Transcript WELCOME TO THE MEETING HOUSE!

“Islam represents the most serious
opposition to the Christian faith in our
time.”
~ Dr. James A. Beverley
“A friendly study of all the world’s
religious scriptures is the sacred duty
of every person.”
~ Mahatma Ghandi
“Say not ‘Trinity’. Deist: it will be
better for you: for God is one God:
Glory be to Him: far exalted is He
above having a son.”
~ Qur’an, (Surah 4:171)
“God is not just the Lord to be
obeyed but the loving Father to be
loved.”
~ Chawkat Moucarry,
Christian - Muslim Scholar
“You will find the nearest of them in
affection to those who believe to be
those who say: Lo! We are
Christians.”
~ Qur’an (Surah 5:82)
“In the final analysis, the claims of
Christianity and Islam are
incompatible.”
~ Chawkat Moucarry,
Christian - Muslim Scholar
“Islam was a perpetual reminder to
Christendom of the latter’s failure
truly to represent her Lord. For if
she had done so, Muhammad would
have been a Christian.”
~ William Henry Temple Gairdner
“Christians and Muslims alike
passionately proclaim belief in the one
God. But everything depends on the
meaning we put into the word ‘God’.”
~ Stephen Neill
“No devout Muslim can call the God
of Muhammad ‘father’ – but no
Christian can refuse.”
~ Timothy George
“As there is only one God, so there can
be only one Gospel. If God has really
done something in Christ on which the
salvation of the world depends, and if he
has made it known, then it is a Christian
duty to be intolerant of everything which
ignores, denies, or explains it away.”
~ James Denney
“There can be no Christianity without
the crucifixion of Christ.
There can be no Islam with it.”
~ Timothy George
“The non-crucifixion of Jesus is the
one irreducible fact separating
Christianity and Islam, a fact which is
in reality placed there providentially to
prevent a mingling of the two
religions.”
~ Seyyed Hossein Nasr,
Muslim Scholar
“Amazing love! How can it be
that Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?”
~ Charles Wesley
“Slay the pagans wherever you find
them, and take Them captive. Besiege
them and prepare for them each
ambush.”
~ Qur’an (Surah 9:5)
“Love your enemies, do good to those
who hate you, bless those who curse
you, pray for those who mistreat you.”
~ Jesus
"Fighting is prescribed upon you, and
you dislike it. But it may happen that
you dislike a thing which is good for
you, and it may happen that you love a
thing which is bad for you. And Allah
knows and you know not."
~ Qur’an (2:216)
“My kingdom is not of this world. If it
were, my servants would fight to
prevent my arrest by the Jewish
leaders. But now my kingdom is from
another place.”
~ Jesus
“But even if we or an angel
from heaven should proclaim
to you a gospel contrary to
what we proclaimed to you, let
that one be accursed!”
~ Galatians 1:8 (NRSV)
“He has revealed unto you
[Muhammed] the Scripture with
truth, confirming that which was
revealed before it, even as He
revealed the Torah and the
Gospel.”
~ Qur’an (Sura 3:3)
“We [God] bestowed on him
[Jesus] the Gospel wherein is
guidance and a light.”
~ Qur’an (Sura 5:46)
“Let the People of the Gospel
judge by that which Allah has
revealed therein. Who judges not
by that which Allah has revealed;
such are evildoers.”
~ Qur’an (Sura 5:47)
“And We sent not [as our
messengers] before you other
than men whom We inspired –
Ask the followers of the
Remembrance if you know not!”
~ Qur’an (Sura 16:43)
“Say [O Muhammad]: We believe in Allah
and that which is revealed unto us and
that which was revealed unto Abraham
and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and
the tribes and that which was
vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and
the Prophets from their Lord. We make
no distinction between any of them, and
unto Him we have surrendered.”
~ Qur’an (3:84)
“Heaven and earth will pass
away, but my words will never
pass away.”
~ Matthew 24:35 (TNIV)
“Long ago God spoke to our
ancestors in many and various ways
by the prophets, but in these last
days he has spoken to us by the
Son.”
~ Hebrews 1:1-2 (NRSV)
“A scripture whereof the verses
are expounded, a Qur’an in
Arabic for people who have
knowledge.”
~ Qur’an (Sura 41:3)
JUDAISM
CHRISTIANITY
ISLAM
Moses
Mary
Muhammad
Torah
Jesus
Qur’an
“The Creator of the heavens and
the earth! How can He have a
son, when there is for Him no
consort.”
~ Qur’an (Sura 6:101)
“For God so loved the world that
he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal
life.”
~ John 3:16 (TNIV)
“Allah loves those who keep their
duty unto Him.”
~ Qur’an (Sura 9:4)
“But God demonstrates his own
love for us in this: While we were
still sinners, Christ died for us.”
~ Romans 5:8 (TNIV)
“For those who are led by the Spirit
of God are children of God. The
Spirit you received does not make
you slaves, so that you lie in fear
again; rather, the Spirit you received
brought about your adoption to
sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba,
Father.’ The Spirit himself testifies
with our spirit that we are God's
children.”
~ Romans 8:14-16 (TNIV)
“Jesus said to them, ‘If God
were your Father, you would
love me, for I came from God
and now am here. I have not
come on my own; but he sent
me.’”
~ John 8:42 (TNIV)
“See what great love the Father
has lavished on us, that we
should be called children of God!
And that is what we are!”
~ 1 John 3:1 (TNIV)