Sharia and the Holy Spirit
Sharia is a guide for Muslims in the daily practice of their faith. So why does sharia law exist? What is its purpose? Is there anything similar in Christianity?
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Sharia is a guide for Muslims in the daily practice of their faith. So why does sharia law exist? What is its purpose? Is there anything similar in Christianity?
Operation Reveille, a ministry of Act Beyond that helps Military Christians understand the character, knowledge, and behavior of Jesus Christ in cross-cultural contexts, features 6 posts on the "Social Implications of Different Christian and Muslim Beliefs." The helpful summary chart is found here.
In a highly nuanced article, the British author Alistair Roberts touches on the need of the church to reach out to the weak and disadvantaged but also be cautious against kneejerk emotional judgments.
In this article, Nathan Lewis who is a Reformed pastor in Beaverton, Oregon, sketches out how he and his church interact with people of many religious expressions, including Islam.
This article is a very useful tool to analyze current approaches to contextualization, especially those in the context of outreach to Muslims.
This is a summary of five case studies that underline the key factors of Muslims coming to Christ as encountering as Living God in Christ, the living Word, and the living Body of Christ.
In this article, I explore the way that Muslims view the Qur'an and compare this with the promises of the Bible.
“What do Muslims think when they hear the word ‘Messiah'?” We will look at a number of Islamic sources to answer that question.
In this article, I hope to sketch out the idea of a balance in Islam which compares the weight of good and bad deeds.