What does the Qur'an say about him? What are the similarities and differences between the Qur'anic and the Biblical presentation of Jesus and his mission?
For the Qur’an Jesus is a messenger and a reminder. What does this mean? In this second episode of Reasons for Our Hope we take a deeper look at the Islamic understanding of history, the laws governing it and how Jesus fits within this larger picture.
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Jesus means “The Lord saves” and the Bible tells how this salvation is brought about. In this third episode of Reasons for Our Hope we offer a glimpse of the story of salvation. It is a drama in four acts and Jesus stands at its culmination.
If you open a Bible, you will find four Gospels. So why does the Qur’an speak of only one Gospel?
This fourth episode of Reasons for Our Hope will lead us to discover two distinct visions of God and God’s speech in Islam and Christianity.
How can Christians believe in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and still claim to be monotheists? For Christians, God is One, but He is also Love. This is different from simply stating that God loves His creatures. It is more radical.
The Bible and the Qur’an work with different presuppositions. At times they agree, at times they disagree, often, they neither agree nor disagree. They have their own logic. But the idea of a wholesome alteration of the Biblical texts looks like a conspiracy-theory. Discover why in the sixth episode of Reasons for Our Hope.
The Qur’an describes Christians and Jews as “People of the Book”. In fact, the Catechism of the Catholic Church declares clearly: “Christianity is not a religion of the book.” Why?
