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Article · Comparative ReligionApologetics · Historical study · Comparative theology · Biblical discernment

Is the Qur'an a Miracle?

Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation

…et. Shabir Ally, "Examples of Mathematical Alignment of Words, Chapters and Verses of the Quran", including the attached brochure The Quran as a Mathematical Miracle. Nicolai Sinai, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies, especially the discussion of iʿjāz al-Qurʾān and the…

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Article · Jesus ChristHistorical study · Apologetics · Comparative theology

Did Jesus Really Die?

The crucifixion in history, Scripture and the Qur'an

…neither killed nor crucified him - it was only made to appear so" (Surah 4:157, The Clear Quran, trans. Mustafa Khattab). The next verse says that Allah raised Jesus to Himself (Surah 4:158). The dominant interpretation in Islamic tradition is therefore that Jesus escaped crucifi…

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Article · Christian DoctrineBiblical exposition · Apologetics · Comparative theology

Two Revelations of Divine Love

What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God

…Allah, then follow me; Allah will love you and forgive your sins" (Surah 3:31, The Clear Quran, trans. Mustafa Khattab). Other passages say that Allah loves those who do good, those who repeatedly repent and purify themselves, those who are just, those who trust him and those wh…

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Article · ChristologyBiblical theology · Christological analysis · Philosophical theology · Christian apologetics

Christ in the Temple of the Philosophers

The incarnation, the limits of created perspective and the love philosophy could not imagine

Why the incarnation overturns human ideas of divine greatness, matter, emotion and suffering—and why John 3:16 answers the riddle of God’s descent.

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Article · ChristologyBiblical theology · Christological analysis · Historical theology · Primary-source study · Pastoral theology

Did the Incarnation Limit God?

Eustathius of Antioch, the human soul of Christ and the pictures created by our words

Why the eternal Son was not confined within Christ’s body, why His humanity was more than a passive instrument, and why imprecise pictures of the incarnation still matter.

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