Bible overview for today
By: Dr Anton Garrett INTRODUCTION What is the most important information you could have? More important than how to cure cancer, or deeper knowledge of the scientific laws of nature, or the future of the financial system, or whether your country will lose or win its next war? We are …
What the three principal enemies of the Gospel really want
The Good News of Jesus Christ is not received warmly, for it implies that believers limit their power of action by self-regulation in order to do what is right and avoid what is wrong, or unjust. This moral self-regulation is purposeful, in order that love between human beings may not …
The Veiled Reality
Out of a world population of 7.9 billion people on Earth, around 31% or 2.5 billion are Christians. Christians are found in every continent in great numbers, in some cases the majority. Although the Muslim world has less people, around 1.9 billion people, their rate of natural increase is faster, …
What can Christians do to counter ISIS in Central Africa?
The Middle East Media Research Institute reports the following: “The Islamic State (ISIS) Central Africa Province (ISCAP) is one of ISIS’s African affiliates that the global organization and its new leadership use to demonstrate it continues to be relevant and active. Since its April 2019 inception, ISCAP has mirrored a …
Why did Jesus Die on the Cross?
The death of Jesus on the Cross is a sure and historical fact. Any attempt to argue that Jesus was not crucified, or survived crucifixion, runs into a cliff-face of evidence that cannot be explained away. One thing is beyond credible challenge: all of Jesus followers were convinced that Jesus …
What is the meaning of Jesus’ ride into Jerusalem on a donkey?
On this day the church remembers Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. Matthew in his Gospel describes the event: “Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village in …
St Gregory, the Illuminator
St Gregory, the Illuminator, died 23 March 332 This week marks the anniversary of when it is generally believed that Gregory the Illuminator, the early church evangelist credited with founding the Armenian Church, died. Himself a native of Armenia, Gregory had become a Christian while growing up in Caesarea in …
When it comes to planning sustainable cities, does the vision of Heaven hold the answer?
This is not the usual kind of article we publish on Jesus Christ for Muslims, but occasionally something happens that just needs a comment. A few months ago, the Government of Saudi Arabia announced a new city, called Neom, which would be planned as a linear city stretching 170 km …
The Church is on the way back to its early years
In most countries, some measure of pressure or violence is being used against believing Christians. In North Korea, China, Nigeria, Uganda, and most Moslem countries, Christians face state-sponsored violence and death. In India, Kenya, Mozambique, Mexico, Christians face communal violence. In Thailand, Pakistani Christians face imprisonment, poverty because they are …
The Absolute Poverty of the Glorious Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party, the CCP, is determined to make China the most powerful nation the world has ever seen. Massive investments in technological arms races on every conceivable front is propelled by an ambition to make the rest of the world serve China. Whose who will not serve they …
