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CS Lewis on the Penal Substitution Theory

CS Lewis in his classic Mere Christianity wrote: ‘The one most people have heard is the one I mentioned before–the one about our being let off because Christ had volunteered to bear a punishment instead of us. Now on the face of it that is an absurd theory. If God was prepared […]

Biblical ‘Prophesy’ of Jesus in Doubt

[I wrote an earlier version of this article which I felt needed revising. This is the second and final version]. Yesterday was Easter Sunday and at Speakers Corner an enthusiastic Christian told me of the amazing prophesy to be found in Psalm 22 concerning Jesus’ death on the […]

Thoughts on The Crucifixion

by Rasheed Gadir Can we reconcile the Christian and Muslim differences over the Crucifixion? Probably not, but we can still explore and look closely at them. We might learn something useful. The Gospels confirm that Jesus was crucified and died on the cross. Muslims insist that he was not […]

When the Dead Walked the Streets of Jerusalem

We’ve seen a few movies which  tried to dramatize the events of the life of Jesus (pbuh) as described within the Christian scriptures, and I’ve almost always been disappointed in them. The one I enjoyed the most is also the one which remained truest to its source material: […]