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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism
The speaker at a large Bible conference, advocating for adherence to the fundamentals of faith and seeking to stir controversy, commented that there were missionaries who actually used “Allah,” the Muslim name for God, in their Christian witness. The statement…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism
At the mention of the name Francis of Assisi, images of a peaceful, eccentric, medieval monk who loved to talk to animals may come to mind. But he was also a Christ-loving, innovative missionary to Muslims during the Crusades. Here’s…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism, Culture and Worldview, Identity, Middle East
I am a native Lebanese citizen. I was born and raised in Lebanon. I love Lebanon, despite the insecurity, uncertainty, and corruption that characterize the country, and despite having grown up during the civil war. Lebanon has left its mark…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism, Culture and Worldview, Identity, Middle East, History & Politics, Middle East
President Trump’s first foreign trip includes Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Vatican, an itinerary no other President has endeavored. Trump addressed the leaders of about 50 Muslim nations while in Saudi Arabia. While in the Holy Land, he met with…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism, Culture and Worldview, Identity, Middle East, History & Politics, Middle East, Mission and Evangelism, Samuel Zwemer
Just over seventy years ago, in December of 1946, Samuel Zwemer addressed the first student missions conference that eventually became Urbana. According to Yale historian Kenneth Scott Latourette, “No one, through all the centuries of Christian mission to the Muslims,…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism, Culture and Worldview, Identity, Middle East, History & Politics, Middle East, Mission and Evangelism, Samuel Zwemer, Book Review, Comparative Religion, Samuel Zwemer
The Muslim World (TMW) is one of the leading academic journals covering Islam worldwide. Strange it would call its own history “bigoted”. It was founded in 1911 by Samuel Zwemer, a founding father of Protestant missions in engagement with the…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism, Culture and Worldview, Identity, Middle East, History & Politics, Middle East, Mission and Evangelism, Samuel Zwemer, Book Review, Comparative Religion, Samuel Zwemer, History & Politics, Mission and Evangelism
Cyril of Thessalonica (ca. 826-869) is remembered in mission history for his work among the Slavs and Arab Muslims in Samarra (modern Iraq) as well as Jewish and Muslim Khazars (southern Russia). He responded to the Byzantine emperor’s call to…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism, Culture and Worldview, Identity, Middle East, History & Politics, Middle East, Mission and Evangelism, Samuel Zwemer, Book Review, Comparative Religion, Samuel Zwemer, History & Politics, Mission and Evangelism, American Muslims, Shariah Law
Before covering the various Muslim attitudes toward Sharia and Islamic law, a distinction needs to be made between those two concepts. There is considerable confusion about them which has contributed to interesting legal steps taken within some states in the…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism, Culture and Worldview, Identity, Middle East, History & Politics, Middle East, Mission and Evangelism, Samuel Zwemer, Book Review, Comparative Religion, Samuel Zwemer, History & Politics, Mission and Evangelism, American Muslims, Shariah Law, History & Politics, Mission and Evangelism
The global refugee crisis reached a peak this year, and is still climbing. At this time in human history there are more refugees and displaced people than at any other time on planet earth. 65.3 million or 1/113 human beings…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism, Culture and Worldview, Identity, Middle East, History & Politics, Middle East, Mission and Evangelism, Samuel Zwemer, Book Review, Comparative Religion, Samuel Zwemer, History & Politics, Mission and Evangelism, American Muslims, Shariah Law, History & Politics, Mission and Evangelism, Faith & Practice, Folk Islam
The 2016 hajj (pilgrimage) has just ended, and it was a very public event indeed, watched on television by millions of people all over the world. As the last of five pillars, the Qur’an says the religion has now been…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism, Culture and Worldview, Identity, Middle East, History & Politics, Middle East, Mission and Evangelism, Samuel Zwemer, Book Review, Comparative Religion, Samuel Zwemer, History & Politics, Mission and Evangelism, American Muslims, Shariah Law, History & Politics, Mission and Evangelism, Faith & Practice, Folk Islam, Middle East, Shariah Law
If sharia law is for Muslims, what is its place in a Muslim-majority nation? If the answer seems obvious, that may be part of the problem. But another part is understanding sharia law in the first place, and in a…
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Topic: Comparative Religion, Mission and Evangelism, Mission and Evangelism, Culture and Worldview, Identity, Middle East, History & Politics, Middle East, Mission and Evangelism, Samuel Zwemer, Book Review, Comparative Religion, Samuel Zwemer, History & Politics, Mission and Evangelism, American Muslims, Shariah Law, History & Politics, Mission and Evangelism, Faith & Practice, Folk Islam, Middle East, Shariah Law, Comparative Religion
As a messianic Jew, I have been following very carefully the controversy surrounding Dr. Larycia Hawkins, the political science professor who was suspended from Wheaton College after saying Christians and Muslims “worship the same God.” In this piece, I am not taking…
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The Unseen Reality: A Panoramic View of Spiritual Warfare
