38. Following. Muhammad. 1.5 Billion souls. Jesus Christ. 2.1 billion souls. In both cases there are many divisions, brand names. There are lukewarm and cold and fiery hot. There are ignorant and dead. There are intelligent and alive. Those who...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
36. Death and burial. In 632 A.D., Muhammad died and was buried. He was 63 years old at the time of his death. In 33 A.D., Jesus died and was buried. He was 33 years old at the time of His death. 37. Resurrection. Appearances. Ascension....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
35. End-time events. Muhammad claims that a Mahdi, an Islamic Caliph-like Messiah, will one day come to earth. He will reign seven years. Antichrist will pick up where he leaves off. Then Jesus will descend to lead us all in an Islamic prayer....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
32. One true religion The Koran is at times confusing because of the law of abrogation that Muhammad introduced mid-stream. That law states that Allah is permitted to change certain teachings as time goes by and as necessity demands. It is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
31. The reward. "I am your reward," said Muhammad to the Medina Muslims who helped him go back to Mecca in triumph. He said this as consolation to some suddenly very resentful men, who had given their very life blood for his cause, then watched...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
30. Anger Muhammad seems to have lived a life of anger, generated in part by a fragmented family life, but fed by a growing rejection of his religion and his very person. Perhaps one of his finest moments of anger - and anger can bring good...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
29. The judge. Often people would come to Muhammad asking that their problems be solved by him. Often he was glad to do so. Every dispute that was settled could only raise his star a little higher in the estimation of his growing following....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
28. Sickness. We speak it not in pride, but with joy we can announce that Jesus was never sick. He healed sicknesses, even raised the dead. But He never so much as caught a cold, according to the Scriptural record. Though sickness is on many...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
27. Love. Also mentioned above. Let me clarify. Muhammad does not seem to have operated out of love, but rather out of a desire for greatness, then the spirit of revenge. There may have been a religious thread running through it all, but the god...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
26. The world. Muhammad wanted a specific religious experience to come out of all his efforts. But he was willing to be intertwined with worldly connections if need be. After years of struggle with Mecca from his Medina sanctuary, a revelation...[ abbreviated | read entire ]