Isaiah 53 from the Isaiah scroll found in the Qumran cave. The scroll is 100 years older than Jesus and it is the Greatest Prophecy fulfilled in human history.
Because of Surah 7:157, Muslims are forced to find Muhammad in the Torah and the Gospels. I hate to spoil it for my readers but let me confidently tell you the he’s nowhere to be found in either of those texts. I personally think deep down that most Muslims know this but only the apologists try to fit this square peg into a round hole.
Irenaeus of Lyons – An Early follower of Christ who was definitely not a Muslim
My greatest critique of Islam is that it is an ahistorical religion. Their key text, the Quran, re-writes religious and secular history. As a Christian, when I dialogue with a Muslim, I focus on the character of Christ. According to the Quran, the earthly disciples of Christ were Muslims. In Surah 5:111 we read:
My non-Catholic Russian Bible containing the book of Sirach
Matt Slick is an extremely anti-Catholic polemicist. He claims to know a lot but whenever he debates a Catholic apologist he comes up short. This was the case with Mark Bonocore and Robert Sungenis. He claims that he’s studied what Catholics believe for years but I just don’t see that with his knowledge of Catholic theology and Church history.
Islamic Apologist – Shabir Ally
How does an Islamic Apologist view the Bible? Well, they’ll say its been corrupted, but how much truth remains? If you quote Paul to an Islamic apologist, they’ll just dismiss it as Paul. However, if you quote Jesus to them, they’ll question whether it’s original to the real Jesus. If you quote John, they’ll simply say it’s late and unreliable. However, if you quote Mark against Islam, that doesn’t hold water either. Islamic apologist Shabir Ally simply says that Paul wrote before Mark and this theology influenced the Gospel writer. This would hold truth for the other Gospels as well. At the same time, people like Ally and others will quote the Gospels to try and prove Islam. The Bible is good enough to prove Islam but not good enough to falsify it.
Do we ever live in interesting times. We have two men walking around in the white cassock. One refers to himself as the Pope, the other as Pope Emeritus. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has recently published his last book entitled: Benedict XVI: Last Testament in his own words with Peter Seewald. The whole book is an interview with Peter Seewald. He’s published a few of these Peter Seewald interview books in the past, but this one will be his last book of any kind. The only thing that he will write going forward is his Sunday sermons which probably won’t be published. He states this in the first few pages of the book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-vEIKvvxvM
Anyone who reads this blog knows that I’ve critiqued Rabbi Tovia Singer in the past. A search on this blog will bring up some posts about him. On Rabbi Singer’s website, he has an article called Why do Christians Become Enraged When Fellow Parishioners Choose to be Chosen? He brings up something interesting in this article. He writes:
On January 18, 2017, two top notch apologists debated the subject of “Can a Christian Lose Their Salvation?” The debaters were Catholic apologist Trent Horn and Calvinist apologist James White. James White has had numerous debates with Catholic apologists and rarely loses against them. With the exception of Robert Sungenis, I would say that no Catholic has won over half of their debates against him. He’s good, I’ll say that much.
Who are the Noahides? Over the last 30 years, there has been this movement among Jewish apologists. They claim that God does not want everyone to be Jewish, however God apparently wants Gentiles to follow seven laws that were given to Noah. A plain reading of the Bible shows that these laws weren’t given to Noah, however these laws exist throughout the Old Testament.
The Forgotten Trinity by James White
I’ve criticized James White on several occasions. The most recent criticism was for the modernist ecumenical dialogue where he discussed religious perspectives with Islamic apologist Dr. Yasir Qadhi in a Protestant Church. Looking beyond this, I actually admire the man for many of his writings. I’ve probably read a dozen books by the man and some of them are quite good. Here are the top three James White books that I would recommend to everyone.
Dr. Yasir Qadhi – Islamic Scholar
I happen to watch quite a few UFC fights. If I were to go back to visit my parents in my hometown, and talk to my mom and she said: “How were the fights yesterday? Didn’t you think the main event was a good fight?” my jaw would simply drop. Obviously I talk with my mom often and I also discuss UFC with some friends. I happen to know that my mom isn’t a fan and if she wanted to discuss the fights, something would seem quite out of place.