You should pray like this... Our Father in heaven, help us to honor your name. Come and set up your kingdom, so that everyone on earth will obey you as you are obeyed in heaven (Mat 6:9-10, CEV)
Dr Jay Smith about Islam's claim that the Qur'an text was orally memorized since 7th century - "this is absolute sheer fantacy!"
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Many Muslims humiliate, slander and hate him, but they can't contradict his knowledge and facts about the Quran and it's history based on experience and thorough research over many years. https://youtu.be/Yu9Nf2_EI4o
WHO IS DR JAY SMITH?
He is a missionary to the Muslim world. One of the most experienced and skilled Christian Apologist about Islam from recent history.
Known for Apologetics, Polemics, Historical Critique of Islam and Christianity.
Smith was born in India in 1953 from missionary parents. He has earned an M.A. in Islamics from the Fuller Theological Seminary, and a PhD in apologetics and Polemics from the Melbourne School of Theology.
Focus on Islam.
In 1981, while studying for his masters, Smith attended a seminar on Islam and noting that there were only 1,500 Christians ministering to Muslims worldwide, he decided to become a missionary to the Muslim world and pursued a second master's degree in Islamic studies from Fuller Theological Seminary.
In 1987, Smith moved to Senegal as a missionary and in 1992, he moved to London where he continued his education at the School of Oriental and African Studies and the London School of Theology.
In 2001, he halted his education to concentrate on apologetics following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
In 2010, Smith resumed work on his Ph.D at the Melbourne School of Theology which he completed in March of 2017. He helped run the Hyde Park Christian Fellowship, which emphasises the use of Polemics with Muslims alongside Apologetics, and has made appearances at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London for over 24 years.
Smith also engages in formal public debates with prominent Muslim apologists and scholars including Omar Bakri Muhammad, Azzam Tamimi, Shabir Ally, Anjem Choudary, Abdur Raheem Green and Edip Yüksel.
Smith believes that although both Islam and Christianity include radicals, moderates, and liberals, it is radical Muslims that commit violence as they take the Qur’an seriously, while radical Christians who also take the Bible seriously serve others in love. He claims that radical Muslims model their lives on Muhammad, while radical Christians model their lives on Jesus Christ. Smith believes the growth in radical Islam in Britain is due to disaffected Muslims, often minimally religious, returning to their Islamic roots. He says that after reading the Islamic scriptures, (the Qur'an in conjunction with the hadith, tafsir, and sira), they come to the conclusion that the Salafi/Athari understanding is the true form of Islam. Smith also believes that although Western actions in the Islamic world can instigate Muslim discontent, it is the Islamic scriptures that encourage the violence. He also rues the fact that moderate Muslims are not able to challenge the radicals using scripture because he believes the radicals have the scriptural authority. Smith believes that ultimately Muslims and others will realize that the Muslim scriptures, coupled with the example of their prophet Muhammad, are irrelevant to modern times.
Smith's polemical approach has been praised by the Salafi Omar Bakri Muhammad who states:
I feel very comfortable with Jay (Smith, the apologist) – with him what you see is what you get. He is no hypocrite, and neither are Salafis. His words and actions match his heart. He does not pretend by saying soft words about Islam. The Qu’ran calls for debate… Most U.S. evangelicals refuse to debate Muslims, unlike the courage of Jay, who boldly cries "Jesus is Lord!"
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Smith_(Christian_apologist)
Please pray for this amazing testimony of what is happening in Iran. We boost (advertise) this for the next 5 days to a very large population.
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Net twee regstellings op die vorige epos met die titel: Homoseksualiteit en die Bybel.
Hoe graag ek ook eerder met die debat wil klaarkry, hoe meer kom dit elke keer weer oor my pad. Omdat ek egter besluit het om ook die Doleer-pad te loop nav die AS-2019 besluite (waar Selfdegeslaghuwelike genormaliseer en aangemoedig word), kan ek nie anders as om ook te bly worstel met die vraag oor wat die Bybel oor die onderwerp sê en om my besluit daarteen voor die Here te verantwoord.
Ek het nou weer na die videos van ‘n konferensie in Moreletapark in 2006 gekyk. DIE BYBEL en SEKSUALITEIT – Aangebied deur ses van ons land se top-teoloë! (Seker nav daardie jaar se AS – sitting?)
As ek die aanbiedings en sterk oortuigings waarmee letterlik elke spreker Selfdegeslag-huwelike afwys op grond van die Bybel (in geheel – nie net oor ‘n paar tekste nie), dan kan ek nie glo dat daar nogtans later so oorgehel is by volgende Alg-Sinodes nie en ons nou by AS-2019 se besluite uitgekom het nie.
Ek dink dit sal baie goed wees om weer die materiaal so wyd as moontlik onder predikante en lidmate se aandag te bring. Daarom het ek moeite gedoen om die inligting (wat ek op Jaco De Beer se YouTube kanaal onder video’s gevind het) hieronder te deel. Deel dit gerus verder met diegene op jou webwerf.
L.W. Ek het nie “toestemming” vir die aanbieders gevra om hierdie weer te deel nie. Ek het die indruk gekry dat van hulle nie meer so gewillig is om hulle standpunte van destyds meer so openlik te propageer nie – ek kan dink dat die druk van ander teoloë wat die AS-2019 besluite intussen so sterk propageer, dit baie ongemaklik vir hulle moet maak en hulle dalk verkies om eerder laag te lê daaroor.
TEMA: DIE BYBEL EN SEKSUALITEIT
1.Prof Stephan Joubert – Die Bybel in die spervuur https://youtu.be/L07NW74nRLY
2.Dr Johan van Schalkwyk – Seksualiteit in O. T. https://youtu.be/6a8yCLn7GSc
3.Dr Marius Nel – Homoseksualiteit in O. T. https://youtu.be/-REDCHGt9cY
4.Prof Jan van der Watt – Hetero en Homoseksualiteit in N.T. https://youtu.be/L8awAANN–0
5.Prof Jan du Rand – Romeine 1: https://youtu.be/hcCtHB3MT3A
6. Prof Hennie Stander: Hetero en Homoseksualisme in die vroeë Christendom: https://youtu.be/b2sr0zlN7oE
Luister gerus en oordink weer jou standpunt.
Chris Visser
19 Januarie 2021
