About the 20th and 21st century Islam, its growth and relationship to oil through newly independent Islamic states. Part of the History of Islam series. What Christians should know.
Spend even a short time around Muslims and you will become aware that they continually use the Arabic phrase “In sha Allah”, which means “if God wills”. While the Qur’an also lays great emphasis on the free choice and moral conduct of individuals and communities, popular Islamic thinking and practice are often very fatalistic.
What Christians should know about the Muslim holy lunar month in Islam, a time of fasting and prayer for 30 days also called Ramazan according to the quaran. Order our prayer booklet to learn more…
For Muslims, man is the high point of God’s creation. Religious activity such as ritual prayer, pilgrimages, alms giving, fasting and reciting the Muslim confession of faith are at the heart of Islamic religious experience. But for Christians, sin is not simply a matter of making mistakes, but rather of living in opposition to Godly character.
Muslims need to know that there are treasures within the Bible, our personal sharing with Muslims are dynamic events involving interaction. Psalm 19 is a good choice. I point out that this is the "Zabur" (Psalms) mentioned in the Qur’an.
Here I am today, a follower of Jesus. There are many verses that encourage me, one that I think of almost every day is 1 Peter 3:1-2. I am challenged to look at my marriage, not as a mistake, but as a sign of God’s forgiveness, grace and love. I keep praying that my husband will come to know Christ. Let’s discuss this, please leave a comment.
Muslim scholars believe that while the Koran was revealed over a period of 23 years the Night of Power is considered the night in which the first revelations of Islam and the prophethood of Muhammed began. This night is in celebration of the arrival of the Koran.
Even before Islam, sulha came about as a means for settling disputes in the absence of a legal system. Musalaha (reconciliation) is reached in the step-by-step process of sulha, practised by both Muslim and Christian Arabs.
Seekers and believers from Muslim backgrounds regularly single out the term ‘Son of God’ as the biggest obstacle to reading the Gospel. Worse yet, many Muslims are so frightened of this term that they refuse to read or listen to any text that asserts it.
There is a long history of trying to explain ‘Son(s) of God’ to Muslims, and explanations have usually failed to overcome the entrenched meaning of the phrase. Luke did not “remove” ‘Son of God’; he simply translated the meaning of the original Hebrew phrase into Greek—in three different ways. When Western missionaries hear ‘Son of God’ explained or translated as ‘the Christ’, they sense a loss of content.
