Introduction Christians have interacted both with Muslim persons and the religion of Islam for fourteen centuries....
Theology and Islamics Articles
Essential to reaching Muslims is an understanding of the theology behind Christianity and Islam — and how each worldview compares and contrasts. In this section, you will find articles on the Quran, the Son of God and Islam, the Trinity and Muslims, usage of the word Allah for God, and much more.
On Your Knees: Missions Work Thousands of Miles Away
A man once spent twenty minutes and twenty seconds of his life one day looking at two different emails. The first...
William Carey: The Calvinist “Father of Modern Missions”
By C.J. Moore Calvinism. Unfortunately, that word—a sour one to many—has been misunderstood and mischaracterized for...
IS SUICIDE SIN?
Samuel Zwemer (Chapter 5 from The Art of Listening to God)(Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1940),...
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Centrality of the Son in the Kingdom of God: The Restoration Ministry of Jesus (Part 4 of 7)
Centrality of the Son in the Kingdom of God is a 7-part series. You can find others here: Introduction, Summary, and Promulgation of the Kingdom (8/27/18) Enthronement of Son (9/3/18) Qualities of the Kingdom of God – Heb 2:1-4:13 (9/10/18) The...
The Qur’anic Jesus and My Muslim Neighbor: A Response to Thabiti Anyabwile’s “How to Use the Qur’an to Get to the Gospel”
In the article titled “How to Use the Qur’an to Get to the Gospel,” which was recently posted to the International Mission Board website, Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile is enthusiastic about using the Qur’an in evangelism to Muslims: “Using the Qur’an can help establish a...
Centrality of the Son in the Kingdom of God: Qualities of the Kingdom of God – Heb 2:1-4:13 (Part 3 of 7)
Centrality of the Son in the Kingdom of God is a 7-part series. You can find others here: Introduction, Summary, and Promulgation of the Kingdom (8/27/18) Enthronement of Son (9/3/18) Qualities of the Kingdom of God – Heb 2:1-4:13 (9/10/18) The...
Centrality of the Son in the Kingdom of God: Enthronement of Son (Part 2 of 7)
Centrality of the Son in the Kingdom of God is a 7-part series. You can find others here: Introduction, Summary, and Promulgation of the Kingdom (8/27/18) Enthronement of Son (9/3/18) Qualities of the Kingdom of God – Heb 2:1-4:13 (9/10/18) The...
Centrality of the Son in the Kingdom of God: Introduction and Background (Part 1 of 7)
Centrality of the Son in the Kingdom of God is a 7-part series. You can find others here: Introduction, Summary, and Promulgation of the Kingdom (8/27/18) Enthronement of Son (9/3/18) Qualities of the Kingdom of God – Heb 2:1-4:13 (9/10/18) The...
Comparison
I’ve read lots of biographies. Some good, some bad. Some long; others very long. There is one biography that amazed, astounded, and saddened me. I still cannot get over what I read. Now to make this a bit more interesting, I’m not revealing the name of the man. That’s...
Book Review – Two Stories of Everything: The Competing Metanarratives of Islam and Christianity, by Duane Miller
If you, like me, already have several shelves of books on Islam and ministry to Muslims, you may wonder if you have room for one more. I recommend you make a little space for Duane Miller’s short but potent contribution, Two Stories of Everything: The Competing...
The Grammar of Elohim
I am the king of grammar at my house. I can smell a run-on sentence at fifty paces. I undangle dangling participles with the greatest of ease. The colon, semicolon, and demonstrative pronouns are my best friends. And we are certainly humble. Yes, I wrote, “we are...
The Battle is the Lord’s (Pt.3/3)
The Battle is the Lord's: A 3-Part Series Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Our plans or God’s plans? There is no doubt that our creator is the God of order. The Bible cites several situations where organization is both recommended and implemented. Moses chose elders and leaders...
The Battle is the Lord’s (Pt.2/3)
The Battle is the Lord's: A 3-Part Series Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 This week I would like to continue to examine our practices in light of God’s word—which is the only authoritative source of wisdom and guidance, in opposition to the best books produced by men. 3. God’s...
The Battle is the Lord’s (Pt.1/3)
The Battle is the Lord's: A 3-Part Series Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The entire missionary movement is propelled by the word “go.” The Great Commission compels us to “go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation” (Mark 16:15). This mandate, coupled with a...
Practicing the Presence
Practice makes perfect. Doctors aren’t perfect, so that must be why they practice; neither are pastors. We all practice in order to become better at something. What about practicing the presence of Jesus? Here’s a little background on the idea of presence. In Genesis...
The Trinity: God’s Love as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Part II of II)
This is part two of a two part series on the Trinity. Part One: Unity has Plurality (Apr 16, 2018) Part Two: God's Love as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Apr 23, 2018) In 1919 after the end of the Paris Peace Conference, then Emir Faisal (or Feisal), along with his...
The Trinity: Unity Has Plurality (Part I of II)
This is part one of a two part series on the Trinity. Part One: Unity has Plurality (Apr 16, 2018) Part Two: God's Love as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Apr 23, 2018) Selected references for God’s triune nature from the Old and New Testaments are provided at the...
Satan’s Opposition To The Cross and the Islamic Denial of the Crucifixion
Charles Montagu Doughty, the Englishman who traveled throughout parts of the Arabian Peninsula in the latter part of the eighteenth-century gave the following account under the subtitle, “fanaticism”: In an evening I had wandered to the oasis side: there a flock of...
From Kachai to Kentucky: Is my context really so different from yours?
Statements such as “all theologies are contextual theologies,” “there is no supra-cultural truth,” “we can never read the text objectively, we always read through our contextual lenses” etc. provoked me to examine my own biases and implicit assumptions. At times such...
God has revealed. Man has repressed and exchanged: J.H. Bavinck’s missiology from Romans Chapter One
God has revealed. Man has suppressed and exchanged. Most recently, I devoted a year comparing the theology of J.H. Bavinck, Hendrick Kramer and the apostle Paul. For most Biblically conservative missionaries and missiologists, Paul’s letter to the Romans is...
When a friend errs
I’ve made a mistake or two in my time. I’m too busy remembering where my car keys are, that I can’t dwell on my own miscalculations. So how can I, an aging, forgetful, “now where did I park the car?” almost-on-Medicare pastor gently and lovingly correct others who...
Do the 99 “beautiful names of Allah” represent the Triune God of the Bible?
In a recent post on the CRCNA Network, the author examines whether these names form a bridge or a barrier to the Triune God of the Bible. The author uses three out of the 99 names to challenge the assertion of Barrie Evans and Farhana Mayer who state that these form...
ENGINES OF CATECHISM
Some groups that are planting churches are neglecting catechism. This is true in churches where baptisms are performed before candidates understand what baptism means. It is common also in missionary work where various methods of teaching allow members to...