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Ramadan Is More than Fasting

Posted in Islam, Understanding on September 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Tamim Saidi has been a big help to me and many others as we have learned about Islam. For three years I took the INSIGHT class from our church to Abukhadra Masjid (a Mosque in Columbia Heights, MN) where Tamim worships. They graciously welcomed us during the Friday service and then Tamim patiently answered many [...]

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Muslim in America

Posted in Muslims, Understanding on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Shireen Khan writes in Time magazine about Being American – and Muslim. Here are her opening paragraphs: It was evening rush hour in New York City. 42nd St. was packed, and I was hoping I would make the bus. His voice came out of the crowd. “Take that rag off!” Huh? In my four months [...]

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More on Repentance

Posted in Repentance, Sin on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Jonathan Dodson has some helpful thoughts on repentance at his blog. He notes that there are three key things that must happen when we repent: confession, mortification (this means putting to death), and faith. He then gives a question for each to help you in the fight. For confession, we ask, “What do I want [...]

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Sin Destroys Peace

Posted in Marriage, Peace, Repentance, Sin on September 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Last night my wife came home from a shopping trip having bought things that she and I had talked about.  She spent more money than I thought she was going to. I wasn’t angry. I was anxious. I was worried about extra expenditures and whether we would have the funds to pay for them. I [...]

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London Mayor Urges Others to Fast to Understand Muslims

Posted in Islam, Understanding on September 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

From Talk Islam: Fast to Understand Muslims: London Mayor I thought this guy was a Tory…can some Brit explain this to me? (Although I know he has a Muslim great grandparent, right?) No one on the right could say something like this in the U.S. Even on the left, I think only Blackamerican or very [...]

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The Prophet Elisha Points to Jesus Christ

Posted in Bible, Jesus Christ on September 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Jesus Christ makes the amazing claim that he was written about in all of the Old Testament. After his resurrection Jesus said to his disciples, ““These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the [...]

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Repentance

Posted in Knowing God, Repentance, Sin, Theology on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I recently preached a sermon on the prophet Jonah (Yunus) so I have been thinking about repentance. For those who aren’t familiar with the story of Jonah, here it is in a nutshell (or you could read the whole book in the Old Testament in about 10 minutes). The Lord told the prophet Jonah to [...]

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Ramadan on PBS

Posted in Islam on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Religion and Ethics on PBS has a short video of Muslims talking about Ramadan and why they look forward to it. HT: My Islamic Perspective

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