faith? According to some historians, the historical record is far from clear on this score. One example of […]
A.B.C. Radio National Interview – Alister Mcgrath And Rowland Croucher
Radio National with Rachael Kohn on Sunday 12/08/01 Murder, Mayhem and the Making of the King James Bible Summary: In 1536 William Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating the Bible into English. Clergy feared that an English Bible would destroy their exclusive role as interpreters of the Scriptures. But by 1611, the Printing […]
The God Of A Diverse People
By ALAN WOLFE OSTON-These events have split the whole world into two camps: the camp of belief and the camp of disbelief,” Osama bin Laden said in his speech televised on the day America started bombing Afghanistan. And he left no doubt about the beliefs to which those in the first camp must adhere. “There […]
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