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
I had previously created for my fiancée an Audio Rosary podcast where I pray each of the mysteries of the rosary. Since today is another anniversary for us, I decided to add the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
In Mere Christianity, Lewis talks about dualism, the idea that there are two equal and opposite forces locked in a constant battle and he then explains why this view is logically problematic. A religion which agues for this view is Zoroastrianism:
I’m friends on Facebook with a gentleman who was one of the assistant ministers at a Protestant parish I used to attend. He has since become the vicar of a different parish in another part of the country. For the purposes of this post, I’m going to call him Father Tow.
A few weeks ago, I had a rather strange conversation with Father Tow. It was prompted by his posting the following image on Facebook:
Being a huge C.S. Lewis fan, I immediately recognized that this was a common misquotation. What Lewis actually wrote was:
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it but because by it, I see everything else.”
C.S. Lewis, “Is Theology Poetry?”, The Weight of Glory
I therefore commented on the picture, saying that it’s a great quotation, but that it’s not quite what Lewis wrote.
If you’re a Christian who has ever studied Islam, you’ll no doubt have come across Acts 17 Apologetics which is run by David Wood.
David definitely knows his stuff and is an effective debater, but his YouTube channel is often incendiary (if his YouTube account gets cancelled, you can find all his videos here). Because of this, I was rather pleased to see that he recently created a video explaining what an actual conversation with a Muslim friend should look like, rather than mimicking the sarcasm-drenched videos he normally produces:
While his videos are indeed normally sarcasm-laden, one can’t help but note that the content is substantial:
David had a great interview on Capturing Christianity where he speaks about his more provocative approach: