What do I do to obtain righteousness by faith and to win salvation by redemption?
The decision of believing in JesusChrist and His redeeming blood on the cross is of great importance in guaranteeing that you will be in h...
Q: Do Christians worship three gods?
The Muslims believe that there is one God “Allah” in the Arabic language which is the same as the Jewish God—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Also they believe in Christ who was bo...
HELPING A MUSLIM UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE
CAN WE TRUST THE Holy Bible TO BE THE TRUE WORD OF GOD?
Although some say the Bible has been changed, this has never been proved. To the contrary, those who examine the evidence fi...
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The Arabic Evangelical Church in the Holy Land
Emmaus Correspondence School (Excellent Bible School)
General Information about Holy Land
Detailed Information about Holy Land
Prayer Requests For Holy Land
Palestinians meet Christ
Seminaries in Holy Land
Area*:
6,327 sq.km.
Population*:
2,895,683 (1997)
Annual Per Capita Income:
US$2,060 (West Bank, 1991) US$1,270 (Gaza Strip, 1991)
Literate Population:
84%
Religions in % of Population (1993):
Muslim (mostly Sunni)
96.7%
Christian
3.3%
Official Language:
Arabic
*I...
What is religion? This question has puzzled theologians throughout human history. But how did religion start in the first place? Why did it start? In order to understand some of these issues, let us have a look at the etymology of the word “religion” itself, and see that when and where this word was used for the very first time in the human history.
The word religion was used for the very first time in the Latin language. The actual word used in Latin was “religio”, which changed into religion when came into English. The roots of the Arabic word “Mazhab” or “Deen” can also be traced back to “religio”. In the Latin language, the word “religio” had three basic meanings; which are Faith, Trust & Belief.
If you further analyse these three words, faith, trust and belief; then you realize that there are actually three different characteristics
A Doctor Meets the Great Physician
My head ached and felt heavy on my shoulders as I struggled to wake up and to focus. I wondered how I had ever gotten home alive from the drunken revelry of the night before. During the day, I worked on my residency at Universite Saint Joseph, one of the finest medical colleges in Beirut, Lebanon. Each night I drank and caroused with women.
Born in the Republic of Lebanon, I attended church-affiliated schools. I excelled academically, but if grades had been given for morality, I would have flunked. I was often transfixed with terror at the thought of dying because my religious education had given me n...