Archive for category: Islam

   Right as I am typing this the debate in Toronto between Dave Hunt and Shabir Ally is getting ready to start. I can assure you: if you spend the time to read the following two articles by Sam Shamoun, you will know far more about the topic of the Bible and the Qur’an than anyone will learn during the course

   I am posting my opening statement from the Seattle debate with Shabir Ally. It will be broken into three sections. It is my hope my fellow believers will be encouraged to speak about the cross to their Muslim friends by this presentation.

   A young man has attempted to defend at least a portion of Deedat’s argument on John 1:1, here. But here is a strong illustration of the fact that “a little Greek is a dangerous thing.”

   This is a response to this video.

   Here is a pdf of the discussion in channel.

   Here is an article from muslimmatters.org that is worth reading. It deals with the Ahl al-Kitab, (أهل الكتاب), “the People of the Book,” which in the Qur’an, depending on context, is a reference to Christians, Jews, or Christians and Jews. I.e., monotheists who possess the Scriptures that Allah sent down before the Qur’an. It is good to listen to the

   I was sent a link to John Piper’s video response to the controversy over “A Common Word.” I am providing it here. I would go beyond Dr. Piper and say that I am not simply profoundly disappointed in the “Christian” response: I found the reply, titled “Loving God and Neighbor Together,” a sad example of Christian dhimmitude. Dhimmitude is the

   I managed to find a much higher quality version of the South African presentation Deedat made against the deity of Christ. Here is the first in a series of rebuttals of his presentation. As you watch, note the packed house to whom he is speaking. There is only one Christian missionary for every 400,000 Muslims in the world. Pray the

   Documentation of errors on the part of Ahmed Deedat, assisted and made even better by Sam Shamoun. Thanks Sam!

   The scarey thing is, there are some who can’t see, or refuse to see, how utterly lopsided this affair was. Thank God for Sam Shamoun. Pray for him!

The most recent edition of the Ordained Servant (produced by the OPC) is on the topic of Encountering Islam. From the editor: Since September 11, 2001, Americans have discovered that we can no longer ignore Islam as a political force or as a religion. The confusion of those two realms is inherent in Islam, and, sadly, is found with some

   Following the debate in Seattle I invested some time in responding to some post-debate “chatter,” you might call it, in the form of comments from Shabir Ally regarding the topics we discussed during the debate (which is now available in mp3 format, and Lord willing, in DVD format very soon). In any case, I have not been able to do

···I was working in my office this afternoon, preparing sermons for church tomorrow, when someone with the nick “Muslm” joined our channel. I have taken out some of the channel banter that was not relevant, the joins/parts, etc., so here is the conversation that followed: * Muslm has joined #prosapologian Hello Muslm. DrOakley, Hi :]

Today I reviewed many of the (at times outrageous) claims of Islamic apologist Nadir Ahmed, the same gentleman who appeared at my church Sunday evening. In the middle of the program I did take one call, however, from our LDS friend Pierre, who wished to discuss the series of articles I have done recenlty on the LDS concept of Jesus

   I would like to take this Christmas morning to speak directly to the growing number of Islamic readers we have here on our blog. I would like to thank you for stopping by and reading what we have to say. We appreciate the opportunity of proclaiming to you the faith of Christianity, a faith that had been proclaimed for hundreds

   I am very thankful Rich has managed to get the mp3 audio of the debate with Shabir Ally on the crucifixion uploaded and ready to go! Here is the link. Enjoy and be encouraged!

   We have wrapped up recording a total of thirty two segments of video, twenty one of which are specifically for Iran, eleven others for other venues (all on the topic of Islam). The folks at the studio were kind enough to convert one of the first specifically Islam-related programs to a video format I can post on YouTube, and so

   A few months ago I began responding to Ali Ataie’s attack upon the Apostle Paul. I took a brief break because of the Seattle trip, and since I have returned from Seattle, I have been overwhelmed with upcoming duties, teaching, Arabic and the like. But I have a full list of blog articles that are “in progress” and “still need

   Since the Seattle debate Shabir Ally and I have been posting various commentaries on elements of the debate. Obviously, Shabir has had more time to be doing this than I have, but we have both posted some rather lengthy commentary on particular points. I will continue to comment as time allows, but I am certain I will not be able

   I continue with my response to Shabir Ally’s post debate writings. I note an even longer response has been posted by Mr. Ally, and since many of these issues are relevant to a wider range of apologetic concerns, I will continue focusing upon these materials before moving back to Steve Ray and Ali Ataie. Matthew’s Gospel shows that Pilate granted

But now, of course, we know that such doubts once existed. James seems satisfied that when he had asked me if the New Testament writings had asserted that Jesus actually died on the cross I answered in the affirmative. He is working with only a partial recall, for my presentation and arguments throughout show that there were tell-tale signs that

The earliest Muslims such as Ibn Abbas used the sources at their disposal. They looked at the literal text of a part of that verse, but only a part, and concluded that two things were being denied: first, that Jesus was killed by his enemies; and second, that he was hung on a cross.    We can see that Shabir’s position

   Shabir Ally has posted a brief article in response to my equally brief review and announcement that I would be going over our debate on The Dividing Line. I would like to offer my response here. James had to prove three things. First, that Jesus was crucified. Second, that he was crucified as a sacrifice for the sins of God’s

   Shabir Ally has written a response to my brief comments posted a few days ago here on my blog. I will be replying to him, but I wanted to start out by providing my two written statements from the debate. When I am going first, I will often have a written statement for my opening. I realize that “schmoozing” the

   Friday evening an important difference between Muslims and Christians came to light in the debate in Seattle. It is a difference I highlighted in the Biola debate as well. Muslims and Christians have very different views of what inspiration means, and how it manifests itself in Scripture.    Of course, I am speaking only about Christians here in the historical sense,