Paul and muhammad compared

Jun 23 2018

Paul and Muhammad Compared Pt. 2

We continue with our comparison between the blessed Apostle Paul and Muhammad.

Paul and Miracles

The NT records that God backed up the message of Paul and the other apostles with supernatural signs and wonders:

“So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders.” Acts 14:3

“I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done – by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.” Romans 15:18-19

“I have made a full of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I m not least inferior to the ‘super-apostles,’ even though I am nothing. The things that mark an apostle – signs, wonders and miracles – were done among you with great perseverance.” 2 Corinthians 12:11-12

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Paul and muhammad compared

Jun 12 2018

Paul and Muhammad Compared Pt. 1

In this multi-part article we will be focusing on contrasting the Apostle Paul’s life and teachings with that of Muhammad’s. Our specific purpose in doing so is to demonstrate from the facts themselves that Muhammad was not in the league of the Apostle Paul, and actually stands condemned as a false prophet by this holy emissary of the risen Lord.

Paul on Lying

Muslims often claim that Paul admitted to lying in Romans 3:7-8. Yet when we actually read these verses in context, a different picture altogether arises. It is clear that Paul was speaking figuratively. Paul was addressing how man’s unrighteousness manifests God’s righteous judgment more clearly. Paul then addresses a hypothetical question a person might ask that if in fact one’s falsehood proves that God is righteous, then why does God condemn the individual? Here is the passage in question:

“But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? ‘If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?’ Why not say – as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say – ‘Let us do evil that good may result’? Their condemnation is deserved.” Romans 3:5-8

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apostle-paul

May 13 2018

Was Paul A Misogynist?

Many people on numerous occasions, have made the claim that Paul, the Pharisaic zealot, turned disciple of Jesus Christ was a misogynist. Often time, I was not moved by such claim. To me, his being tagged chauvinistic or misogynistic or even been one doesn’t really prove nor disprove the resurrection of Jesus Christ, neither does it relegate the claim of new covenant of Jesus to the background. It is simply non sequitur to the core claims of Christianity. After all, it is following the step of Jesus that make people Christians.
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But recently, as I studies the new testament in its original language(Greek), I developed genuine concern for finding out the truth about some rather controversial issue of this sort. Let me tell you what I think about the issue. Here are the two verses mostly used to how misogynistic Paul was:

.Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they aren’t permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law says. If they will learn anything, let them ask their husband at home, for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church (1 Corinthian 14:34-35)

Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or usurp authority over a man, but to be in silence. (1 Timothy 2:11-12)

This pretty look very much like Paul believed that women are to keep quiet in church meetings (all kind of quietness of course).
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Early church custom, Paul’s writings and conduct elsewhere, and good principles of biblical interpretation all say that we should not take these verses literally
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The verb used for silence “sigao’, was the same verb that was used in Act 15:12 when Paul was addressing the council of Jerusalem disciples. It also was used in Act 21:40 when he was addressing a group of men. In both cases, it was used to mean orderly silence. Now, it would be preposterous to interpret that word without taking its context into consideration. In chapter 11, Paul began to address the Corinthians on the disorderliness of their meetings. He wrote about issues on head covering as also the Lord’s super. More

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NTTC Jargon 2018

May 3 2018

Glossary of NTTC Jargon 2018 by James Snapp Jr.

The field of the New Testament Criticism is such a technical one, one of the major reasons why most Christians are not willing to bother their head round it. For some years, this has been a subject of Scholarly discuss, and mostly alien to the lay men, but things are fast changing, NT Textual Criticism is now becoming a marketplace, school edifice and coffee shop discussion, it is no longer for the academia.

Have you been wondering what some terms meant when you pick up a book on this subject, or when a speaker in a symposium, dialogue and debates throw them out during his presentation?

Do you have a desire to get started in the field of Textual Criticism and wondered where you need to get started? Are you already involved by reading up some materials but couldn’t wrap your head round these complicated words and terms you might not have heard in a such sermon before?

Well, here is a good new, James E. Snapp Jr, who is very well versed in the field has put together in a very simple and easy-to-understand form, a glossary of the technical terms you might be coming across in your journey to the world of NT Textual Criticism.

You can have access to the pdf material here Glossary of NTTC Jargon 2018, and once you are done reading these list, most of the strange and complicated terms will make a lot of sense to you. Do you desire to learn more about some of the probing issues on the NTTC (New Testament Textual Criticism)? You will definitely find James Snapp Jr’s blog very insightful and helpful.

His blog address is www.thetextofthegospels.com

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