Back in July I had an interview with Sam Shamoun on introductory topics regarding Islamic apologetics. One was the Bible and the Quran and the other one was Trinity and Tawheed. I recently had Shamoun on again to talk about a more advanced topic. We discussed the role of St. Paul in Islam.
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The Apostle James Forgot About Tawheed and Mutah
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We know that modern Islamic apologetics is stuck with blaming St. Paul for the rise of Christianity. The death, resurrection, deity, and other anti-Islamic Christian doctrines are present in the writings of the apostle Paul. The 12 apostles, John the Baptist and the blessed Virgin cannot be blamed for these doctrines because they’re described as Muslims in the Quran. Hence, Paul is the Christian fall guy.
Tovia Singer, Matthew, and Zechariah
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Above is a video by Jewish apologist Rabbi Tovia Singer. He points out a supposed error in the New Testament. Now, I don’t want to pick on Rabbi Singer but he’s not the only one who likes to bring this up. Muslims and liberal NT “scholars” like to point this out.
A Tale of Two Bishops – John and Mark
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We tend to think of today as an age of apostasy where priests and bishops will compromise the faith at the drop of a hat. To a large extent many bishops are like that but was it always like that? It’s been like this largely for the last 700 years. Religion started to decline around 1300 and it has never been the same since. I’ll give two prime examples. One from the Catholic Church and one from the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Adam, Iblis, and the Cross
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One feature of both the Quran and the Bible is that they narrate certain things multiple times. This is good for historical study because we can look at certain events from multiple angles and learn more about it. A good example is Mark 8: 27 – 33 and Matthew 16: 13 – 23. Both narrate the same event but Matthew gives more details.
Allah Loves the Bible
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We keep hearing from our Muslim friends that the Bible is corrupt. I’ve got an exercise for anyone reading this post. Read the first three Surahs of the Quran. Surah 1 will take you about 15 seconds to read but 2 and 3 will take a while. Each time you see the previous scriptures referenced, record the verse mentioned and write positive, neutral, or negative beside it depending on how it talks about the previous scriptures.
Adnan Rashid is in Damage Control Mode
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Adnan Rashid and David Wood have been in a war on YouTube and Rashid is losing. He seems like a nice guy but he just can’t deliver the substance that David Wood and Sam Shamoun can. Wood and Shamoun clearly know the Christian and Muslim sources better than Rashid. Rashid has been making short little videos, twenty minutes tops while David and Sam are doing responses that are 2-3 hours and it has certainly been devastating.
Bart Ehrman Refuted: The Gospels Aren’t Anonymous
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P4 with the title Gospel of Matthew on it
Many liberal scholars like to claim that the four Gospels of the New Testament are anonymous; that the names Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were written much later and by different people. Bart Ehrman likes to beat this drum and Muslims seem to uncritically accept these conclusions.
Pope Liberius and Socrates of Constantinople
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During the quarantine, I’ve been on a Church history binge. I’ve really gone about reading primary sources. This includes major histories from the patristic era but not only. There seem to be four main sources of the pre-Chalcedonian Church. These are Eusebius, Theodoret, Socrates, and Sozomen. Eusebius’ historical account goes from Jesus Christ to just before the Council of Nicaea. The other three didn’t feel a need to repeat the good work of Eusebius. Instead they continued from where he left off.
James White, Mitch Pacwa, and the big Catholic book collection
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Back in the day, James White had a debate with a Jesuit named Fr. Mitch Pacwa. This particular debate was on the doctrine of Sola Scriptura. I didn’t watch the debate but I’ve seen other Sola Scriptura debates with White on this same topic; mainly his debates with Gerry Matatics. In other words, I know his material on the subject.