From Vitamin Z: “Most people in the world believe that if there is a God, you related to God by being good. Most religions are based on that principle, though there are a million different variations on it. Some religions are what you might call nationalistic: You connect to God, they say, by coming into [...]
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Do You Relate to God by Being “Good”?
Posted in God, Jesus Christ, Religion on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fasting in the NFL
Posted in Muslims, Religion on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday marks the beginning of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting. Muslims all over the world will neither eat nor drink from sunrise to sunset for 30 days. Imagine trying to do that while playing in the NFL. That’s what Husain Abdullah, who plays for my favorite team, will do. “I’m putting nothing before God, [...]
A Hexalogue?
Posted in Religion, Understanding on June 9, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A few months ago I asked if anyone was up for a trialogue. How about a hexalogue? Six people from six different religions (yes, I do consider Mormonism and Christian Science to be distinct religions from Christianity) answered the question, “Who is Jesus?” I think these kind of dialogues are very helpful because it helps [...]
Scriptural Reasoning
Posted in Christianity, Islam, Religion, Understanding on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I recently found the website Scriptural Reasoning from Usama Hasan’s blog. It looks very interesting. It was started by some Jewish, Christian and Muslim scholars who wanted to better understand one another’s faiths. So they began to meet together and read about different topics from their holy books. Now there are other small groups doing [...]
Oh My God
Posted in Knowing God, Religion, Understanding, World on December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve only seen the trailer, but I hope I will be able to see the movie. The premise of the movie is simply someone going to 23 different countries asking the question, “What is God?” Hugh Jackman is in the video and states that if you put a bunch of religious leaders (Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, [...]
The World of 100
Posted in Religion, World on September 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
If there were 100 people in the world this is how many would belong to different religions. This is a great way to summarize the world in an understandable way. You can also see things like skin color, how many live in fear, literacy, access to water and more. Check it out. HT: Doug Wolter
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