The City and the House. Muhammad grew up in a pagan setting, believing that the Kabah of holy Mecca was the house of God. Later people would come to believe that this Meccan shrine had originated with Adam, had been destroyed, and then been...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
5. Setting. Muhammad was born and raised in the land of Arabia. Seventh-century Arabia was a land of many gods, punctuated here and there with Jewish and Christian communities. The Christianity that came to represent Jesus in that area however was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Continued from last post: the genealogy of Jesus The line of Jesus is simpler, although many have struggled with these genealogies in the Bible. You will see in the above post the direction Muhammad takes from Abraham, namely through Ishmael. The...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
4. Genealogy. Jesus entered the human family through the Promised Son of Abraham, Isaac. The Scriptures are painfully clear about this, showing how Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar tried to manipulate the plan of God, and help God keep His promise by...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Ezekiel study has been finalized this week. Part 5 AND the collection of ALL FIVE PARTS in one volume are both available right here at the sermonaudio store. Just click on STORE on my main page to access both books. Here is the complete study...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The prophesied one. Once more the Muhammad side of this comparison of Jesus to the Islamic founder is sadly lacking. It is true that there were rumors floating around Arabia of a coming prophet. Israel in particular had been expecting a prophet to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
2. From eternity. As I indicated earlier, it's not really a fair comparison, Jesus and Muhammad. Nowhere is this inequality greater than in the Jesus Who has lived for all time. How can I compare Jesus, this eternal one, to Muhammad, the mortal?...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
INTRODUCTION There was a man named Muhammad. And there was a man named Jesus Christ. These two men call for your allegiance, one out of the history books, one by His ever-living Spirit. Their sayings and their lives are in total contradiction to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Gentle Shepherd I am so very sorry that the message of Christ has been so complicated by other religions and cults among us. But God has a way of speaking directly to the heart when we cry out to Him. Call on His Name and he will show you...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
About 50 years after this angel Moroni group (of yesterday's blog) came yet another group that denied the Bible's teachings about Jesus. They said they were Jehovah's only true WITNESSES. They eventually came up with a different translation of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
