Archive for the 'Islam and Christianity' Category
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) There are many differences that separate the two largest world religions- Islam and Christianity. Some of the greatest disparity revolves around their very different understandings about the character of God (or Allah in the case of Islam) and how one can have a relationship with God the Father and receive eternal [...]
Filed under: -Doctrine of God, -Salvation, Islam and Christianity
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Saturday, September 11th, 2010
The pictures are still horrific and engender in us all a remembrance of where we were when we first heard about the 9/11 attacks. Nearly 3,000 died and two wars resulted from the event and we can now say that the world is a much smaller place than it use to be. But how shall [...]
Filed under: -Jihad, -Religion & Culture, Christianity, Islam and Christianity
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Image by roberthuffstutter via Flickr Franklin Graham was recently ‘un’-invited to participate in a service at the Pentagon on the National Day of Prayer because of past negative statements he had made against Islam. The news media made it seem like Franklin was radical in his views but this is not the case at all. [...]
Filed under: American Church, Islam, Islam and Christianity
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia One of the earliest and most essential teachings of Christianity is that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, dead, and buried under Pontius Pilate and rose from the dead on the third day. It is hard to conceive of any form of Christianity surviving the first century without the Resurrection of Jesus. Messianic [...]
Filed under: -Christology, -The Resurrection, Islam and Christianity
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
(Image by SweetCapture via Flickr) There really could be dueling Jesuses in the future—Isa-Almasih (Jesus Messiah in the Quran) of Islam verses Jesus Christ of Christianity. First of all the birth of Jesus is portrayed in similar ways by both religions but the results are quite different. Both teach that Mary was a virgin and [...]
Filed under: -Christology, -Eschatology, Islam and Christianity
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
(Image via Wikipedia) According to Muslim tradition, the Koran should always be placed upon the top shelf over all other common books. This is causing some controversy in the UK where Muslims are demanding that libraries follow that tradition. Some librarians have resolved the issue by placing all religious book on the top shelf. However, [...]
Filed under: -News Commentary, Current Issues (Culture Clash), Islam, Islam and Christianity
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
Sunday Nov. 9 is The International Day of Prayer (IDOP) for the persecuted church. Please join hundreds of thousands of Christians all around the world praying for those who are being persecuted for their religious beliefs. (More–on the Main page)
Filed under: -News Commentary, -Religion & Culture, Current Issues (Culture Clash), Islam and Christianity, Prayer
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Here’s an article by Daniel Pipes: "Barack Obama through Muslim Eyes". Daniel Pipes documents here how the Muslim press has responded to the religious background and Christian affiliation of Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Many consider him to be a Muslim since his father was Muslim and also because he was designated as a Muslim in [...]
Filed under: -News Commentary, -Religion & Culture, -Religion & Politics, Islam, Islam and Christianity
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Here is an excellent series of articles on the Muslim understanding of Jesus, known as “Isa-Almasih” in the Quran, compared with Christian teaching about Jesus Christ. It was written by Ekaputra Tupamahu and posted on his blog. Ekaputra currently teaches theology at Satyabhakti Advanced School of Theology (STT Satyabhakti), Indonesia. He concludes and identifies [...]
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Surprisingly both Islam and Christianity believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. To read the whole article—-> *Top
Filed under: -Christmas, Islam and Christianity
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