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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice
Before my family moved to Pakistan, prayer was relegated to the Sunday morning church service, the evening service and Wednesday night prayer meeting at McLauren Baptist Church. Our family had “family devotions–a daily time for short Bible readings and prayers–and…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism
I have been suspicious of conversion stories since I read Augustine’s Confessions and saw how he agonized over stealing some pears from his neighbor’s tree and yet forgetting to mention his illegitimate child and any contrition about that. On the…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism, History & Politics, ISIS, Israel and Palestine, Quran & Hadith, Radicalism
There are typically two responses to ISIS. ‘ISIS has nothing to do with Islam’ or ‘ISIS are the real Muslims’. It’s easy to understand why so many Muslims—especially in western contexts—dissociate themselves from ISIS. They are thoroughly embarrassed to think…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism, History & Politics, ISIS, Israel and Palestine, Quran & Hadith, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Dialogue
Several years ago I took a class of graduate students at a Christian university to a mosque to meet Muslims. The mosque had a new man in charge of da’wah (evangelism or literally “invitation”) who proceeded to tell us what the Bible really…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism, History & Politics, ISIS, Israel and Palestine, Quran & Hadith, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Dialogue, American Muslims, History & Politics, Shariah Law
In 2008 a Moroccan man and his 17-year old wife immigrated to America. Not long after she filed a restraining order against him, claiming her husband was raping her. The husband did not deny their sexual relations were non-consensual, but…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism, History & Politics, ISIS, Israel and Palestine, Quran & Hadith, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Dialogue, American Muslims, History & Politics, Shariah Law, American Muslims, Radicalism
Clearly it was the rapid spread of ISIS in Iraq and the capture of Mosul in June last year which made us all sit up and take notice. But we might not have been so surprised if we had known…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism, History & Politics, ISIS, Israel and Palestine, Quran & Hadith, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Dialogue, American Muslims, History & Politics, Shariah Law, American Muslims, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Culture and Worldview, Mission and Evangelism
Stumbling blocks that inhibit ministry to Muslims include fear, obtaining information from biased and sensationalized sources, and in-groups being prejudiced against out-groups. Fortunately, these hindrances can be addressed, and solutions exist that can move Christians toward being better prepared for…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism, History & Politics, ISIS, Israel and Palestine, Quran & Hadith, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Dialogue, American Muslims, History & Politics, Shariah Law, American Muslims, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Culture and Worldview, Mission and Evangelism, Comparative Religion, History & Politics, Radicalism
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘POLITICAL ISLAM’ AND HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM OTHER KINDS OF ISLAM? I hope we’ve all got past the stage of speaking about ‘Islamic fundamentalism’ and begun to get used to ‘Islamism’, ‘political Islam’ or…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism, History & Politics, ISIS, Israel and Palestine, Quran & Hadith, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Dialogue, American Muslims, History & Politics, Shariah Law, American Muslims, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Culture and Worldview, Mission and Evangelism, Comparative Religion, History & Politics, Radicalism, American Muslims, Dialogue, History & Politics
Perhaps the first incident that began to plant negative seeds about Muslims began with the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. This might be the case, but most Muslims remained in the background until the attacks on 9/11 brought American Muslims to…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism, History & Politics, ISIS, Israel and Palestine, Quran & Hadith, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Dialogue, American Muslims, History & Politics, Shariah Law, American Muslims, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Culture and Worldview, Mission and Evangelism, Comparative Religion, History & Politics, Radicalism, American Muslims, Dialogue, History & Politics, History & Politics, Radicalism
Is it strange that we’re addressing the question of political Islam at a meeting where the main focus is on the many movements of Muslims all over the world turning to Christ? Were the organisers of this meeting aware of…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism, History & Politics, ISIS, Israel and Palestine, Quran & Hadith, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Dialogue, American Muslims, History & Politics, Shariah Law, American Muslims, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Culture and Worldview, Mission and Evangelism, Comparative Religion, History & Politics, Radicalism, American Muslims, Dialogue, History & Politics, History & Politics, Radicalism, History & Politics, Radicalism
Assuming that we’re not talking about Islamists who reject the use of violence and are committed to work through democratic processes to create a more just Islamic society, but about Islamists who turn to violence, this would by my 10-point…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Faith & Practice, Dialogue, Mission and Evangelism, History & Politics, ISIS, Israel and Palestine, Quran & Hadith, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Dialogue, American Muslims, History & Politics, Shariah Law, American Muslims, Radicalism, Comparative Religion, Culture and Worldview, Mission and Evangelism, Comparative Religion, History & Politics, Radicalism, American Muslims, Dialogue, History & Politics, History & Politics, Radicalism, History & Politics, Radicalism, American Muslims, History & Politics
Around 1.6 billion Muslims inhabit the world today, and an estimated three to seven million reside in the United States. Despite the fact that Muslims are the largest unreached people group, only 2% of Protestant Christian missionaries are engaging the…
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Ebooks & Books
The Unseen Reality: A Panoramic View of Spiritual Warfare
