World Religions
This school session I’m taking a course in world religions that covers Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Indigenous religions, and Buddhism. I am finding it fascinating! The truth is though, it’s too light for me. I wish I were taking a whole semester or more on each religion! Taking them all in just eight weeks is a very brief overview, that’s all. Continue reading “World Religions”
A really bad argument for Islam
Why the Koran was written in Arabic
I posted this link on Facebook, and wanted to also put it here. Dr. David Wood is an expert on Islam, and I have really benefited from his YouTube clips. This is another great one. If you’ve ever read the Koran, you’ve probably noticed, as I did, that it’s boring and rather incoherent. If you talk to an Arab-speaking Muslim, they’ll tell you that’s because you didn’t read it in Arabic. They say it’s the most amazing book, the greatest ever written, the most beautifully written, but you have to read it in Arabic. Well, it would take me years to learn Arabic! I know that well, having learned Spanish, and currently still working on Russian. In this clip, David Wood shows why this is just dead wrong. I highly recommend it! And you might do what i do when you watch it – open a Word document and take notes. If you do, you’ll catch on and retain the teaching much better. Blessings!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rigMARKrNDw
“Idiotisado”
Years ago, a member of my former church told me how her husband, who’d been a pastor, was anointed and blessed as long as he was faithful to God. The Lord gave him revelation of the scriptures, and he had all sorts of understanding and wisdom. But then, he had an affair with another woman in his church. His ex-wife told me how, in a matter of just two weeks after falling into this sin, he became “idiotisado.” This is a made-up Spanish word, but it means “idiotized.” He became foolish and darkened because he turned from God.
The conflict of the ages
“Today we are in a showdown between the God of the Bible and the god of this world, and when we face off with Muslims, the confrontation is much like the one between Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. It centers on the question of the ages: Who is the true God?
Everyone who grasps the right answer will end up in heaven. Everyone else won’t. The stakes are that high.”
Dreams and Visions, Tom Doyle
Thoughts on Orlando
For over thirty years, I lived in Orlando, Florida. This tragedy really strikes home for me. As I’ve mulled over these events, I had some thoughts I had to write down… Continue reading “Thoughts on Orlando”
What’s the real story on Muslims?
This week I was given a book by the former pastor of Coronado Baptist Church, a man named Tom Doyle. I was so impacted by it that tears came into my eyes. I want to share this quote with you from the book’s preface:
“More Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus today than ever before. In fact, we believe more Muslims have become followers of Jesus in the last ten years than in the last fourteen centuries of Islam. Could it be that the real story about Muslims today is not global terrorism? Could it be the real story about Muslims is that Jesus is reaching out to them with His offer of eternal life earned by His death on the cross and resurrection from the dead? I believe Islamic terrorism is Satan’s attempt to keep the gospel message away from Muslims. The enemy thinks that if he can make the rest of us afraid of Muslims or make us hate them, then he can short-circuit Jesus’ church from reaching Muslims. But that isn’t working. Jesus has stepped in and is opening Muslim hearts Himself”…
Further down on the same page… “So prepare to be amazed. Islam has a visitor. Jesus has arrived.”
I’ve only started reading this book, “Dreams and Visions,” but I’ve already been touched. Our God is an awesome God!