Title: Islam
Series: The Elephant in the Room (3 of 6)
Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:3-4
Author: Dr. Joey Rodgers
As we begin today, I have a fun cartoon that was sent to me that I believe speaks to the point of our series.
Cartoon - My Harold was thinking about becoming a Buddhist, but then his knee went out and he couldn't sit that way - so he became a Methodist.
Sadly - I think we'd all be surprised by the number of people who have no idea there's a big discrepancy b/w Buddhism (or whatever) and being Methodist.
If you're just joining us, (2) weeks ago, we began a series comparing the tenets of Christianity w/ those of the other 4,200 religions/cults. As I stated at the start, my heart in this series isn't to condemn or speak condescendingly of another faith, but to clarify our differences to help us to engage people of other faiths.
Remind - we began the series by talking about the infamous/misleading Elephant Analogy that speaks of (6) blind men all touching a different part of the same elephant but describing what they're experiencing in vastly different ways - attempting to teach that so long as you believe in something - you'll be good w/ God.
Problem is - while this sounds nice - when you dig a little deeper you quickly discover that this rationale doesn't work or have a leg to stand on.
(1) The vast majority of the 4200 different religions in existence today believe their way is the only way.
(2) Mankind, b/c of sin, can't get along when they agree on a topic, much less when they can't agree.
(3) The Law of Non-Contradiction definitively settles that we can all be wrong, but we cannot all be right!
Law of Non-Contradiction - something can't be both true and untrue at the same time w/in the same context. So, this law demolishes the warped idea that all roads lead to God. Why? Since every religion/cult has differing beliefs - it's not possible they're all right. In fact, it proves just the opposite - while we can all be wrong, w ...
Series: The Elephant in the Room (3 of 6)
Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:3-4
Author: Dr. Joey Rodgers
As we begin today, I have a fun cartoon that was sent to me that I believe speaks to the point of our series.
Cartoon - My Harold was thinking about becoming a Buddhist, but then his knee went out and he couldn't sit that way - so he became a Methodist.
Sadly - I think we'd all be surprised by the number of people who have no idea there's a big discrepancy b/w Buddhism (or whatever) and being Methodist.
If you're just joining us, (2) weeks ago, we began a series comparing the tenets of Christianity w/ those of the other 4,200 religions/cults. As I stated at the start, my heart in this series isn't to condemn or speak condescendingly of another faith, but to clarify our differences to help us to engage people of other faiths.
Remind - we began the series by talking about the infamous/misleading Elephant Analogy that speaks of (6) blind men all touching a different part of the same elephant but describing what they're experiencing in vastly different ways - attempting to teach that so long as you believe in something - you'll be good w/ God.
Problem is - while this sounds nice - when you dig a little deeper you quickly discover that this rationale doesn't work or have a leg to stand on.
(1) The vast majority of the 4200 different religions in existence today believe their way is the only way.
(2) Mankind, b/c of sin, can't get along when they agree on a topic, much less when they can't agree.
(3) The Law of Non-Contradiction definitively settles that we can all be wrong, but we cannot all be right!
Law of Non-Contradiction - something can't be both true and untrue at the same time w/in the same context. So, this law demolishes the warped idea that all roads lead to God. Why? Since every religion/cult has differing beliefs - it's not possible they're all right. In fact, it proves just the opposite - while we can all be wrong, w ...
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