Is the Quran or Bible the Word of God? Emails from Muslims to a Christian
Posts in the "Jesus’ Death on the Cross" category:
Examples of People Surviving Crucifixion & Jesus’ Death
Don’t examples of people surviving crucifixion mean Jesus could have survived His crucifixion ordeal?
Read the rest of the post...Doctrine and History
Muslims sometimes give doctrinal reasons why Jesus did not die on the cross. What they often miss is the distinction between doctrine and history. The historical question is: Did Jesus die on the cross?
Read the rest of the post...Jay Smith – Why did Jesus Die?
Jay Smith discusses the death of Jesus on the cross.
Read the rest of the post...What is Christianity? Why Christianity?
What is Christianity? Christianity is belief in God’s work in history centering on the death of Jesus on the cross and His resurrection from the dead. Islam is a denial of history without historic reason.
Read the rest of the post...Jesus in India
Some Muslims (e.g. the Ahmidiyya sect) argue that Jesus did not die on the cross but only swooned. Jesus then went to India where He was known as Yuz Asaf (“leader of the healed”) and died at the age of 120. This post contains the documentary, “Jesus in Kashmir” which purportedly gives proof that Jesus’ tomb is in India.
Read the rest of the post...Joshua Evans gives three reasons Jesus did not die on the cross
Joshua Evans is a convert from Christianity to Islam. In this post I discuss his three reasons Jesus did not die on the cross: (1) Ezekiel 18:20; (2) You can’t kill God; and (3) the Bible says those who hang from a tree are cursed by God.
Read the rest of the post...History, Christianity and God’s work in history
“Any position in which claims about Jesus or the resurrection are removed from the realm of historical reality and placed in a subjective realm of personal belief or some realm that is immune to human scrutiny does Jesus and the resurrection no service and no justice.”
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Helpful videos by Matt Slick explaining why Jesus had to die on the cross for sin. The short answer – forgiveness of sins. Matt Slick is president and founder of CARM (Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry).
Read the rest of the post...Do Muslims believe in things that never existed and never happened?
Muslims say they believe in the Bible; in fact, there are several passages in the Quran that speak highly of the Gospel(s), the Torah, and the Psalms. However, the reality is that Muslims believe in something that does not exist and never existed: an Islamic version of the Torah, Psalms, and Gospels.
Read the rest of the post...Islam and Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
Foundational to Christianity is the historic fact of Jesus’ death on the cross and resurrection. More than a billion Muslims deny Jesus’ death on the cross. Therefore, Islam can be shown to be untrue by looking at it’s denial of the historic event of Jesus’ death on the cross. This post includes videos from Mike Licona who discusses Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Mike Licona is Research Professor of New Testament at Southern Evangelical Seminary.
Read the rest of the post...My God is so great that He died?! Jesus’ death on the cross
One of the issues Muslims confuse about Christianity is the difference between history and doctrine. Christian doctrine flows from God’s work in history. Muslims and Christians agree on the historical fact of Jesus’ ascension into heaven; however, Muslims do not believe Jesus died on the cross. This leads to a historical problem: The 1st century Christians who testified to Jesus’ ascension into heaven also testified to His death on the cross.
Read the rest of the post...Allah: A Christian Response to Miroslav Volf
Miroslav Volf’s “Allah: A Christian Response” is directed at Christians like John Piper by name, Christians who believe the Bible teaches that the Muslim God is very much unlike Jesus. Volf argues Muslims and Christians worship a common God. The thrust of his book’s message proclaims something less than the Gospel.
Read the rest of the post...Common Word Interfaith Dialogue
Common Word I’ve been learning more about the “Common Word” dialogue between Muslims and Christians. Below is a video explaining what has been going on between some Christians and Muslims, The problem, as I see it, with the above kind of dialogue is that Christian emphasis on commonalities ends up tabling the Gospel (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). For example, the [...]
Read the rest of the post...We could both be wrong about God: Jesus?
It is important to listen to Muslims and why they do not believe in the Jesus of the Bible. Here is a dialogue in which a Muslim says he hasn’t seen historical evidence for the Christian belief in Jesus: 1:30-1:40 “I genuinely am skeptical that Jesus would want me to believe in Him in that [...]
Read the rest of the post...Why was it necessary for Jesus to die on the cross?
Why do Christians believe it was necessary for Jesus to die on the cross? Thabiti Anyabwile, a Muslim convert to Christianity, gives a helpful explanation: My Muslim friend, other than Qur’an 4:157, is there a reason why you do not believe Jesus died on the cross? Christians, are you aware of other helpful explanations as [...]
Read the rest of the post...How Can God Die?
I am againt the burning of the Qur’an as proposed by Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center. This regretable event planned for September 11 is used by David Wood to explain how Jesus can be God and also die on the cross. Let me know what you think about His explanation of Jesus’ [...]
Read the rest of the post...Questions About History
The Muslim apologist Shabir Ally wrote, “I refer to Biblical scholars for questions about the Bible, and to Quranic scholars for questions about the Quran.” This sounds noble, but I haven’t found this to be the case regarding Jesus’ death on the cross.
Read the rest of the post...When Facts Make No Difference
Muslims do not believe Jesus died on the cross. They are left with the desperate and, I believe, futile task of providing better historical support for their view of the crucifixion. They are left with having to give a full account of what really happened and how things became what they are. What one often [...]
Read the rest of the post...A Double Standard?
The Muslim apologist, Shabir Ally, rejects the eyewitness testimony of the New Testament saying, “We do not have the actual words of the centurion…Nor does the text say that the centurion or any Roman representative gave the body a post-mortem examination of even the most rudimentary sort.”
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