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
In response to some recent conversations regarding infant baptism, last night I updated one of the posts in my series on infant baptism, in an attempt to explain more clearly the implications of the link between Old Covenant circumcision and New Covenant baptism:
This weekend I was at the Steubenville conference in San Diego hosted by All For God. I had a great time serving over the course of the weekend. It was breathtaking seeing all the teenagers engaging in their faith and I’ll endevour to write about it in a couple of weeks. Over the course of the weekend one song was repeated a few times which really spoke to me. The song “Oceans” by Hillsong is a beautiful song about trusting the Lord:
You call me out upon the waters The great unknown where feet may fail And there I find You in the mystery, in oceans deep my faith will stand
And I will call upon Your name and keep my eyes above the waves When oceans rise my soul will rest in Your embrace For I am Yours and You are mine
Your grace abounds in deepest waters Your sovereign hand will be my guide where feet may fail and fear surrounds me You’ve never failed and You won’t start now
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Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders Let me walk upon the waters wherever You would call me Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander and my faith will be made stronger in the presence of my Savior
Today I stumbled across the movie “Ragamuffin“, which is based on the story of Rich Mullins. The trailer looks rather intriguing. Has anyone out there seen it? Was it any good? Christian movies have something of reputation…
I’ve posted a few links to Soul Device articles recently, so I thought I’d do another. I’d like to invite you to check out the great article about the Mormonism and the Great Apostasy:
It has been a while since I’ve done a “My favourite people” post. Today will just be a short one on one of my favourite comedians, Jim Gaffigan. If you have no idea who this guy is, this short video should give you a feel for what he’s like:
As he mentions in the interview, Jim is Catholic and that naturally spills out over into his comedy, particularly with regards to his material on dating, marriage and especially family: