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641 | Islamic View of Crucifixion? | John 1:4 | flinkywood | 98917 | ||
Taleb, I've also just read your post to EdB, and I'd forgotten how many risk their skins for this faith in which we stand. I know a man, a Ghanaian, who sells discount bibles over the internet. He and several of his Christian brothers were kidnapped by Muslims in Ghana. For 2 weeks they were beaten, tortured and murdered. This friend spent 3 days in a swimming pool among floating corpses. One of his poolmates was a woman 6 months pregnant. On his last day, they cut off his finger, shot several of his remaining friends dead beside him, then shot him point blank in the forehead--and missed! This started a fight between his almost murderers, which culminated in his being thrown in a car and dumped in a town nearby. I asked him how he withstood this monstrosity, how he didn't break down or lose his marbles. He said, I paraphrase: "It was the Holy Spirit. It wouldn't let me speak. I thought, 'It's wonderful, I'm suffering like my Lord Jesus, what an honor.' All they wanted was for me to say I didn't believe in Jesus. If I had, they would have laughed and let me go." That's a testimony not a lot of us will ever claim, thank God, but bang! does it not hit you in the gut? I have no clue how I'd behave under those conditions if asked to recant my belief. In America we risk so little to believe; what a blessing, but a mixed one to be sure. By the way, my friend's bible site is: http://www.bibledata.com/bags/leather_bag_21.htm The Islamic web forums I mentioned are: http://www.islam-online.net/english/index.shtml http://www.thetruereligion.org/forums.htm And this is a recent string I visited which, coincidentally, discusses a question I'd meant to ask of a Muslim: Why does the god of the Koran so often swear by the moon and stars instead of by himself? http://www.understanding-islam.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID 750 (Note: There is an equals sign between ID 750. Type it in, the forum web rules disallow equals signs). Your posts really hit the spot, Taleb. Colin |
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642 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | flinkywood | 98853 | ||
Hank Bring back the AV! Authorized by a king (there's Authority in that for sure!); blue-blooded scholars risked their lives in its making (or so they say). Oh, the Majesty, Oh the Drama, Oh the Stateliness of it all. For 200 years She ruled, until two lower-class, hedonistic prolls spread lies about her and usurped her Throne. Oh that we could destroy the scoundrel senate and restore Her monarchy once more! Or something to that effect. Colin |
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643 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | flinkywood | 98814 | ||
JustAnother..., I read the KJV. Many Forum members do as well. This subject is such a waste of time and energy, please change it. Thanks. Colin. |
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644 | Who determines our destiny? | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 98753 | ||
D'accord, Monsieur Hank. Colin |
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645 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | flinkywood | 98719 | ||
Makarios, you say it conclusively here, especially regarding Psalm 68:11, and your last question reveals the primary weakness of the AV-as-holy-writ school. Colin |
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646 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | flinkywood | 98718 | ||
I'm not sure, Hank, but if he does it's probably corrupt! By the way, have you heard of the New Surfers Translation (NST) here in California? Here's John 3:16 in the NST: "Dude was so into the earth that He gave his only Son, so if you just ride with Him you'll will never wipe out but surf forever." Imagine how this will scan in Mandarin. Colin |
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647 | Who determines our destiny? | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 98716 | ||
Hank, for the sake of the Forum, let's not spark another divisive Day/Caruso debate. Colin. |
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648 | Who determines our destiny? | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 98685 | ||
Hank, Doris Day sang "Que Sera, Sera". Caruso might have sung the aria "Che Sara, Sara" to a gal named Sara whilst bench-pressing her from a bar stool in an opera of the same title. Colin |
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649 | Islamic View of Crucifixion? | John 1:4 | flinkywood | 98680 | ||
Taleb, Your take on the nearness of Christ is rock-solid, well expressed and calls to mind Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus had always been her Lord, her God, she just never knew. Thanks for reminding me that it's all about introducing Jesus to people like her, just as He was once introduced to me. "When one “calls” unto God, like many Muslims have in their search for HIM – He responds." I sense you speak from experience. Didn't Paul have the perfect answer? 1Co 2:2 "For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." Also, when you witness to Muslims, is your major tool the Koran itself? Sounds like. Colin. |
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650 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | flinkywood | 98669 | ||
Pity the Chinese peasant who can't read the Authorized Version. Colin. |
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651 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | flinkywood | 98589 | ||
I read the KJV mostly, it is incomparable in the psalms, but I'm just not passionate about the bits that have supposedly gone missing in the modern translations. Colin. |
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652 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | flinkywood | 98563 | ||
Justanotherchristian, Here in Los Angeles is a Christian institution devoted to translating scripture into all the languages of the world. This is the Lord's work, and the Critical Text with all it's "apostasy" is its basis. Jeremiah spoke the unadulterated word of God, but did anyone hear? In a Nazi concentration camp, Corrie Ten Boom read from her Dutch bible as her listeners translated down the rows into their various languages. There are some lousy translations out there, but really, what does it matter what you read as long as you read? These KJV-only camp arguments are much ado about nothing. Colin |
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653 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | flinkywood | 98539 | ||
Hi, Justanotherchristian, I also thought long and hard over the KJV v. modern translations issue, which boils down to a variety of textual differences and varients within those differences. You can do a search on this site and find a wealth of discussion on this. I prefer the Textus Receptus and the language of the KJV, but use these other translations (NASB, ESV, NKJV) with mucho gusto. Search under "textus receptus" "King James only" "translation". You'll find loads of info. Colin |
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654 | Islamic View of Crucifixion? | John 1:4 | flinkywood | 98527 | ||
Taleb, You make a great observation about the disciplined devotion of many Muslims to their god. It's a rare Christian who would pray unashamedly 5 times a day, and with such aparent passion. I've witnesed co-workers in Morocco fall on their knees. Amazing thing to see and be around, really. I have a friend Tass, a former Fatah sniper and soldier for Arafat, now an evangelical Christian, whose onversion story is extraordinary. Tass just returned from evangelizing in Iraq and Egypt, and it's by his example that I've begun to study Mohammedism. You know the Koran better than I do (were you once a Muslim?), but I have also read Islam on-line forums (which make this Forum look tame sometimes) and Christ is a big problem in these. It seems that all agree that Christ did die, but that it was not on the cross, and He was in no way anything close to deity. Regarding the Koranic contradictions surrounding Jesus and His life, Wow, what a mess! As my friend and teacher Hugh Harris once said, "If you think the bible is confusing, try reading the Koran." You sound like a specialist in the area of Muslim witnessing, God bless you if you are, that is one rough row to hoe. As to whether someone is near or far from belief in Jesus, who can know? My leap of faith seemed short at the moment of truth; in hindsight, however, and given my history, it looks like a long shot. Today we studied Romans chapter 4, with a focus on Abraham, the father of our faith, and God's promise to him, so I copy your "His precious Word". But Taleb, is "Their God", the one they pray to, is their god the true God of Abraham? Colin |
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655 | Islamic View of Crucifixion? | John 1:4 | flinkywood | 98466 | ||
Hank, here's what Muhammad says: "That they said (in boast), 'We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Apostle of God'; - But they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no certain knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of surety they killed him not: Nay, God raised him up unto Himself; and God is Exalted in Power, Wise; - And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Judgement He will be a witness against them: -" Sura 4: 157-159 (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, translator). There's your answer. Colin. |
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656 | Islamic View of Crucifixion? | John 1:4 | flinkywood | 98462 | ||
Taleb, you are correct, Muslims are both very near to and very far from Christ; as near as any heathen can ever be (as I once was), and as far away as this: Sura 9:30 "The Jews call Uzair (Ezra) a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the Son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; In this they but imitate what the Unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded from the truth." (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, translator) The Koran's god (Mohammed) curses believers in Jesus! That'll put some distance on a Muslim. I've also read of a Muslim inscription on the Dome of the Rock which reads, "God forbid that He should have a son." "Sooooo far away" is true, but any nearer than a JW? Colin. |
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657 | And what about those who will die before | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 98321 | ||
Joe, James 2:18 "But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works." (NASB) I don't believe because I work, I work because I believe. Read the book of Romans. Colin |
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658 | Does God love everything? | 1 John 4:8 | flinkywood | 98194 | ||
Terrifel, I have a book collection called the "Dictionary of the History of Ideas", a great resource, now out of print. Last night I was reading a topic, "Islamic Conception of Intellectual Life", which examines the how and why of early Islam's embracing of the worldly arts and sciences, the ancient Greek in particular, when I came across this striking quotation: "Islam is a religion based on knowledge--and not on love as is for example Christianity--a knowledge in which the intellect (al-aql) plays the positive role of leading man to the divine." “…knowledge…plays the positive role…” Love is a rare word in the Koran, particularly in conjunction with its god, which reveals the Koran’s origin, Satan, who cannot know love or fathom the heart of God. This may well explain why the worldly religions--Islam, Shinto, Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, now Scientology--all tend to exalt knowledge and, where expedient, to pay lip service to God’s love while rejecting His saving love in Christ Jesus. It’s a cinch to know a thing (or to think I do!), but it’s nigh impossible to love, especially to love the ones I can’t stand. That God can love us in spite of ourselves, that He is love itself, that Jesus died for us, is so incomprehensible to me that sometimes it just hits me and I want to cry. So you’re right, this string is a good one. Thanks for getting it started. Colin |
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659 | Does God love everything? | 1 John 4:8 | flinkywood | 97351 | ||
EdB, I think your post settles it. Thanks, I've learned a lot from this string. Colin. |
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660 | Does God love everything? | 1 John 4:8 | flinkywood | 97308 | ||
Makarios, I commented on this and your other post below. Thanks. |
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