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Futility or Obedience?

Christ seeks to enlist peacemakers in His crusade against evil, but then He also tells his disciples that there will always be wars and rumors of wars. Obedience to the will of God is never an exercise in futility, even if our reason experiences defeat at every turn. 

Proposal for the Establishment of an Organization Devoted to the Search for Peace and Understanding Among People Who Share Irreconcilable Differences

A Proposal by Curtis T. I believe that between Islam and Christianity there are certain irreconcilable differences, and these differences have to do with the basics, the fundamentals of each faith. I believe that Christians and Muslims have one God, because there is only one true God, but we worship different Gods. In other words, the Allah of Christians is not the Allah of Muslims. However, I also believe that God intends for us to find ways to live in peace and to cooperate with each other in caring for the poor, the weak and the disadvantaged among us. I understand, too, that the Quran declares that there can be no peace among us, in some of the later Surah's, but that in so called abrogated verses (who decides when a verse of Allah's speech is to be nullified?), Allah declares that Christians and Muslims ought to 'vie with one another in good works' and that he who abstains from violence is earning rewards for himself in paradise. Is it possible for a contemporar

The Gospel (Injil) simplified, John 3:16-18

Injil John 3:16-18   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.  17  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  18  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.  

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The mystical vision of Louis Massignon: Islam inspired scholar's gratitude, life work and Christian faith | National Catholic Reporter | Find Articles

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