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2. HoT PotatoeS! Part 7: "Is The Father Of Jesus The God Of Muhammad?"

3. “Islam represents the most serious opposition to the Christian faith in our time.” ~ Dr. James A. Beverley

4. “A friendly study of all the world’s religious scriptures is the sacred duty of every person.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi

5. “Say not ‘Trinity’. Deist: it will be better for you: for God is one God: Glory be to Him: far exalted is He above having a son.” • ~ Qur’an, (Surah 4:171)

6. “God is not just the Lord to be obeyed but the loving Father to be loved.” ~ Chawkat Moucarry, Christian -Muslim Scholar

7. “You will find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe to be those who say: Lo! We are Christians.” ~ Qur’an (Surah 5:82)

8. “In the final analysis, the claims of Christianity and Islam are incompatible.” ~ Chawkat Moucarry, Christian -Muslim Scholar

9. “Islam was a perpetual reminder to Christendom of the latter’s failure truly to represent her Lord. For if she had done so, Muhammad would have been a Christian.” ~ William Henry Temple Gairdner

10. “Christians and Muslims alike passionately proclaim belief in the one God. But everything depends on the meaning we put into the word ‘God’.” ~ Stephen Neill

11. “No devout Muslim can call the God of Muhammad ‘father’ – but no Christian can refuse.” ~ Timothy George

12. “As there is only one God, so there can be only one Gospel. If God has really done something in Christ on which the salvation of the world depends, and if he has made it known, then it is a Christian duty to be intolerant of everything which ignores, denies, or explains it away.” ~ James Denney

13. “There can be no Christianity without the crucifixion of Christ. There can be no Islam with it.” ~ Timothy George

14. “The non-crucifixion of Jesus is the one irreducible fact separating Christianity and Islam, a fact which is in reality placed there providentially to prevent a mingling of the two religions.” ~ Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Muslim Scholar

15. “Amazing love! How can it be that Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?” ~ Charles Wesley

16. “Slay the pagans wherever you find them, and take Them captive. Besiege them and prepare for them each ambush.” ~ Qur’an (Surah 9:5)

17. “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” ~ Jesus

18. "Fighting is prescribed upon you, and you dislike it. But it may happen that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that you love a thing which is bad for you. And Allah knows and you know not." ~ Qur’an (2:216)

19. “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.” ~ Jesus

20. “But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed!” ~ Galatians 1:8 (NRSV)

21. “He has revealed unto you [Muhammed] the Scripture with truth, confirming that which was revealed before it, even as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel.” ~ Qur’an (Sura 3:3)

22. “We [God] bestowed on him [Jesus] the Gospel wherein is guidance and a light.” ~ Qur’an (Sura 5:46)

23. “Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which Allah has revealed therein. Who judges not by that which Allah has revealed; such are evildoers.” ~ Qur’an (Sura 5:47)

24. “And We sent not [as our messengers] before you other than men whom We inspired – Ask the followers of the Remembrance if you know not!” ~ Qur’an (Sura 16:43)

25. “Say [O Muhammad]: We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.” ~ Qur’an (3:84)

26. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” ~ Matthew 24:35 (TNIV)

27. “Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by the Son.” ~Hebrews 1:1-2 (NRSV)

28. “A scripture whereof the verses are expounded, a Qur’an in Arabic for people who have knowledge.” ~ Qur’an (Sura 41:3)

29. JUDAISM CHRISTIANITY ISLAM Moses Mary Muhammad Torah Jesus Qur’an

30. “The Creator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a son, when there is for Him no consort.” ~ Qur’an (Sura 6:101)

31. “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.” ~ John 3:16 (TNIV)

32. “Allah loves those who keep their duty unto Him.” ~ Qur’an (Sura 9:4)

33. “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” ~ Romans 5:8 (TNIV)

34. “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you lie in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.” ~ Romans 8:14-16 (TNIV)

35. “Jesus said to them, ‘If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.’” ~ John 8:42 (TNIV)

36. “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” ~ 1 John 3:1 (TNIV)

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