Muslims should take advantage of the global financial crisis to build an economic system compatible with Islamic principles, influential Sunni cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi said on Sunday.
“The collapse of the capitalist system based on usury and paper and not on goods traded on the market is proof that it is in crisis and shows that Islamic economic philosophy is holding up,” said the Egyptian-born, Qatar-based cleric.
“The Western system has collapsed and we have a complete economic philosophy as well as spiritual strength,” he said at Sunday’s opening of a conference on Jerusalem.
“All riches are ours… the Islamic nation has all or nearly all the oil and we have an economic philosophy that no one else has,” Qaradawi said.
He urged Muslims to “profit from the crisis to bring about the triumph of the (Islamic) nation, which holds the spiritual and material resources for victory.”
I don’t know who’s been writing your questions…
Senator Joe Biden exemplifies the bias of the “regular” news media as he is interviewed below by a new station that actually decided to ask him real and serious questions about the nature of the Obama/Biden campaign. I think, if you listen closely enough, that you will see that the Senator ends up conceding the Socialist/Marxist accusation in his very own answers to the news reporter. For too long the Obama/Biden campaign has gone by with a free pass to America because of the Liberal and Socialistic news media that funnels the information around to exclude the obvious deficiencies in the Obama/Biden campaign policies. Enjoy watching and please think about these facts when you go to vote on November 4th. 🙂
Christian Publication Resource Foundation
Monergism says:
CPRF | Christian Publication Resource Foundation
Lauching the new Website of our 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Biblical Arcing Method of Interpretation
John Piper says:
It was a life-changing revelation to me when I discovered that Paul, for example, did not merely make a collection of divine pronouncements, but that he argued. This meant, for me, a whole new approach to Bible reading. No longer did I just read or memorize verses. I sought also to understand and memorize arguments. This involved finding the main point of each literary unit and then seeing how each proposition fit together to unfold and support the main point. (Biblical Exegesis: Discovering the Meaning of Scriptural Texts, pg. 18, my emphasis)
If you want to learn this method of biblical interpretation (which works especially well in Pauline texts), there is now a website devoting to the art of biblical arcing.
[HT: JT]
IDOTF YouTube Channel
Here is the trailer for the new In Defense of the Faith YouTube Channel. I doubt that I will be posting original videos from myself on the channel, but I do know that I will have favorites and playlists being added on a regular basis. If you’ve seen a debate or video that I’ve posted on the blog and you want to see the individual YouTube files, just go to my playlist page to find that information out.
James 3: A Story
Does you family look like this? Read James, Chapter 3
[HT: JT]
Obama’s Citizenship: We Need To Know!
Building Healthy Churches – Conference Audio
This past weekend my church, Concord Baptist, in Chattanooga, TN, hosted a “Building Healthy Churches” Conference by 9 Marks Ministries. I encourage you to download the audio and listen through all the sessions so that you can help your church become a healthy, Gospel-centered church.
Here are the links re-posted below from the church web site:
Below is the audio from the 9 Marks conference held at Concord on October 17-18, 2008. At this conference, many church issues were examined through the light of scripture to help us discern this question: “What does a healthy church look like?”
[Right click and select “save as” to download them to your computer.]
- Session 1 – A Theological Vision :
Churches that Display God’s Glory
Matt Schmucker- Session 2 – Preaching & Biblical Theology
Michael Lawrence- First Evening Q&A
Michael Lawrence and Mark Dever- Session 3 – Gospel, Conversion & Evangelism
Mark Dever- Session 4 – Membership, Discipline, and Discipleship
Greg Gilbert- Session 5 – Leadership, Membership, Discipline, and Discipline
Mark Dever- Session 6 – Covenanting Together
Matt Schmucker- Closing Session Q&A
Was Muhammad Predicted in the Bible?
Recently I’ve found it to be a common claim by Muslim apologists that Muhammad was predicted in the Bible. Now, you’re thinking, where in the world are they getting that from, aren’t you? :-) Either way, I encourage you to pick one of these three articles and review some of the claims and read about how to respond to those claims. The articles are written in response to Muslim claims and will be very helpful to keep you on guard against a Muslim friend who might make such claims and expect you to not have an answer about them. Please leave your comments and any experiences you’ve had with Muslims on this topic in the comments section below. Here are the articles from Answering Islam:
- Answering Dr. Jamal Badawi: Muhammad in the Bible
By Sam Shamoun - Muhammad in the Bible?
An Analysis of the Muslim Appeal to Biblical Prophecy
By David Wood - Answers to Common Muslim Questions
Also, I’m attaching PDFs of each of them so that you can print them off more easily if you want to read them on paper:
Politics and Principles III
The Folly of Pragmatism
