The proverb reads: “Where there is no vision….” (Proverbs 29:18). The lack of vision reflects a human dilemma. When I looked up from my morning run, I saw the rainbow – a divine sign promising God’s covenant with humanity (Gen. 9).
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Relational Characteristics of a Covenant
A biblical covenant sets forth the relational characteristic of a covenant. These characteristics bind persons relationally. For example, the Jews, after the exile, felt lost and aimless in their relationship with the covenant-keeping God, Yahweh. In reassuring them, Yahweh speaks to invite them into a binding relationship again.
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Teaching Inspiration in a Muslim Context
The second chapter of Searching Below the Surface examines the difference between biblical inspiration and the Islamic sense of revelation. Here are a few tips on better teaching about Inspiration in the Muslim context.
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Tips for Teaching about the Oneness of God
My book Searching Below the Surface explores the nature of Oneness in the Bible and Quran. Many approaches exist for teaching these ideas, and here are a few helpful ideas for contrasting these two ideas. In addition, these are extra notes not found in the book, which may help one teach or study these ideas more.
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Searching Below the Surface – Look at unexpected Islamic ideas.
In reading, Searching Below the Surface: A Deeper Look at Covenant and Contract, one expects simple answers to complex issues. However, exploring a much-needed contrast between how the God of the Bible functions in a covenant manner and the Islamic Allah in a contractual way will take the reader into a Scripture dig. The foundations help one to understand marriage as an outcome of these beliefs, leading each of us to discover why biblical marriage is a covenant, not contractual – like Islam.
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Eve’s Creation from Adam a Rejoining of Oneness
At the time of Creation, Adam and Eve were one, and God formed Eve to create further oneness with Adam. Eve’s creation promotes oneness in marriage while avoiding any form of separation.
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