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?️ How Do I Become a Christian? A message for Muslims seeking to understand the way of Christ

...life as a sacrifice for our sins, then rose again on the third day. “But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) 3. How Do I Become a Christian? Becoming a Christian is not about joining a Western religion. It’s about entering a relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ. Here is what the Bible says: ✝️ 1. Believe in Jesus Believe that Jesus is the Son of God, that He died for your sins, and that He rose again. “If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)...

Do Christians And Muslims Really Worship The Same God?

...“We all worship the same God”. Table of Contents 1) Where YHWH and Allah Appear Similar 2) Where Allah’s Character Contradicts YHWH’s Goodness 3) Where Their Revelations Directly Contradict Each Other 4) YHWH’s Love for the Nations vs. Allah’s Commands to Subjugate 5) Can God Be Seen? What the Bible and Qur’an Say 6) Salvation by Grace vs. Salvation by Works Conclusion: Same God? Or Different Revelations? You’ve heard it from politicians, celebrities, and even some pastors. It’s become something of a modern mantra, trying to shoehorn acceptance of other beliefs and blend all religions into one, especially the Abrahamic o...

Fact-Checking the Viral Post Connecting Human Anatomy and the Bible

...a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship” (Romans 12:1). Psalm 150 calls on “everything that has breath” to praise the Lord. This is biblical truth, but it isn’t discovered in a lab. Final Thoughts The viral post mixes real scientific insights with poetic symbolism, but it often blurs the lines between fact and metaphor. What concerns me most is when such language undermines central Christian truths — especially the eternal pre-existence and sustaining power of Christ. Jesus did not “hold the earth for 33 years” and then stop; He has always been the Word through whom all things exist, and...

Before the Pumpkins: The Barbecued Deacon

...to offer sacrifice without me as your minister! To which Sixtus replied: My son, I’m not leaving you. Greater trials are waiting for you. In three days you’ll follow me. Sixtus was beheaded soon after. Lawrence, meanwhile, was arrested and brought before the Roman prefect who, hearing that Lawrence had been the keeper of the Church’s wealth, demanded that he hand it over to the empire. The True Treasure of the Church The exchange that followed has been remembered ever since, partly for its irony, partly for its courage. “Bring forth,” said the prefect, “the treasures of the Church — the gold, the silver, and the precious vessels —...

Great is the Mystery of Faith!

...much of a sacrifice it was: He that hung up the earth in space was Himself hanged up; He that fixed the heavens was fixed with nails; He that bore up the earth was born up on a tree; the Lord of all was subjected to ignominy in a naked body—God put to death!...[I]n order that He might not be seen, the luminaries turned away, and the day became darkened—because they slew God, who hung naked on the tree...This is He who made the heaven and the earth, and in the beginning, together with the Father, fashioned man; who was announced by means of the law and the prophets; who put on a bodily form in the Virgin; who was hanged upon the tree; who was buried in the...

Coffee With Jesus: Luke 22–23

...Passover sacrifice, the Lamb of God is offered a drink from a hyssop branch. To continue with the Kingdom theme, from Luke 23, one of the criminals crucified alongside Jesus asks to be remembered when Jesus comes into his kingdom, and what does Jesus say? Today he will be with him. Luke 23:42–43Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.” He replied, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” From this it would appear we can show that the Kingdom of God did indeed come with the death of Jesus, another thing he hinted at during the Last Supper: “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my bloo...