To Whom Does the Promised Land Belong?
This week we are featuring the English text to a sermon given Dec 10, 2017 by Rev. Dr. Hikmat Kashouh, translated by the Institute for Middle East Studies at ABTS. […]
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Beyond Jerusalem: Loving Our Neighbors, Seeking Justice and Peace
Following the US administration’s decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, I shared extensively on my Twitter and Facebook accounts about the responses in the Arab world, namely the responses […]
Light After Darkness: A Syrian Mother’s Story of Pain, Hope, and Learning to Dream Again
This article first appeared July 21, 2017 at Food for the Hungry. Across languages and cultures, mothers can relate to the deep emotions that children bring. Mothers carry a daily […]
Hospitality in an Age of Terror
“By the exercise of hospitality we come to the knowledge of Christ.” – Augustine[1] The week that the controversial US travel and immigration ban was first issued, I sat in my […]
A Family Reunion
Much of the world’s focus has been on the refugees in Syria and Iraq as a result of the Syrian civil war and ISIS. And rightly so, this conflict has […]
9 Ways To Counter Radical Islam
As an Iranian-American, I often get asked about the crisis in the Muslim world. I try to lean into the conversation, knowing a lot of sincere people are grasping for […]
How Christians Deterred Me from Leaving Islam
After many years, I am finally sharing some of my story of why I think it took me so long to leave Islam and become a Christian. So, what took me […]