What did the apostles of Jesus go around teaching and preaching after Jesus ascended to heaven? Peter preached for around 35 years, and was martyred around 68 AD. John preached for more than 60 years, before he died in exile in Patmos. Well, we have the writings of the New Testament as a record of their testimony about what their Master Jesus taught and preached and how they carried on the mission He gave them, with John closing the writing…
There is a very weird account in the Bible in Genesis 32, where it says that Jacob wrestled with Someone. What does this strange story mean? Who was Jacob? If you read about his life, you will see that Jacob was a cunning, devious man who lived most of his life cheating, fighting, struggling against everyone, just so that he would get his way. God had actually promised to bless him but Jacob could not grasp God’s assurance. Instead he…
I have often wondered how is it possible that the Quran’s teachings about Christianity differ from what the Bible teaches and what we Christians actually believe. Sura 5:116 is a prime example. And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, “O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, ‘Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah ?’” Whose belief is this? Where does the Quranic picture of “Christianity” come from? There were two parties of Jewish…
Do you know why Muslims are so obsessed with finding the word “Christian” or “Christianity” in the Bible? Because these words do not appear in the Quran.They believe the correct name given to the followers of Christ is “Nasara”, as in the Quran. ‘Nasara’ is the Arabic word for Nazarene. What Muslims have failed to realize is that the name ‘nazarene’ was given by Jews to Jewish Christians as an insult. In fact, in Acts 24:6, there is reference to…
“My Father is greater than I.” Muslims think that this statement means Jesus is denying that He is God. Why did He say this and what did He mean? Had someone asked Him: “Who is greater, you or the Father?” No. The very fact that Jesus is making such a comparison is mind-blowing, if you think about it. Has any prophet ever needed to affirm to his followers: “Please, please make sure you all understand very clearly that God is…
In Mark 11:15-18, we see Jesus driving out the traders doing business in the temple. He overturned their tables and chairs and chased them out! We always have in mind Jesus as being calm and peaceful. Have you ever wondered what made Jesus so furious and angry on this occasion? Obviously, the unscrupulous traders were doing business in the grounds of the holy Temple and desecrating it. Not only that, these traders were cheating the poor. Jesus told them to…
Have you ever wondered about Muhammad’s life before 610 AD when he first encountered the being in the cave? For the first 40 years of Muhammad’s life, he never heard of Islam or the word Muslim. He never heard of Quran. Never recited the shaadah or prostrated in prayer 5 times a day. For 40 years of his life, he did not live as a Muslim or a prophet of Allah or even as an adherent of Allah’s religion. He…
God never gave any command to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, John the Baptist or any of the prophets to PRAY 5 TIMES A DAY. God never gave any command to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, John the Baptist or any of the prophets to PEFORM WUDHU. God never gave any command to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, John the Baptist or any of the prophets to RECITE SHAADAH. God never gave any command to Adam, Noah,…
There are many “versions” of Jesus that have been invented. 1. Jesus fled to Japan and settled in a remote hill village to grow garlic. He married a girl named Miyuko, had 3 children and died at the age of 106. (It was his younger brother Isukiri who was crucified.) Today, you can visit Jesus’ grave in Shingo, Northern Japan. 2. Jesus was educated by yogis in India, Nepal and the Himalayas. 3. Jesus went to Egypt and lived there…
Christianity had existed in Arabia for 400 years before Muhammad was born. For hundreds of years, the Arab Christians had always called Jesus as Yasu or Yasuwa. (The name is derived from the original Hebrew, Yeshua, which means “Yahweh is Salvation.”) When Muhammad lived in the 7th century, he would surely have known and heard about Yasū’ (يَسُوعَ) that the Christians believed in and spoke of. Some time after 610 AD, Muhammad introduced a new name in Arabic that no…