One of the first things which struck me about the Qur’an the first time I read it was how it can suddenly and jarringly jump to a completely different scene,
I’ve often been told that the Torah and the Injil were only for the Jews. However, two problems: The Pickthall translation doesn’t hide it: He hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad)
John Fontain recently debated David Wood on the Islamic Dilemma, which points out that the Qu’ran both affirms the Torah and Gospel while contradicting them. John has a rather different
Those who attempt to say that the Qur’an teaches the corruption of the earlier scriptures, often appeal to Qur’an 5:48, but this argument turns on the translation of the word
I’m reading through the Qu’ran one last time this year and wanted to follow along with a Tafsir. I discovered Quran Garden which was just the sort of thing I
The Qur’an claims that if it were not from God, there would be many contradictions in it. However, there is one Qur’anic verse which presents an inherent contradiction! In chapter
The sun sets in muddy spring (18:86) Semen comes from between backbone & ribs (86:6-7) Stars are missiles to shoot devils (67:5) If a fly lands in your drink, one
The Qur’an speaks about Allah helping the followers of Jesus and keeping them “uppermost”, but this presents a dilemma since, historically, this has to refer to Trinitarian Christians… which is
Over this past Season, co-host Andrew Lazo has appeared on the Upstream podcast with Shane Morris several times. For the next two Thursdays we’ll be sharing the audio from two of these appearances. In today’s episode, Andrew argues for why he thinks Till We Have Faces is Lewis’ best book.
S4E93: “Lewis’ Best Book, or His Worst?” with Shane Morris from Upstream(Download)
It is well known to our listeners that Andrew likes buying and selling early editions of Lewis books. In this episode, he is joined by two other enthusiastic collectors, Dr. Steven A. Beebe and Dr. Gordon Greenhill, to talk about their book collecting.
S4E92: “Collecting Clive: Book Shopping with Andrew, Steven, and Gordon” (Download)
Over this past Season, co-host Andrew Lazo has appeared on the Upstream podcast with Shane Morris several times. For the next two Thursdays we’ll be sharing the audio from two of these appearances. In today’s episode, Andrew explains how Lewis’ books reveal the exhortation to love rightly.
S4E91: “Further up and further in” with Shane Morris from Upstream(Download)
Earlier this season in Barfield Month, we looked at the life and work of Lewis’ fellow Inkling, Owen Barfield. Only after this special series was concluded did we come across the thoroughly enlightening book by Dr. Stephen Thorson, which is entitled Joy and Poetic Imagination. In his book, Dr. Thorson unpacks all the important issues debated between Lewis and Barfield in their “Great War”, many of which are discussed on today’s show with the author.
S4E90: “After Hours” with Dr. Stephen Thorson (Download)