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The "Little Extra" of Believing the Word of God
Over at the interesting, and often thought-provoking, non-Calvinist blog “Diglot” (anonmyously authored), I found the following statement: I think that today’s Christianity in large part has fused the basics of the Christian gospel message together with many peripheral beliefs. When you become a Christian in today’s Western culture, you are not merely “accepting Christ” but…
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Allah said it?
Muslims sometimes (see footnote 1) make the claim: We should read the Quran believing this is Allah speaking to us, because that is what it is. It is Allah talking to us directly. (source) Similarly: Islam is unique among the Abrahamic religions in its understanding of sacred scripture. While the Hebrew and Christian scriptures contain…