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Trunk or Treat 10/30/2016 after evening service.

Questions Sincere Muslims Ask – Muslims believe that Ishmael is the source of Islam, that Ishmael (and not Isaac) was sacrificed by Abraham, and that Adam built the Kaaba in Mecca, the destination of Muslim pilgrimage. What does the Bible say about these matters?

Muslims believe that Ishmael is the source of Islam, that Ishmael (and not Isaac) was sacrificed by Abraham, and that Adam built the Kaaba in Mecca, the destination of Muslim pilgrimage. What does the Bible say about these matters? The book of Genesis is naturally the most reliable record of the events in Abraham’s family.…

2 Thessalonians 2: 16-17

2 Thessalonians 2: 16-17 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

Life in the Trash Can

As a child I loved the “Sesame Street” character Oscar the Grouch. This green muppet, whose housing preference is a garbage can, always lives up to his name. He complains about everything and resents all social contact. Oscar’s role is amusing because he is a caricature of people we actually know. We all have a…

Questions Sincere Muslims Ask – What about Dowries and Arranged Marriage

The Old Testament speaks of arranged marriages. Gifts are given to the father of the bride. In Muslim culture if a man wants a wife, he goes to her parents and asks for her hand. The parents will ask for money or some other gift (a dowry/mar). It’s an ancient custom. Women sometimes don’t know…

Proverbs 10:30

Proverbs 10:30 The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land.

The Game Is Up

Avid football fans always relish the coming of August. Friday night high school games, Saturday college games, and Sunday afternoon NFL games make for a perfect weekend (unless you don’t know a fumble from a touchdown and wish that your husband would pay more attention to HGTV or the Hallmark Channel). The most exciting contests…

Questions Sincere Muslims Ask – In Islam the man is superior to his wife. She must submit herself to him. Women have less rights. What does Jesus say about this?

In the beginning God created both man and woman in his own image (Gen. 1:26-27). Eve was Adam’s companion, lover, and equal. She was made from his rib. As many people have noted, Eve wasn’t taken from Adam’s skull. She isn’t to rule over him. She wasn’t taken from his foot. He isn’t to trample…

Romans 8:32

Romans 8:32 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

The Vicar of Christ?

On September 12, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI delivered a lecture at the University of Regensburg in Germany. His speech outraged Muslims around the world. And why? The leader of the Roman Catholic Church quoted Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425), a Byzantine emperor who condemned “holy war,” charging that Muhammad spread his faith at sword point. The…