Chapter Two: Noah and the Noahide Laws

 

 Jesus never once, in all his teachings, uttered the word “Grace”, yet Christians have taken the doctrine of grace to the ends of the earth, in the name of Jesus. Jesus was certainly familiar with this doctrine, found in Torah, yet he didn’t teach it to his disciples. Grace is the doctrine of Moses and Torah and not of Christ. In Allah’s Torah, grace and judgment are the left and right hand of Allah, a decidedly dualistic god who openly confesses that he is both good and evil. He kills and he makes alive.  He blesses and he curses. He offers you grace in one hand or judgment in the other, peace or the sword.

Chapter One: Allah in the Bible

Answering the call of Athan




                  Introduction:

 I never met my mother-in-law.  She died of cancer long before I met her son, but he tells me she was a woman of faith who searched the scriptures daily.   This simple act of religious independence intrigues me, for it identifies her as a seeker of truth.  According to my husband, his mother would sometimes interrogate the minister to the point of frustration, asking questions about doctrine and dogma that he could not answer to her satisfaction. She was looking for something she could not find. Although I never knew her, I am certain I know what she was looking for, a kinder, gentler God she could love and not fear.