Christianity Archives | Faith and Facts https://www.faithandfacts.com/tag/christianity/ Exploring the intersection between personal faith and public life. Thu, 09 Mar 2017 03:09:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 Is Haiti Cursed? https://www.faithandfacts.com/is-haiti-cursed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-haiti-cursed https://www.faithandfacts.com/is-haiti-cursed/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:09:07 +0000 http://www.faithandfacts.com/?p=2052 In the aftermath of the devastation in Haiti, Pat Robertson made international headlines by claiming that the country is cursed.  Robertson stated that the troubles in Haiti can be traced back to the time they “swore a pact with the devil” while fighting for their independence from France. World leaders and news outlets immediately denounced […]

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]]> https://www.faithandfacts.com/is-haiti-cursed/feed/ 12 Jesus in the Qur'an https://www.faithandfacts.com/jesus-in-the-quran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jesus-in-the-quran https://www.faithandfacts.com/jesus-in-the-quran/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:15:28 +0000 http://www.faithandfacts.com/?p=2012 My good friend Dr. Bud Colegrove sent a paper to me this week and we decided to share portions of it for your review. We have split the material into three posts and redacted the original paper to conform to the space limitations of this blog. You can download the entire paper at this link. […]

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]]> https://www.faithandfacts.com/jesus-in-the-quran/feed/ 14 Jesus in the Qur'an – Answering Islam https://www.faithandfacts.com/jesus-in-the-quran-answering-islam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jesus-in-the-quran-answering-islam https://www.faithandfacts.com/jesus-in-the-quran-answering-islam/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:15:16 +0000 http://www.faithandfacts.com/?p=2024 The Qur’an discusses some relatively superficial incidents in the life of Jesus. However, in spite of the fact that the Qur’an, and some Muslims, holds Jesus in high regard as a Prophet, the Qur’an says virtually nothing about the teachings of Jesus. For that, we must turn to the Bible and the New Testament where […]

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]]> https://www.faithandfacts.com/jesus-in-the-quran-answering-islam/feed/ 3 Jesus in the Qur'an – Pt 2 https://www.faithandfacts.com/jesus-in-the-quran-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jesus-in-the-quran-2 https://www.faithandfacts.com/jesus-in-the-quran-2/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:14:54 +0000 http://www.faithandfacts.com/?p=2008 Surah 2:87 For, indeed, We vouchsafed unto Moses the divine writ and caused apostle after apostle to follow him; and We vouchsafed unto Jesus, the son of Mary, all evidence of the truth, and strengthened him with holy inspiration. [Yet] is it not so that every time an apostle came unto you with something that […]

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]]> https://www.faithandfacts.com/jesus-in-the-quran-2/feed/ 2 Mere Christianity – Reading It Together https://www.faithandfacts.com/mere-christianity-reading-it-together/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mere-christianity-reading-it-together https://www.faithandfacts.com/mere-christianity-reading-it-together/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:58:37 +0000 http://www.faithandfacts.com/2008/12/04/mere-christianity-reading-it-together/ I have just joined a group of believers from across the country in reading and discussing Mere #Christianity by C.S. Lewis. The moderator of the group is Tim Challies and you can follow the discussion if you would like. My blogging friend, David, is prolific writer on these community reviews and has already started his […]

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]]> https://www.faithandfacts.com/mere-christianity-reading-it-together/feed/ 10 Praying for Obama https://www.faithandfacts.com/praying-for-obama/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=praying-for-obama https://www.faithandfacts.com/praying-for-obama/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:31:32 +0000 http://www.faithandfacts.com/2008/11/03/praying-for-obama/ Madelyn Payne Dunham, Barack Obama’s grandmother, died today, she was was 86 and had been battling cancer. She died peacefully in her sleep. The prayers of our family are with Mr. Obama and his family. Psalm 27:1 – The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold […]

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]]> https://www.faithandfacts.com/praying-for-obama/feed/ 3 Faith Intersecting Culture https://www.faithandfacts.com/faith-intersecting-culture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faith-intersecting-culture https://www.faithandfacts.com/faith-intersecting-culture/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:45:24 +0000 http://www.faithandfacts.com/?p=1103 Here are some places that personal faith and public life collide. A good quote to start the day – A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God. – St. Ignatius of Antioch Troopergate – Sarah had the authority to fire him but it is an ‘Abuse of Power’ to […]

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]]> https://www.faithandfacts.com/faith-intersecting-culture/feed/ 4 New ESV Study Bible https://www.faithandfacts.com/new-esv-study-bible/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-esv-study-bible https://www.faithandfacts.com/new-esv-study-bible/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:00:28 +0000 http://www.faithandfacts.com/2008/10/17/new-esv-study-bible/ Many in the Christian community have been eagerly awaiting the new ESV Study Bible. Demand has already been a bit overwhelming for Crossway. Pre-publication demand exceeded 100,000 copies. This is a true study Bible combining dozens, even hundreds, of resource materials for in-depth examination of the Word of God. Personally, I have enjoyed the ESV […]

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]]> https://www.faithandfacts.com/new-esv-study-bible/feed/ 1 The Language Of Prayer https://www.faithandfacts.com/the-language-of-prayer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-language-of-prayer https://www.faithandfacts.com/the-language-of-prayer/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:51:42 +0000 http://www.faithandfacts.com/2008/10/13/the-language-of-prayer/ My friend David has been writing some wonderful stuff lately. He may be a Boomer in the Pew, but he captures a deep truth about the helplessness of prayer. Many recognize that there are times of great stress and strain when speech fails us as we seek God’s counsel. Our vocabulary is impotent to frame […]

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]]> https://www.faithandfacts.com/the-language-of-prayer/feed/ 1 McCain Talks About Personal Faith https://www.faithandfacts.com/mccain-talks-about-personal-faith/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mccain-talks-about-personal-faith https://www.faithandfacts.com/mccain-talks-about-personal-faith/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:30:49 +0000 http://www.faithandfacts.com/2008/10/13/mccain-talks-about-personal-faith/ I have read several stories over the years about John McCain’s Christian faith.  He is of a generation of men that were taught to let their actions do the talking. I am pleased he is beginning to verbalize his faith in Jesus Christ and how that faith helped him as a POW. John McCain has […]

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