The Crucifixion Of Our Lord Jesus Christ
I didn’t want to do a review of the debate between Adnan Rashid and Samuel Green on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ but this general overview will cover a lot of material in that debate. The crucifixion has always been a sticky point for Muslims. The Quran denies it but only in one place. There are multiple first century sources of the crucifixion of Jesus but Muslims go for the one mysterious statement in the Quran six centuries after the event.
October 9, 1958 was a very sad day for the Catholic Church. It was the day that Pope Pius XII died. Toward the end of October 1958, Pope John XXIII was elected and things have only gone downhill from there in terms of the Papacy. Whoever thought that communism ended in 1991 wasn’t paying attention as over a billion Chinese citizens are still subject to it.
Above is a compilation of video footage from my August vacation to Eastern Europe. Check it out. Anyways, that isn’t topic of this post.
A book by Mustafa Akyol
I suppose this idea could be entertained by any Islamic scholar or apologist when you think about it. Over the last several decades Islamic scholars and apologists have been reading not just our scriptures, but our Biblical scholarship. They’ve used this material to attack the Christian faith and try to prove Islamic doctrine. I actually have a suggestion that these Muslims might be interested in.
The Last Supper
In my last post, I talked a lot about how Muhammad never mentioned that a covenant with Ishmael existed. The idea of a covenant seems foreign to Islam, however they’re very important in the Bible, in both the Old and New Testament. They actually show why Muhammad is not a Prophet by Biblical standards.
No country in the world uses battleships anymore. You’re probably wondering why? They’re expensive, slow and are sitting ducks for navy planes. In the Russo-Japanese War(In which one of my ancestors fought in and was awarded the Cross of St. George) and World War I battleships were the way to go but now they’ve received an honorable burial. In many ways, dawah is like a battleship. It has extreme weaknesses.
On the cross, our Lord said: “It is finished”. That speaks about our redemption, does it not? How come in Romans 4:25 St. Paul says: “He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.” which seems to link redemption with the resurrection of our Lord. A contradiction perhaps? Scott Hahn opens up with this dilemma presented to him by his Pastor of the Evangelical Church he was attending many years ago. In the sermon, the Pastor throws out the dilemma but admits that he didn’t know the answer. Over the next several years, Scott Hahn would figure out the answer, give numerous speeches about it, and eventually publish The Fourth Cup which was released this January.
Ijaz Ahmad put the following video up not that long ago. Here is my response.
The Nahal Hever manuscript
Does Psalm 22:16 actually say “they pierced my hands and my feet” as most Christian translations portray? This verse is a major Messianic prophecy. It’s probably the most quoted prophecy after Isaiah 53. If it doesn’t say “they pierced my hands and my feet”, does it say “like a lion” as the Jews claim? Let’s look at this verse.
Shabir Ally’s argument that Jesus was put on the cross but didn’t die doesn’t seem to be attracting many supporters. He seems to be the only Muslim apologist arguing like this these days. However, there are some new slick Muslim arguments against the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. For those Christians out there who don’t know, Muslims deny the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Even atheist, agnostic, and Jewish historians and scholars will say that Jesus died by crucifixion. Even better, we have the entire New Testament narrative from the first century which gives us a clear unambiguous testimony to the crucifixion of Jesus.