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Ok go ahead, I want to know what you think about Jesus' response.

Lol, no problem, I am in the U.S.

Thank you, very nice, pardon my Hebrew usage, I only know very little. What do you think of that then with Shabbat having the sense of delight associated with it? It doesn't seem to me that defining work as carrying a matt or rubbing grain in your hands while you walk through a field carries a...

This makes me think of how much I enjoy the story of Jesus disciples picking grain in the field in the sabbath. I love the account because it displays how Jesus fulfills his role as shepherd and with the authority from a very merciful and yet perfectly just God. The issue comes up because Jesus...

Nice insight. “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution… for the land has committed great prostitution by forsaking Jehovah.” (Hosea 1:2) “You must love a woman who is loved by another man and is committing adultery, just as Jehovah loves the people of Israel…” (Hosea 3:1) What husband...

Human freedom in Scripture is not presented in the modern sense as though human beings are isolated and fully autonomous agents; this also touches why the idea of gods or a God was so pervasive in the ancient world and we have lost an intuitive understanding of what that would mean or why it is...

Oh OK, thanks for sharing that is very interesting. So, it sounds like maybe it was more of the lived practice and community that maybe drew you at least at first, is that the case? And I want to pick up on your reading of the OT, are there any stories or prophets in there that spoke to you in...

Hello, thank you for replying. If you don’t mind sharing, I would be interested in hearing about your story and what led you from Christianity to Islam. Was it theological questions about God, or something in the Qur’an that especially drew you? I’m interested in learning how people who have...

Hello everyone, I’m a Christian who spends a great deal of time studying scripture and theology. Over the past few years I’ve also developed a deep appreciation and really fascination for the philosophical and spiritual traditions within Islam, primarily through thinkers such as Henry Corbin and...