Comments on: Is Allah God?

By: John

John — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 05:06:41 +0000

Act 10 is a great book to read on this. Cornelius loved God, but still he needed to know about the good news of Jesus. Also Peter’s vision about only ministering to Jews is tied in this story. God loved Cornelius very much and put Peter in his path so that he would hear the complete gospel
Continually in the Old Testament it makes mention of the enemies of the Israelites recognizing the power and majesty of God. God has revealed himself through his creation, but the good news of Jesus cannot be displayed this way though. People can worship the supreme creator without someone sharing with them. The problem is that they will not be able to enjoy his presence without knowing about Jesus.
Allah, Dios, Ginoo, YAHWEH, God. The way I see it each one allows us more ways to try and give a worthy praise to the big guy up stairs. Jesus came so that all may spend eternity with him

By: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:42:17 +0000

Well, I guess I had that one coming, Yaccad.
Thanks for lightening things up for me!

By: yaccad

yaccad — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:19:40 +0000

Good to see that you agree with yourself Elizabeth LOL.

By: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:54:19 +0000

I agree that this is a worthy approach:

When a Muslim says they believe in God or in Jesus (which they would all say), why not start out with a simple “Great, and so do I. So how about we walk together and get to know Him more.” That opens every door!

But you don’t need to convince us that Allah is YHWH (when he’s not) in order to legitimize it!

By: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:11:58 +0000

What do you mean worshiping “ineffectively”?

“Ineffectively” is an adverb you are using to describe HOW one worships. Your blog post is about WHO one worships.

HOW vs. WHO is apples and oranges

By: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:08:35 +0000

Excellent comment Wesley.

Carl’s articles are fabulous on the Loving, but a little lacking on Truth — The Jesus of the Bible did both.

By: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:25:20 +0000

I’m replying to correct myself. The god I referred to as the “pagan” god of Papua New Guinea may have actually been YHWH by another name. Possibly, He had been revealing himself, and the truth of His son who is the Answer for humanity — all along. The “missionaries” came to “complete” the story in a sense.

I do believe there is evidence that God works this way in cultures that do not have the Western understanding. Calling them “pagan” is a mistake on my part.

In any case, I do not think it applies with “Allah” because there is a direct denial of Jesus as God and Answer.

I see what Carl is getting at but it doesn’t apply in the case of Islam.

Thanks for the thought-provoking post!!

By: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:29:51 +0000

I have to agree with Nicole a little, sorry to say. You took it a tiny bit too far here, Carl.
I think most Muslims will tell you that Allah does not equal Jesus. That’s a big difference that you’re just kind of glossing over.

Interestingly, I had some Christian missionary friends doing Bible translation in Papua New Guinea and they took the name of the pagan god worshiped there as the name for YHWH in the Bible, so it is a discussion point

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:10:14 +0000

Looks like I’m a little late on the scene here so I’m not sure if anyone will read this, but I don’t think I saw anyone bring up Paul’s words to the worshippers of “an unknown god” when he introduced them to this God. We can introduce Muslims to their unknown god, who is called Allah, who they actually think they know but don’t really, as our God, also called Allah if you happen to speak Arabic.
One other note, in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, Allah is the name of God in the mosques but in Christian churches the name of God is Tuhan.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:03:22 +0000

Carl, what is your REAL agenda? You seem to have a thinly veiled disdain(very thinly) for your Christian brothers and sisters, western culture and the Church in general. That is your right of course(it is nice living in country where you can voice your opinion without getting beheaded). So I have some questions: 1)Do you believe that Muhammed was a prophet who was inspired by God(YHWH) and if so how do you reconcile the inconsitencies between the Bible and the Q’ran?
2)I realize that Jesus is mentioned in the Q’ran but according to it he is: a)not the Son of God b)he was not crucified(according to the Q’ran the story of the crucifixion was a mean joke that was played on Mary). c) Allah was sooooo holy he could never have had a son. d)Christians are under the curse of Allah for believing in the Trinity, the diety of Christ and the crucifixion.
3)How do explain Galatians 1:6-9.
In case you forgot what it says,

No Other Gospel
6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you,let him be accursed. 9As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received,let him be accursed.(ESV)
We are to love our enemies, I will agree with you on that. Where does love end and pandering begin?