There is a saying among Christians: ‘the family that prays together stays together.’ Well, that is not the practice in every family, as this news item indicates: ’17-year-old Christian girl was murdered in Pakistan after being tied down and strangled to death by a Muslim family before her father’s own eyes, reportedly because she didn’t… Continue reading The Family that . . . . together stays together
The Bible – Incitement of Violence or Message of Peace? Today, through this video “Graham Ford” the president of “Jesus Christ for Muslims” Ministry is going to speak to us about a fairly difficult subject which many try to avoid, and that is “violence in the Bible” or “violence in Christianity”. People from different faith… Continue reading The Bible – Incitement of Violence or Message of Peace?
Christmas is a Time for Rejoicing A Muslim Tunisian, posing as a Syrian refugee, drove a truck at high speed in to a Christmas market in Berlin, murdering 12 and injuring tens of people. A couple of days earlier a Muslim walked into a church in Egypt and detonated a bomb, killing 35 women and… Continue reading Christmas is a Time for Rejoicing
Deliver us from evil – Prayer in the Christian Life Almost all human beings pray. Some do it out of desperation, some out of devotion, others out of duty and others from coercion. So what do the Christian scriptures teach us about prayer? Jesus disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. They were well… Continue reading Deliver us from evil – Prayer in the Christian Life
Israel, Christ and the Scientific Method Many people who have confidence in science and reason believe that those who believe the Bible are like those who believe in magic; that they have a make-believe view of the world devoid of any commitment to facts, truth and understanding and have replaced it with made-up stories that… Continue reading Israel, Christ and the Scientific Method
Fixing the world. How best to do that? (2) In the previous article I discussed how the Bible gives us nine ethical criteria of human behaviour. These are given in Revelation 21:8. Based on these, I propose nine basic ethical measures that we can use to assess the competing worldviews and the behaviours they promote.… Continue reading Fixing the world. How best to do that? (2)
People often ask about Jesus. Some say; He was a good man, some say; He was a Prophet, and others say that He is Son of God. So, what is He? Who is He? This is a very important question because how we answer that question really determines who we are following. Today Graham Ford,… Continue reading Jesus – Good Man, Prophet Or God?
Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical magazine whose staff were mostly murdered by jihadist gunmen after the magazine published a cartoon of Mohammed. The magazine now avoids making fun of anything to do with Islam and instead mocks those who oppose Islam, such as Éric Zemmour, the brave French journalist at Le Figaro who has… Continue reading Je ne suis plus Charlie Hebdo
Freedom of expression on abortion is currently being challenged in France. On World Down’s Syndrome Day, a beautiful video entitled “Dear Future Mom” was broadcast for several days on some French TV channels. The French television authority (CSA) considered that broadcasting such a message “was not of public interest”, and therefore asked the TV channels… Continue reading Vive La France?
Visions of Heaven? Last month, when the battle for Mosul began, Islamic State caliph Al-Baghdadi declared: “All, without exception, will enter paradise as martyrs. Moreover, you will enter paradise with four more Houris than other martyrs. For just as you stand by me now, so will they stand by you, or under you, or above you,… Continue reading Visions of Heaven?
