William Tyndale: Burnt at the Stake for Translating the Bible
Epigraph: “Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good […]
‘He was sent to us’: at church rally, evangelicals worship God and Trump
Friday’s rally recognized Trump’s need to retain the loyalty of the evangelical voting bloc that propelled him to victory in 2016 Richard Luscombe in Miami @richlusc Sat 4 Jan 2020 They came to pray with their president, though in truth many came just to worship him. Donald Trump’s Friday […]
Should Psalms be taken out of the Old Testament?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The seventy some books of the Bible got into the canon, sacred collection of books to make […]
China to rewrite the Quran and the Bible to fit ‘socialist values’
SOURCE: DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES China plans to rewrite all translated “classic religious books” to reflect the socialist values of the Communist Party of China. The order was given during […]
Why Thomas Jefferson Rewrote the Bible Without Jesus’ Miracles and Resurrection
Source: History.com The third president had a secret: his carefully edited version of the New Testament. By Erin Blakemore The ex-president bent over the book, using a razor and scissors […]
NPR Audio: ‘I Couldn’t Continue On’: A Former Jehovah’s Witness On Leaving The Faith
Source: NPR TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. I want to read you the headline of an op-ed in The New York Times that recently caught […]
Bible underscores Lincoln’s belief he was to end slavery
Source: Associated Press By JOHN O’CONNOR SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Bible given to Abraham Lincoln in the final months of the Civil War ties together the 16th president’s budding […]
Book Review: Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them)
Source: Muslim Sunrise, the longest running Muslim publication of Americas Book review written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is a book by Professor […]
When Americans say they believe in God, what do they mean?
When Americans say they believe in God, what do they mean? https://t.co/oiqaJheIzA pic.twitter.com/XLRzgF52xr — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) June 13, 2019 Suggested reading Refuting William Lane Craig’s: ‘The Birth of God’ […]
Why I used to believe in the prosperity gospel like Kenneth Copeland believes
Source: Religion News Service By Costi W. Hinn (RNS) — If you haven’t seen the video of Fort Worth, Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland attempting to answer questions about his private […]
Putin: Children to benefit from reading Bible, Quran, Torah
Source: ABNA Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that reading the Bible, Quran and Torah would prove useful for children since all religions are based on humanistic ideas that will […]
A conservative Christian group is pushing Bible classes in public schools nationwide — and it’s working
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer GLASGOW, Ky. — Todd Steenbergen leads worship services in church sometimes, but today he was preaching in a different venue: the public-school classroom where he […]
Jefferson Bible, A Bridge To Modern Islam, Would You Care to Travel?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, commonly referred to as the Jefferson Bible, refers to one of […]
Rejecting Asylum Claim, U.K. Quotes Bible to Say Christianity Is Not ‘Peaceful’
Source: The New York Times An Iranian national was refused asylum by Britain’s Home Office, which cited Bible verses about violence to argue that Christianity was not a “peaceful” religion.CreditFacundo […]
Trump signed Bibles. Heresy? Many religious leaders say no
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER McDERMOTT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump was just doing what he could to raise spirits when he signed Bibles at an Alabama church […]
Will the nation’s third-largest church split up over LGBT debate? Leaders try to reach an answer.
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey In recent years, the deep division over sexuality in the United Methodist Church has led many in the church to use […]
Bible reading in public schools has been a divisive issue – and this old culture war is starting again
Source: The Conversation Officials in six states, including populous ones such as Virginia and Florida, are considering bills permitting the study of the Bible in classrooms. Proponents of these bills insist that the Bible […]
Lecture: Noah’s Ark, Christian Creationist theories and Evolution: Dogmatism and Fundamentalism
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The short 10-12 minute talk is within the first 22 minutes of the video, from minute 10 to 22, after the […]
Bible classes in public schools? Why Christian lawmakers are pushing a wave of new bills
Source: USA Today By Erin Richards, USA TODAY A wave of “Bible literacy” bills emerging in state legislatures would allow more students in public high schools to study the Old and […]
Teaching the Bible in Public Schools Is a Bad Idea—For Christians
Source: The Atlantic BY Jonathan Merritt Shortly after Fox & Friends aired a segment about proposed legislation to incorporate Bible classes into public schools on Monday morning, President Donald Trump cheered these […]
