An Iranian friend of mine and member of my church is finishing his PhD this spring (this is a different friend than my refugee friend I interviewed in a previous blog post, who is also a member of my church). His student visa will be expired so he must go back to his home country […]
After 21 Christians beheaded, Malala can talk peace but can’t change Qur’an
“For me, Islam is a religion of peace,” Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala says in an NBC News story about the 21 Christians recently beheaded by ISIS in Egypt. Meanwhile, the White House inches closer to declaring war on ISIS. But there’s a problem no one seems to want to talk about: ISIS is only […]
Moderate Muslims Are Closer to Jesus than to Muhammad
I have an ex-Muslim friend who must remain anonymous because of death threats he has received (he lives in my hometown of Lansing). My friend was born in Iran and was a Muslim for 23 years. He left Islam and became a follower of Jesus after seeing two things: 1. The Qur’an is full of […]
The Flaw in the Moderate Muslim Response to ISIS, Radical Islam PART 4
This is Part 4 of 4. Read the Moderate Muslim Response to ISIS, Radical Islam PART 1 & Intro here first. The continued purpose of this series is to look at the actual text that a religion holds to be holy, authoritative and true as way of determining the truth about that religion, rather than […]
The Flaw in the Moderate Muslim Response to ISIS, Radical Islam PART 3
This is Part 3 of 4. Read the Moderate Muslim Response to ISIS, Radical Islam PART 1 & Intro here first. The continued purpose of this series is to look at the actual text that a religion holds to be holy, authoritative and true as way of determining the truth about that religion, rather than […]
The Flaw in the Moderate Muslim Response to ISIS, Radical Islam PART 2
This is Part 2. Read the Moderate Muslim Response to ISIS, Radical Islam PART 1 & Intro here first. The continued purpose of this series is to look at the actual text that a religion holds to be holy, authoritative and true as way of determining the truth about that religion, rather than looking at […]