Warning 1: Kreeft writes this piece presupposing Christians and Muslims ultimately worship the same God, yet they simply understand him differently. In Chapter 3 entitled Jesus and Muhammad, a conversation between Fr. Heerma and Isa arises concerning this very issue and the conclusion is simply that the God of the Muslims and the God of Christians have the same essence. Fr. Heerma argues on page 52 that “Jesus never told the Jews they were worshiping a false God” thus he will not say the same thing of Muslims whose God historically stems from the Jewish faith. As Christian readers our antennae should go up here. It seems as if the Catholic father neglected such clear teaching as John 8:19 when Jesus says to the Jews, “You know neither me nor my father, if you knew me, you would know my Father.” Thus this basic assumption is ill founded and has erroneous outcomes for the entire book. Read the whole review HERE
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Between Allah and Jesus: What Christians Can Learn from Muslims
Warning 1: Kreeft writes this piece presupposing Christians and Muslims ultimately worship the same God, yet they simply understand him differently. In Chapter 3 entitled Jesus and Muhammad, a conversation between Fr. Heerma and Isa arises concerning this very issue and the conclusion is simply that the God of the Muslims and the God of Christians have the same essence. Fr. Heerma argues on page 52 that “Jesus never told the Jews they were worshiping a false God” thus he will not say the same thing of Muslims whose God historically stems from the Jewish faith. As Christian readers our antennae should go up here. It seems as if the Catholic father neglected such clear teaching as John 8:19 when Jesus says to the Jews, “You know neither me nor my father, if you knew me, you would know my Father.” Thus this basic assumption is ill founded and has erroneous outcomes for the entire book. Read the whole review HERE
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