Toronto: Muslim father killed daughter for not wearing hijab
This story goes to prove exactly what I wanted to point out in my last podcast about the many Muslim families in the world today who believe that death is a suitable punishment for their children who commit sin against Allah and their own families.
This is all very tragic, but we must not think that this was merely one man’s evil. This is what Islam teaches throughout many parts of the world. This was merely a sanctioned “death” that many Muslims would approve of, given the daughters rebellion against her family and Allah. But thankfully, this father will be tried in a court of non-Muslim law and hopefully punished in a just way.
Below is the video news report of the murder. But before you view it, image this… what if Canada was one day run by Muslim political leaders and Muslim judges sat on the bench. Would this man be convicted of Murder?
No, he would not…
Intro to Islam
James White has been posting his new video series about Islam on YouTube. This is an excellent introduction regarding what Muslims believe about their own religion, as well as Christianity. I encourage you to watch these three 8 minute videos and learn something about this fast growing religion, especially if you haven’t studied before now. Here are the 3 videos Dr. White has posted so far…
Intro #1
Intro #2
Intro #3
How Open Minded Are You?
| You Are 56% Open Minded | 
|  You are a very open minded person, but you’re also well grounded. Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints. But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line. You’re open to considering every possibility – but in the end, you stand true to yourself. | 
Biblical Training
This is an excellent web site for everyone interested in learning more about God and His word. Especially for those who do not have the funds or the time to train in a traditional education setting. I would encourage everyone who’s interested in learning more about the God and the Bible to visit this web site and register for a class that interests you.
Here is a list of some of the professors who offer courses at BiblicalTraining.org:
- Craig Blomberg
- Gerald Bray
- Bryan Chapell
- George Guthrie
- Danny Hays
- Paul House
- Gordon Isaac
- Peter Kuzmic
- Bill Mounce
- Ron Nash
- Gary Parrett
- John Piper
- Thomas Schreiner
- Robert Stein
- Douglas Stuart
- Timothy Tennent
- Frank Thielman
- Miles Van Pelt
- Daniel Wallace
- Bruce Ware
Enjoy and May God richly bless you as your study His word!
In Christ and In Defense of the Faith,
Ron Paul on “The View”
Here is a helpful video from Ron Paul’s interview on ABC’s “The View.” It was really good to watch Paul turn these women’s thoughts on their heads. Enjoy and please consider him as a serious option for the Republican primary vote coming up next year.
Free Audio Book from ChristianAudio.com!
This month’s free audio book is available from Christianaudio.com. It’s called Dark Night of the Soul and it was written by St. John of the Cross. Use the coupon code DEC2007 to redeem this month’s free audiobook download from Christianaudio.com.

Here is some more info about the book:
With His gentle hand He wounded my neck And caused all my senses to be suspended.
Part poetic masterpiece, part mystic treatise, The Dark Night of the Soul by 16th century Carmelite monk, St. John of the Cross, addresses the feeling of being forgotten by the Presence of the Almighty that every Christian desirous of walking more closely with God must pass through in order to learn to walk by faith and not by sight.
Spiritual persons suffer great trials…by reason…of the fear which they have of being lost on the road, thinking that all spiritual blessing is over for them and that God has abandoned them since they find no help or pleasure in good things. Then they grow weary, and endeavor to concentrate their faculties with some degree of pleasure upon some object of meditation, thinking that, when they are not doing this and yet are conscious of making an effort, they are doing nothing.
Perhaps one of the most widely recognized of the mystical writings, St. John’s classic Dark Night of the Soul is not only practical theology but a beautiful balm of healing to anyone whose heart has ever echoed the words of Christ, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?â€
Challies Dot Com: December Giveaway!
This months giveaway is not available for sign up. Please click on the for more information and sign up. Hurry and enter to win before it’s too late!
Here is some info about the prize this month:
This month’s sponsor is Modern Parables. Modern Parables is “an original Bible study curriculum designed for people who like movies. It is the first in a planned series of film-driven studies on the parables. The films are uniquely designed to parallel the original parable and thereby drive the viewer back toward the Biblical text. The 12-lesson study (with 6 additional lessons on cinema and theology) uses short dramatic films that explain Jesus’ parables using the particular strength of the cinematic medium. In other words, just watching the films helps teach the historical, grammatical, contextual and interpretive elements in the parables.â€
Earlier this month I posted a review of their DVDs (read it here) and concluded “I’m grateful for this series of films, a series which I learned about only recently. I am thrilled to know that it is only the first in what is intended to be a set. I’m going to watch these films often and am certain I’ll enjoy watching them again with my children. I hope I will other opportunities to use them. And I’ll wait impatiently for Volume II.â€
Here is just one of the previews for the series of films:
This series is ideal for Sunday School classes, Youth Groups, Small Group Bible Studies, Community Outreach/Evangelism, Middle and High School Bible Classes and Home School Curriculum.
The Prizes
- First prize: Modern Parables box set which includes all the DVDs, a member book and a leader book, six movie posters (one for each parable…posters measure 11â€x17â€) and ten student books (a value of over $250!).
- Second prize: Modern Parables box set and six movie posters.
- Third Prize: Modern Parables box set.
SAGE Journal Publications – Nov. 30th is the last day!
I just wanted to let everyone know that there are still a few days left to have free access to every one of the SAGE journal publications.
You can download as many articles as you want. I’m trying my best to get as many of the following journals as I can before the November 30th cut off date…
Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Hurry and sign up and download as much as you can. Enjoy!
Children and Islam – Podcast
I’m pleased to announce that the second podcast is now available for download or streaming. This podcast has some new elements to it and we also continue with our discussion of Islam. And don’t forget, if you would like to hear me discuss a particular issue, please E-mail me (glenn at indefenseofthefaith dot org) or leave a comment below.
Children and Islam



