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

...rt of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) Sin separates us from God. And no matter how many good deeds we do, we can never make ourselves perfect or holy before Him. ➤ The Solution: Jesus Because God loves us, He did not leave us in our sin. He sent Jesus, His eternal Word, to live as one of us. Jesus died willingly, offering His 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...

Do Christians And Muslims Really Worship The Same God?

...WH: “My glory I give to no other.” — Isaiah 42:8 Allah: “Whoever associates others with Allah has certainly fabricated a tremendous sin.” — Surah 4:48 Judge of all YHWH: “He will judge the world with righteousness.” — Psalm 96:13 Allah: “Allah will judge between you…” — Surah 22:69 Patient YHWH: “The Lord is… patient with you.” — 2 Peter 3:9 Allah: “He defers them… though Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” — Surah 35:45 2) Where Allah’s Character Contradicts YHWH’s Goodness While some general deity attributes match, others sharply contrast the more you dig into...

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

...power and glory of what really took place: the triumph of Christ over sin, death, and the grave. The resurrection was not a coincidence of biology. It was the decisive act of God in history. To suggest His resurrection was a kind of natural restart diminishes the very heart of the gospel. Jesus did not “reset” — He conquered death! 5. “Your heart has an electrical rhythm.” This is true: the heart has a natural pacemaker that generates electrical impulses. Scripture often speaks of the heart, though in a spiritual sense: “Guard your heart” (Proverbs 4:23); “God searches the heart” (Jeremiah 17:10). The science and the Script...

Lent: Day 3 - Mathetes to Diognetus, pt. 2

...es on the glory and majesty of Christ and how he is the Lord and creator over all; how that in contrast to the ancient Greeks who said fire was a god, or water or other elements, which may as well mean anything could be god to them, the Word is creator of the elements as is therefore greater and deserving of majesty and worship. There is a lot of emphasis on “the Word” in these chapters, you don't see the name Jesus or the title of Christ, except in a chapter heading, but there's no mistaking who the author is writing about, with some great descriptions of the nature and love of God throughout the remaining portion of this book. There is one small detail w...

Lent: Day 7 - Ignatius to the Trallians

...ken up in glory” (1 Tim 3:16) is the cornerstone of our faith. Anything less is not the Gospel, and that is what Ignatius was emphasising to this church. I'm going to close by quoting Ignatius’ “history of Christ” just because I really like the way it summarises the Gospel: Stop your ears, therefore, when anyone speaks to you at variance with Jesus Christ, who was descended from David, and was also of Mary; who was truly born, and did eat and drink. He was truly persecuted under Pontius Pilate; He was truly crucified, and [truly] died, in the sight of beings in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth. He was also truly raised from the dead, His Fat...

The Reality of Sin

...s for the glory of the Father. God will judge those works and our lives as Christians (Matt 5:16; Eph 2:10; Rom 2:13), which is a different kind of judgement to non-believers. Consider the following verses; God will judge and destroy any of those who destroy his temple! Are we exempt from that judgement simply by being that temple if we are still partaking in that destruction through our sin? 1 Corinthians 3:16-17Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. We can have hope though, if we are judged, be...