Christian Response to the Islamic Claim of Scriptural Corruption
When Muslims question the Bible’s integrity, Christians can answer with truth and love.
When Muslims question the Bible’s integrity, Christians can answer with truth and love.
He entered Jericho and was passing through. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” So he...
Do you have to be a theologian to understand the Bible? Are theology and Bible studies only for church leaders? Do you have to become a pastor just because you are interested in theology? Have you, like me, pondered this: how can we who are NOT church leaders deepen our knowledge of God’s word? A Calling for all Believers Whether you are a priest, farmer, engineer, or nurse, the Bible is relevant to your calling and your life. The Bible speaks about what is good and right, how we can gain wisdom, and what is meaningful. The Bible gives us...
the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem finds its true meaning in the death of Jesus at Golgotha. Christmas finds its purpose in Easter. The incarnation points toward the atonement; the manger toward the cross. In fact, the only reason we can sing of that silent night when God’s Son took his first breath on earth is that God, from eternity, had foreordained the dark day when that same Son would surrender his spirit, lifted up from the earth...In other words: Jesus was born to die.
Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes...