The guy who played Steve Rhodes on Married With Children?
But all kidding aside, this is an outstanding development!
Posted on 07/19/2019 7:05:22 AM PDT by Cronos
In the 8th century, the Great Imam, Abu Hanifa (699-767), coined the term "House of Islam" (Dar al-Islam) as those places where Muslims enjoyed peace and security under the rule of an Islamic government. The rest of the world Hanifa designated Dar al-Harb or "the House of War."...
have found them to be overwhelmingly hospitable, reasonable, peace-loving people—yet staunchly opposed to the Christian gospel. A major reason for this was found in the roots of Islam.
While many religions rejected the doctrine of Jesus as Messiah or the concept of the Trinity, Islam was the only major world religion born with Christianity already in full bloom that consciously defined itself in direct opposition to the core Christian doctrines of the incarnation, atoning crucifixion, and resurrection. This, in part, explained why Muslims seemed so resistant to what Christians saw as the good news of the gospel message; it was in their religion's DNA.
And then things began to change
It was almost imperceptible at first. In the mid-1990s, I had a few Berber colleagues who were "former Muslims," but such co-workers were rare. Then, in the early 2000s, I found myself working alongside scores of South Asian evangelists with names like Muhammad and Islam—all testifying to a change from their former religious affections.
.. By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, reports of large-scale conversions of Muslims to the Christian faith were surfacing in many corners of the "House of Islam." ...
I was struck by how many Muslim converts cited elements within Islam itself that compelled them to leave Islam and pursue a relationship with Jesus. Several devout Muslims reported, "It was after reading the Qur'an in my own language that I realized, for the first time, that I was lost."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Because Jesus doesn’t require murder.
I think Jesus is against murder.
They read the Quran in their own language and realize that it is a Screed of Satan.
Hopefully they are genuine conversions.
Here is an arguement you can use. In 94.9,10, Muhammad accepts the Bible as a Word of God. The problem is that the Bible he accepted was the Bible in his day, which is the Nicean Bible. The Nicean Bible testifies of Christ as the Lord God and Saviour and Son of man and of God.
It puts Muslims in a bit of a pickle to have Muhammud accepting a Bible that testifies of the Christ.
bkmk
Why not believe in the Holy Trinity?
It is real.
All Christians should be praying for the conversion of Muslims - good for those individual Muslims who accept God’s grace, and good for the world as a whole, to boot.
1.5 billion to go-get real.
“Why More Muslims Are Turning to Jesus | Opinion”
“A common phrase found in many testimonies gathered from West Africa to East Asia began with the words, “I had a dream....”
Acts 2:17 In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people; your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
Technology.
The Koran is now widely available and translated instead of relying on the imam of the village.
To those who have never read it. It is in no chronological order. About 80% of it is from the old testament, but with errors as Muhammad was illiterate. The rest are random rants.
You said"In 94.9,10, Muhammad accepts the Bible as a Word of God"?
That would be this (I'm not quoting Arabic to show off, since I don''t understand one single smidge of it, but to show that it IS from original Islamic sources)
فَإِنْ كُنْتَ في شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ فَسْئَلِ الَّذينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَقَدْ جاءَكَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ المُمْتَرينَ(یونس/94)He was illiterate all his life (according to the Hadiths) and certainly could not have understood it if it were read TO him--- a whether the Torah in Hebrew nor the OT in Greek or in Old Syrian, Coptic or Armenian translations.So if you are in doubt about what We have sent down to you, ask those who read the Book [revealed] before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord; so do not be among the skeptic. (10:94)
I assume that what he knew of the OT and NT he knew via oral transmission by Nestorians among his wife's kinsmen, in a garbled and fragmentary manner, as well as from the Jewish tribes on the Arabian peninsula.
There's a lot more in the Koran about Abraham, Ishmael, Noah, and Moses --- all of it rather incoherent from a narrative point of view --- than there is about Jesus (Isa).
But please respond with what you know, because the gaps in my own knowledge are himalaya-huge.
“. . . get real.”
Now I never said that was the *only* path to take - I’m pretty certain Pope Pius V believed in the power of prayer, but when push came to shove with militant Islam, he made damn sure he had the galleys and cannons necessary.
Can’t happen fast enough.
Islam cannot be made safe.
It’s also a Bible that says if anyone comes bearing another gospel, even an angel from heaven as Muhammed claimed to be visited by, they are cursed by God.
The majority of muslims who leave Islam become atheists. The ones who convert to Christianity like Nabeel Qureshi really believe.
Sura 94.9?
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