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Living the Gospel in a World Burnt-Out on Religion (Part 2)

April 14, 2022March 30, 2022 Martin Accad

This is Part 2 of an article originally published by ABTS. Read Part 1 here. On August 4th, 2020, the disintegration of the Lebanese state was phenomenally manifested in the […]

 Random Reflections  Gospel, politics, religion

Living the Gospel in a World Burnt-Out on Religion (Part 1)

April 7, 2022March 30, 2022 Martin Accad

Many today are angry at religion, or at least disappointed with it. Rightly so perhaps, since so much violence is carried out in God’s name. In the MENA part of […]

 Random Reflections  Gospel, politics, religion

Christian Violence Against Muslims

March 11, 2022March 10, 2022 Brent Hamoud

There’s no denying that violence has an unfortunate place in Muslim and Christian history, but too often our historical narratives are laden with denial. Common presumptions position Islam as the […]

 Random Reflections  Christian, history, Muslims, violence

The Ancient Gospels in Arabic: Where Did ‘Isa’ Come From?

June 8, 2021June 2, 2021 Hikmat Kashouh

Editorial Note: The following is a short introduction on early Gospel manuscripts and the origins of the name of Jesus in these Arabic texts from Dr. Hikmat Kashouh’s new book […]

 Book Excerpt  Arabic, Bible, Gospel, Scripture, translation

Magical Power in a Name? A Case for Using ‘Isa in Arabic Translations of the Bible

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Martin Accad

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2) As Juliet agonizes over her […]

 Islam in General  Islam, Jesus, translation

Loving Muslims During Ramadan

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Abed El Kareem Zien El Dien

Muslims around the world are in the final week of Ramadan. Many Christians I know, and Evangelicals particularly, are not positively inclined toward Muslims. Islam and Muslims are widely demonized and […]

 Islam in General  food, Muslims, Ramadan

Indulgences Are Still for Sale

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Scott Gustafson

The selling of indulgences did not stop with the Reformation. Originally, indulgences linked prayer and repentance with forgiveness: specified actions of good works or penance drew on the ‘treasury of […]

 Articles, Current Events, Random Reflections  christian nationalism, church, crusade, indulgences, politics, power

Mission: Self Sacrificial Service or Imperialistic Conceit?(Part 2)

March 23, 2021March 30, 2022 Mike Kuhn

This is Part 2 of an article originally published by ABTS. Read Part 1 here. Though the critique of the history of “mission” should be heard and heeded, it is […]

 Articles  missions, witness

Mission: Self Sacrificial Service or Imperialistic Conceit? (Part 1)

March 16, 2021March 30, 2022 Mike Kuhn

I imagine that for most readers the word “mission” evokes positive connotations of self-sacrificial giving and heroic exploits of missionaries of a by-gone era. Early Protestant missionaries to the Middle […]

 Articles  Middle East, missions, witness

Interpreting the New Testament through the lens of Israel

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Wissam al-Saliby

There are theological issues that are up for debate. And there are Biblical passages that are difficult to understand. But what I did not expect to hear in separate sermons […]

 Current Events, Random Reflections  grafted in, Israel, Romans

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How are Indulgences still for sale today?While the medieval ages may be over, linking salvation, duty, and honor with a legitimization of hostility in the name of God is not. Hostile actions take the form of discrimination, verbal attacks, contemptuous speech, and slanderous social media. Intimidation is justified by slick preachers who erect scaffolds of misinterpretations of Jesus and the money-changers, Phineas or David’s military campaigns to issue apocalyptic fear and justify hostility.Read on: acts211.org/indulgences-are-still-for-sale/ ... See MoreSee Less

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The evangelical church may have formed as a result of opposition to these excesses and may not sell indulgences for cash or participation in literal crusade, but promises of salvation are still tightl...
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