Week 7: The Prophet Muhammad, and the Birth and Rise of Islam

Welcome to week 7, my fellow sojourners!  I pray you are blessed by our study together.  This week we move into less-charted waters, as we consider basic information about Islam and the Qur'an.  I'm not claiming to be an expert, but have done my best to verify the information that will be shared this week. …

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Remembering 911

Fourteen years ago yesterday we awoke to a brand new world.  Evil manifested ugliness that day in the terrorist attacks on New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania.  America became all too familiar with radical terrorism, and the world as we know it changed forever. What has been lost since that episode is the urgency in which …

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Is Islam a Religion of Peace?

Welcome back friends!  Are you ready to launch into deeper water today?  Let’s go! Yesterday we took a brief look at the history and theology of Islam.  Today, let’s get back to this week’s big question: “Is Islam a religion of peace?” Where do you go when you want to learn the true meaning of …

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The Truth about Islam

Is Islam a religion of peace?  Many say it is and many say it is not. Let’s begin today’s study with some direct quotes. “The defeatists should fear Allaah lest they distort this religion and cause it to become weak on the basis of the claim that it is a religion of peace. Yes, it …

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