Yes, the one thing these churches and Islam have in common is that they both deny the theology of the Cross.  They both teach that holiness is something to be achieved on this earth as long as we are sincere.  I sincerely believe that the person who wrote this article was  also sincere, but sincerely wrong at the same time.  If you have read this article and still believe like the writer that Christianity and Islam have more in common than what he thinks, then you are walking down a very dangerous road.  You are like the sincere driver who made the wrong turn on a dark road which looks right to him at that time but at the end it leads to death Proverbs 14:12.  It does not matter how sincere the Muslim's love for Jesus as a prophet or for others is,  without their faith  in the blood of Jesus alone  in the Bible as God's absolute and eternal word alone,  they will sincerely not have eternal life. If you really believe like the writer of this article that we have more in common than we think, this is your wake up call.  It  is time for you to leave your Mosque and find yourself a church that preaches and teaches the way of the Cross instead of way of glory.

Islam agrees with the Bible that Jesus was born in Bethlehem from a virgin, but at the same time denies his deity as the son of God.  The Quran claims that Jesus is the son of Mary not the son of God and curses those who believe in the Trinity. The Quran denies the crucifixion (Quran chapter 4:157) and orders Muslims to crucify themselves in holy war (in Jihad)  and fight The People of the Book,(Quran chapter 9:29)  believing they are rendering a service to Allah.  Jesus warned his disciples about this in John 16:2-4.  The Quran agrees that Jesus came to the cradle in the city of Bethlehem but denies his suffering and death on the Cross of Calvary to save sinners from eternal death.  Rather than committing wrong, Jesus calls his disciples to suffer wrong and pick up their crosses and follow him. Please read the story below for a real life illustration.

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A week ago, a bomb went off in the heart of a small city (Mosul), North of  Iraq, destroying a big building and tearing down the walls of a small church in the area. A few hours later, I received a local phone call from Yuhanna,  the associate pastor of our first Arabic Church of All Nations here at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dallas, Texas.  He was in tears because three of his uncles and their 18 children lived in that same building and they have suffered major damage and have been forced to live in the cold streets of Mosul.

These families and their children  lost everything they posses,  including their own homes.  For this reason they called and ask their relatives who are present members at the Arabic Church Of All Nations for prayers and support in order to buy food and blankets to feed their hungry children and keep them warm this Christmas. The Iraqi government in the city of Mosul has kept silent with the problem the entire time and has not done anything to help these families yet.  Please keep our local refugee families here in Dallas and their brothers and sisters in Iraq in your prayers.  Please consider making a special Christmas donation this year and make a difference in the Kingdom of Christ.  POBLO-TX is collecting donations from all churches to help feed and keep these families out of the cold streets of Mosul and keep the church alive.

NOTE: As we were putting the final touch on this eNews Letter, we had news that the same church and the families in the area were again attacked for the second time in less than two weeks.

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