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Join the ALS Association's Walk to Defeat ALS 16 00:00:40,579 --> 00:00:43,520 and help us find treatments and a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease. 17 00:00:44,060 --> 00:00:47,219 Find a walk near you at walktodefeatals.org. 18 00:00:47,340 --> 00:00:48,280 The news of the day. 19 00:00:48,340 --> 00:00:51,259 The murderer conducted his business as he normally would. 20 00:00:51,399 --> 00:00:52,060 Every day. 21 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,740 Gave no indication that anything was amiss. 22 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:56,299 Only on KID. 23 00:00:56,299 --> 00:00:59,560 When news happens, it happens here on KID. 24 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:01,399 East Idaho's news talk leader. 25 00:01:01,539 --> 00:01:03,659 KID, Idaho Falls, KEG, Pocatillo. 26 00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:06,700 Fox News Radio starts now. 27 00:01:07,359 --> 00:01:10,959 Fox News Radio. 28 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:12,260 I'm Lisa Lissara. 29 00:01:12,379 --> 00:01:14,239 After 23 days on the run, 30 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,040 the second of two escaped inmates from an upstate New York prison is captured. 31 00:01:18,260 --> 00:01:21,700 David Sweat shot and wounded by New York State Police just hours ago. 32 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:23,340 They had hoped to medevac him, 33 00:01:23,719 --> 00:01:25,560 but the weather has been terrible here today. 34 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,519 Heavy rains and heavy cloud cover, 35 00:01:27,519 --> 00:01:31,120 so apparently it wasn't suitable for a medevac today. 36 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,219 If the weather doesn't clear, 37 00:01:33,299 --> 00:01:34,200 they're planning, I believe, 38 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:36,659 to move him via ambulance to Albany Medical. 39 00:01:36,780 --> 00:01:38,719 Fox's Rick Leventhal in Malone, New York. 40 00:01:38,799 --> 00:01:40,359 The other escapee, Richard Matt, 41 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,579 was shot and killed by authorities on Friday. 42 00:01:42,780 --> 00:01:45,900 Two prison employees are under arrest for helping the pair escape. 43 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:49,939 Republican presidential candidates reacting to Friday's Supreme Court ruling 44 00:01:49,939 --> 00:01:52,480 legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states. 45 00:01:52,799 --> 00:01:56,159 Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal saying his state will reluctantly comply. 46 00:01:56,159 --> 00:02:01,700 We were in a situation where we actually had it in our state constitution that marriage is between a man and a woman. 47 00:02:02,260 --> 00:02:04,519 A local federal judge actually upheld that. 48 00:02:04,599 --> 00:02:05,439 It was upheld. 49 00:02:05,540 --> 00:02:08,080 We are now waiting for the Fifth Circuit to reverse that ruling. 50 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,240 They'll implement the Supreme Court's order. 51 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:11,979 We've got no choice to comply, 52 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,900 even though I think this order, I think this decision was the wrong one. 53 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:18,180 On NBC's Meet the Press, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabate... 54 00:02:18,180 --> 00:02:21,599 I don't think a lot of pastors and Christian schools are going to have a choice. 55 00:02:21,719 --> 00:02:24,319 They either are going to follow God, their conscience, 56 00:02:24,759 --> 00:02:28,300 and what they truly believe is what the scripture teaches them, 57 00:02:28,659 --> 00:02:29,900 or they will follow civil law. 58 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,400 They will go the path of Dr. Martin Luther King. 59 00:02:32,460 --> 00:02:33,759 On ABC's This Week. 60 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:37,419 After weeks of price increases, some better news on gas prices. 61 00:02:37,419 --> 00:02:42,580 In the past two weeks, they finally slipped by $0.02 per gallon, and the new average is $2.85. 62 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,680 Analyst Trilby Lundberg with the Lundberg Survey. 63 00:02:44,819 --> 00:02:49,419 The highest price in San Diego at $3.52, the lowest in Jackson, Mississippi at $2.44. 64 00:02:50,139 --> 00:02:54,280 Banks in Greece will remain closed, and restrictions are being imposed on transactions. 65 00:02:54,740 --> 00:02:59,139 The move comes after the European Central Bank refused to increase the amount of emergency 66 00:02:59,139 --> 00:03:01,039 liquidity available to Greek banks. 67 00:03:01,039 --> 00:03:03,620 You're listening to Fox News Radio, Fair and Balanced. 68 00:03:08,669 --> 00:03:11,650 It's Thursday night, and you're grabbing drinks with some friends. 69 00:03:12,009 --> 00:03:15,729 Start it off with a pitcher for the table, which quickly becomes two. 70 00:03:16,349 --> 00:03:17,150 There's pool. 71 00:03:17,909 --> 00:03:18,229 Oh! 72 00:03:19,669 --> 00:03:21,150 And there's the photo booth. 73 00:03:21,229 --> 00:03:22,229 All right, everybody squeeze in. 74 00:03:22,349 --> 00:03:23,030 Say cheese! 75 00:03:24,710 --> 00:03:26,750 Followed naturally by an order of wings. 76 00:03:27,590 --> 00:03:28,430 And another. 77 00:03:29,430 --> 00:03:30,969 Can we get some extra ranch sauce? 78 00:03:31,710 --> 00:03:33,770 Then there's the ceremonial nightcap. 79 00:03:33,770 --> 00:03:35,349 So what are we doing this weekend? 80 00:03:36,330 --> 00:03:49,090 And lastly, it's back to the car, which, if you're buzzed, could be the most expensive 81 00:03:49,090 --> 00:03:49,930 night of your life. 82 00:03:50,449 --> 00:03:56,229 Getting pulled over for buzzed driving could cost you around $10,000 in fines, legal fees, 83 00:03:56,389 --> 00:03:57,669 and increased insurance rates. 84 00:03:58,229 --> 00:04:03,110 Nothing kills a buzz like getting pulled over for buzzed driving, because buzzed driving is 85 00:04:03,110 --> 00:04:03,750 drunk driving. 86 00:04:04,389 --> 00:04:07,689 Brought to you by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Ad Council. 87 00:04:08,389 --> 00:04:10,750 Another shark attack in North Carolina. 88 00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:13,650 Off the coast of North Carolina, sharks are biting. 89 00:04:13,870 --> 00:04:14,710 It's a little scary. 90 00:04:15,710 --> 00:04:18,670 Don't remember seeing so many shark attacks. 91 00:04:18,889 --> 00:04:22,290 The latest victim, a 17-year-old boy swimming in the Outer Banks. 92 00:04:22,490 --> 00:04:25,610 He suffered bites to his calf, buttocks, and both of his hands. 93 00:04:25,750 --> 00:04:31,029 His calf looked all bandaged up, and he had like a bloody towel around his waist. 94 00:04:31,029 --> 00:04:31,709 It was scary. 95 00:04:31,850 --> 00:04:32,230 It was sad. 96 00:04:32,410 --> 00:04:32,949 Really sad. 97 00:04:33,189 --> 00:04:35,930 Saturday's attack, the 6th in the past two weeks. 98 00:04:36,149 --> 00:04:41,149 Earlier this month, a 13-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy lost part of their left arms 99 00:04:41,149 --> 00:04:44,370 when they were attacked by sharks in waters off Oak Island. 100 00:04:44,370 --> 00:04:46,689 Pam Pusso, Fox News, ready to go. 101 00:04:46,750 --> 00:04:50,910 New Mexico State Police say a Boy Scout on a camping trip with his troop has died after 102 00:04:50,910 --> 00:04:54,550 he and three other teens were swept away in a flash flood. 103 00:04:54,930 --> 00:04:59,509 State Police say eight Scouts, three Scout leaders, and a Scout ranger won a 12-day trek 104 00:04:59,509 --> 00:05:01,490 at the Philmont Scout Ranch yesterday. 105 00:05:01,870 --> 00:05:06,550 When the flooding hit, three Scouts were rescued the area in northern New Mexico near the Colorado 106 00:05:06,550 --> 00:05:07,329 state line. 107 00:05:08,029 --> 00:05:11,350 Homeless veterans can now turn to a new VA program for help. 108 00:05:11,350 --> 00:05:15,050 It's designed to help down-and-out veterans find long-term jobs. 109 00:05:15,370 --> 00:05:20,290 The VA's Homeless Veterans Community Employment Service was officially launched this month and 110 00:05:20,290 --> 00:05:25,670 involves more than 150 community employment coordinators to help veterans at VA locations 111 00:05:25,670 --> 00:05:26,250 nationwide. 112 00:05:26,750 --> 00:05:31,410 Officials say coordinators are already helping identify job-ready veterans and setting up 113 00:05:31,410 --> 00:05:35,170 relationships with local employers who may be able to find them work. 114 00:05:35,310 --> 00:05:38,290 They also connect them to resources to help them succeed. 115 00:05:38,290 --> 00:05:43,290 One Marine vet in Cincinnati credits the program for helping him move from a homeless shelter 116 00:05:43,290 --> 00:05:45,649 to an apartment of his own in a few weeks. 117 00:05:45,850 --> 00:05:47,310 Pat O'Neill, Fox News Radio. 118 00:05:47,470 --> 00:05:50,509 Maryland Governor Larry Hogan saying he's begun chemotherapy. 119 00:05:50,889 --> 00:05:54,269 The Republican announced last week he has been diagnosed with an advanced stage of 120 00:05:54,269 --> 00:05:55,629 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 121 00:05:55,970 --> 00:06:00,810 In a Facebook post, he says he's feeling healthy and strong and says he has no side effects from 122 00:06:00,810 --> 00:06:01,370 the chemo. 123 00:06:01,769 --> 00:06:03,629 Lisa LaSara, Fox News Radio. 124 00:06:04,290 --> 00:06:08,819 The exclusive home of Rush Limbaugh. 125 00:06:08,819 --> 00:06:14,019 Okay, so I officially today announced that I identify as skinny. 126 00:06:14,620 --> 00:06:19,480 Now, in the old days, people's reaction to that would be to call me delusional and maybe 127 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:20,500 think I needed some help. 128 00:06:20,660 --> 00:06:21,879 Today, I'm brave. 129 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,279 It's a courageous act to identify as skinny when one is not. 130 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,600 The way I see myself is the way I am, not how you see me. 131 00:06:28,660 --> 00:06:30,480 And if you don't see me that way, you're the bigot. 132 00:06:30,779 --> 00:06:31,439 I'm brave. 133 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:32,579 Rush Limbaugh. 134 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:35,300 Weekdays, 10 to 1 on KID. 135 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,220 From the First Alert Weather Center. 136 00:06:39,220 --> 00:06:44,500 Overnight lows dropping down to about 65 degrees tonight under clear skies. 137 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:48,579 But tomorrow, back up right close to 100 degrees under sunshine. 138 00:06:48,860 --> 00:06:50,060 Same thing on Tuesday. 139 00:06:50,579 --> 00:06:53,360 Overnight lows in the upper 60s for the next few days. 140 00:06:53,639 --> 00:06:57,839 On Wednesday and Thursday, temperatures right around 96 or 7 degrees. 141 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,860 Information is power. 142 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:02,699 Saying that she was born black and... 143 00:07:02,699 --> 00:07:03,579 Get it here. 144 00:07:03,899 --> 00:07:07,480 Had to deal with racism her entire life against her and all this other stuff, which none of 145 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:07,860 is true. 146 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:09,339 Only on KID. 147 00:07:16,189 --> 00:07:16,709 Greetings. 148 00:07:17,069 --> 00:07:22,230 This is Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church with a moment of truth, where 149 00:07:22,230 --> 00:07:25,470 we challenge you to think through an important issue of life and faith. 150 00:07:25,470 --> 00:07:32,689 Today, how does biblical Christianity compare to the religion of Islam? 151 00:07:33,569 --> 00:07:41,209 I'm beginning a series this summer at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Sunday mornings. 152 00:07:41,629 --> 00:07:48,189 And I'm comparing Christianity with Islam and with Hinduism and with Buddhism. 153 00:07:48,189 --> 00:07:54,449 And I will ask three basic questions of each religion to get at them for comparison. 154 00:07:54,889 --> 00:07:59,910 And I will ask, number one, who is it revealed to me that I must worship? 155 00:08:00,269 --> 00:08:02,350 That's the first question of every religion. 156 00:08:02,750 --> 00:08:04,670 Who or what am I to worship? 157 00:08:05,230 --> 00:08:09,850 Secondly, how am I saved if I need to be saved at all? 158 00:08:09,970 --> 00:08:14,290 In every religion, every religion answers this question, how am I to be saved? 159 00:08:14,290 --> 00:08:20,350 And thirdly, what are the fruits of the religion I am bidden to embrace? 160 00:08:20,589 --> 00:08:24,250 Jesus himself said, you shall know them by their fruits. 161 00:08:25,029 --> 00:08:28,829 Well, this is going to be an ongoing series through the summer. 162 00:08:28,990 --> 00:08:34,870 And I invite you to come and visit us at 10 a.m. on Sunday mornings at New Geneva to discover 163 00:08:34,870 --> 00:08:40,269 how Christ our Savior and the faith that he brings compares to what the rest of the world 164 00:08:40,269 --> 00:08:41,029 has to offer. 165 00:08:41,029 --> 00:08:46,850 And today, and for the next few weeks, I want to compare Christianity and Islam. 166 00:08:47,549 --> 00:08:51,590 Oh, do you think it might be relevant to our world today, huh? 167 00:08:51,789 --> 00:08:53,169 Well, of course it is. 168 00:08:53,710 --> 00:08:58,549 Whether we know it or not, dear listener, we are in a life and death struggle for our 169 00:08:58,549 --> 00:09:03,250 very soul as a nation and for our liberties and our way of life, too. 170 00:09:03,870 --> 00:09:10,169 Now, I've been preaching to you Christ, Constitution, and Capitalism for the United States of America. 171 00:09:10,169 --> 00:09:11,450 That's how we were founded. 172 00:09:11,450 --> 00:09:20,470 Each of these, Christ, Constitution, and Capitalism are under assault by the plutocratic tyranny of the world 173 00:09:20,470 --> 00:09:25,909 that has imposed, rather than Christ, it has imposed secularism for our spiritual life. 174 00:09:26,450 --> 00:09:30,730 And rather than our Constitution for our political life, it has imposed statism. 175 00:09:30,730 --> 00:09:38,730 And, of course, rather than Capitalism for our economic life, the plutocratic tyranny of the world has imposed socialism. 176 00:09:39,830 --> 00:09:47,490 And Muslims, I want to say this about Muslims, who share many of the same goals as those plutocratic tyrants, 177 00:09:47,610 --> 00:09:52,009 and, in fact, maybe are the tools of the plutocratic tyrants. 178 00:09:52,009 --> 00:10:02,649 In fact, we have supported the rise of ISIS, for example, in the Middle East, as a tool for destabilization for Syria, for example. 179 00:10:03,090 --> 00:10:10,870 Well, Muslims also desire to impose Islam for our religious life together instead of Christ, of course. 180 00:10:10,870 --> 00:10:19,250 And for our political life together, they intend to impose Sharia law instead of the Constitution. 181 00:10:19,850 --> 00:10:27,990 And then instead of Capitalism for our economic life, Islam intends to impose Tribalism for our economic life together. 182 00:10:27,990 --> 00:10:37,490 And, of course, under Tribalism, you have the Sheikh, or the Caliph, and his clan, who possess and distribute the wealth of the people. 183 00:10:38,169 --> 00:10:43,450 This is the system that is now extant in almost every Muslim country around the world. 184 00:10:44,529 --> 00:10:51,629 And unless we clearly understand these principles, dear listener, we will never be able to defeat our enemies. 185 00:10:52,070 --> 00:10:56,190 We will never be able to defend and articulate our own way of life. 186 00:10:56,190 --> 00:11:02,789 Presently, the plutocratic tyrants who rule us share a common goal with Islam. 187 00:11:03,210 --> 00:11:12,330 That is, the destruction of the remnants of the capitalistic Christian republic that we once knew, that we once were. 188 00:11:12,730 --> 00:11:18,049 And they intend to replace it with the alternative that they wish to impose, respectively. 189 00:11:19,009 --> 00:11:21,389 So, look around you, dear American. 190 00:11:21,389 --> 00:11:26,830 Do you know the heart of Islam and how it compares to Biblical Christianity? 191 00:11:28,009 --> 00:11:31,129 Oh, is Islam a religion of peace? 192 00:11:31,450 --> 00:11:32,289 Look around you. 193 00:11:32,909 --> 00:11:40,029 George Bush characterized Islam as a religion of peace soon after 9-11, trying to mollify and excuse. 194 00:11:40,029 --> 00:11:48,950 Or is it that jihad, which is holy war, is jihad an inseparable component of Islam's spread? 195 00:11:50,389 --> 00:11:56,070 Have the barbaric demons of the Islamic State, and what else can we call them but barbaric demons? 196 00:11:56,669 --> 00:12:02,669 They routinely slaughter Christians wherever they conquer, and they burn, behead, and crucify Christians. 197 00:12:02,669 --> 00:12:13,450 Well, are the barbaric demons of the Islamic State merely hijacking the label of Islam, and they don't really represent the religion? 198 00:12:13,889 --> 00:12:20,649 As the Obama administration, from the president down to the department, has regularly propagandized to us. 199 00:12:20,649 --> 00:12:32,490 Or, does Islam, does the Islamic State, flying the black flag and all that follows in its wake, actually compose precisely what Muhammad and the Quran teach? 200 00:12:34,409 --> 00:12:38,610 So, at the heart of what I try to answer here is this. 201 00:12:38,690 --> 00:12:44,710 Are the two religions, Islam and Christianity, comparable in what they believe and what they inculcate? 202 00:12:45,169 --> 00:12:47,570 Are they comparable in the fruit that they produce? 203 00:12:47,570 --> 00:12:51,889 Is Obama correct when he says, and Obama says this, 204 00:12:52,029 --> 00:12:57,309 Remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. 205 00:12:58,529 --> 00:13:04,710 Is he thereby equating the two religions and excusing the behavior of the Islamic State? 206 00:13:05,710 --> 00:13:08,529 Let's spend some time then examining. 207 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,039 Excuse me. 208 00:13:14,039 --> 00:13:20,799 Examining and comparing Islam and Christianity, okay? 209 00:13:21,419 --> 00:13:24,080 First of all, I want to ask of Islam, 210 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,720 By what authority is this being you're telling me to worship? 211 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,879 By what authority is he revealed to me to worship? 212 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:37,480 Oh, all of the religions of the world share this in common, dear listener. 213 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:45,299 They rely for their authority and their believability upon revelation. 214 00:13:46,139 --> 00:13:48,620 They are, in fact, called revealed religions. 215 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:53,779 By this we mean that a transcendent authority has communicated to us in some fashion, 216 00:13:54,580 --> 00:13:59,639 revealing spiritual truth that would not otherwise be available to us, 217 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:08,080 or, as in the case of Buddhism, would require ages of suffering and countless incarnations to acquire this knowledge. 218 00:14:09,019 --> 00:14:14,419 Now, what Islam and Christianity share in common is that they are revealed religions, 219 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:19,679 whose deity has chosen to disclose himself by means of a book. 220 00:14:20,379 --> 00:14:23,799 Christianity, of course, the Bible, and Islam, the Koran. 221 00:14:23,799 --> 00:14:28,559 Also, both books reveal a monotheistic deity. 222 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:36,720 The Bible reveals the Trinitarian God, that is, who is one in essence, but expressed in three persons, 223 00:14:37,139 --> 00:14:38,899 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 224 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:44,440 Of course, the Koran reveals the so-called indivisible Allah. 225 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:55,840 Now, as one Christian scholar, a converted Muslim, a man named Abdul Salib, observes regarding the Koran, 226 00:14:56,259 --> 00:14:58,659 Salib says, and I quote him, 227 00:14:59,059 --> 00:15:04,440 The Koran is God's final word to Muslims, and is the final word to humanity, 228 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,960 and is the only authentic, authoritative, and reliable information from God, 229 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:14,179 because it is the only information that has not been tampered with and corrupted, unquote. 230 00:15:15,299 --> 00:15:20,740 Now, Muhammad, soon after he began receiving these revelations, 231 00:15:20,980 --> 00:15:25,000 he came to Christians and to Jews, and he tried to say to them, 232 00:15:25,139 --> 00:15:26,899 See, my book is just like yours. 233 00:15:27,980 --> 00:15:33,399 Yet, when the Christians and the Jews of the Arabian Peninsula read the Koran, 234 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:35,740 as it was being developed by Muhammad, 235 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,919 they practically laughed it to scorn, 236 00:15:39,179 --> 00:15:42,500 because it was incoherent and inconsistent with the Bible. 237 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:49,580 Well, then, how did Muhammad and, later, Islam resolve this issue? 238 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:55,480 Well, they said Christians were responsible for changing the Bible, 239 00:15:55,580 --> 00:15:58,879 for corrupting the Bible, while the Koran is pure. 240 00:15:59,980 --> 00:16:08,259 As Salib says, and he sounds very familiar in describing other religions who say the same thing, 241 00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:13,000 What is the solution for the Koran and the Bible contradicting one another? 242 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:17,620 It is the doctrine of tarif, that is the Arabic word for corruption. 243 00:16:18,159 --> 00:16:21,460 And it claims that the Jews and Christians have corrupted their scriptures, 244 00:16:21,460 --> 00:16:26,860 and that is why their Bible no longer agrees with the teachings of the Koran, unquote. 245 00:16:26,860 --> 00:16:33,580 Of course, when other scholars, Christians and Jews, began to point out 246 00:16:33,580 --> 00:16:39,019 that the Koran itself has been compromised at many junctures in its history 247 00:16:39,019 --> 00:16:42,100 and its transmission from one generation to another. 248 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,659 For example, let me give you just one most egregious example, 249 00:16:46,659 --> 00:16:53,200 and that is the Satanic Verses, a book by the same name, written by Salman Rushdie, 250 00:16:53,620 --> 00:17:00,720 the Satanic Verses, in which Rushdie goes into great detail about the portions of the Koran 251 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,960 ostensibly dictated by Satan instead of Allah, 252 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,339 and the inescapable contradiction and error. 253 00:17:08,339 --> 00:17:14,519 The nature of the book, consequently, well, those who point these things out, 254 00:17:15,039 --> 00:17:20,140 they are condemned to death by fatwas of every mullah from Mecca to Minneapolis, 255 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:25,240 even as has happened to Salman Rushdie for publishing his book, The Satanic Verses. 256 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:30,640 But this gets to the heart of another issue, the so-called inspiration of the Koran. 257 00:17:30,740 --> 00:17:35,079 If there are indeed Satanic verses, who inspires the Koran? 258 00:17:35,079 --> 00:17:40,299 Muhammad received visions of revelation over a decade of transmission 259 00:17:40,299 --> 00:17:44,660 in which he went into a cave at Mount Hira on the Arabian Peninsula, 260 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:49,460 where the angel of Gabriel supposedly gave him his initial vision. 261 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,700 Now, at first, realize this, dear listener, 262 00:17:53,079 --> 00:17:55,900 at first, Muhammad thought he was being visited by demons. 263 00:17:56,380 --> 00:17:57,680 Oh, I wonder why. 264 00:17:58,299 --> 00:18:04,059 And these demons are called jinn in Arabic, plural, jini. 265 00:18:04,059 --> 00:18:07,259 Whence we get jini in English, right? 266 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,579 The jini in a bottle, you rub it three times, 267 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,460 and he appears and grants you three wishes. 268 00:18:13,420 --> 00:18:16,019 These jini, or this jinn, 269 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,420 these are the description of those visitations, 270 00:18:19,519 --> 00:18:23,480 and they bear every biblical evidence of demonic possession, I submit to you. 271 00:18:23,839 --> 00:18:27,160 That is, things like Muhammad was writhing on the ground, 272 00:18:27,579 --> 00:18:29,619 he fell into absolute catatonia, 273 00:18:30,380 --> 00:18:33,059 he spoke gibberish and so-called heavenly tongues, 274 00:18:33,059 --> 00:18:36,960 and he also experienced great shuddering fear. 275 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,059 He experienced terror for days afterwards. 276 00:18:41,019 --> 00:18:44,240 And it was only when his wife, Aisha, reassured him 277 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,680 that the spirits must be good spirits. 278 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,099 How did she determine that they were good spirits? 279 00:18:49,259 --> 00:18:51,839 Well, she said that one of those spirits 280 00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:54,559 left her presence when she was about to undress. 281 00:18:54,859 --> 00:18:57,079 The spirit was modest, so it must be good. 282 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:58,039 That was her reasoning. 283 00:18:58,039 --> 00:19:02,940 Only then, after Aisha's reassurance along these lines, 284 00:19:03,319 --> 00:19:08,599 did then Muhammad begin to write down what these jinn told him. 285 00:19:08,599 --> 00:19:11,660 The result is the Qur'an. 286 00:19:12,799 --> 00:19:16,640 The Qur'an is arranged in chapters called surahs. 287 00:19:17,980 --> 00:19:20,160 They are composed in Arabic, 288 00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:25,539 and they range from the longest chapters to the shortest chapters. 289 00:19:26,079 --> 00:19:30,140 And these chapters, these surahs, bear names like the cow, 290 00:19:30,140 --> 00:19:32,799 or the house of Imran. 291 00:19:33,519 --> 00:19:35,059 And there's also a chapter on women. 292 00:19:35,539 --> 00:19:36,839 There's a chapter on cattle. 293 00:19:37,380 --> 00:19:38,460 These kinds of things. 294 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,480 It is important to note this distinction, though. 295 00:19:42,859 --> 00:19:45,480 All those books in the Qur'an, 296 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,019 aspiring to displace the Bible, 297 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:53,259 were given according to the dictation theory of inspiration. 298 00:19:53,259 --> 00:20:02,279 That is, Muhammad and those who take their books by dictation 299 00:20:02,279 --> 00:20:06,980 merely write down what is told them by these jinn or these spirits. 300 00:20:07,299 --> 00:20:11,539 And they were all done within the brief lifespan of one purported prophet 301 00:20:11,539 --> 00:20:15,240 who had them revealed by an angel of light 302 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:16,960 or by angels of light, 303 00:20:17,059 --> 00:20:18,579 sometimes ostensibly Christ 304 00:20:18,579 --> 00:20:22,180 or sometimes an angel like Gabriel. 305 00:20:22,180 --> 00:20:25,700 But the Bible has been given to us 306 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:29,420 in utter contrast to this idea of the dictation theory. 307 00:20:29,559 --> 00:20:31,460 No, the Bible has been given to us 308 00:20:31,460 --> 00:20:34,759 by a divinely inspired human agency, 309 00:20:35,220 --> 00:20:37,339 God and man working together, 310 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:41,200 God working through the personality and gifts of a particular man. 311 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,000 The Apostle Peter says, for example, 312 00:20:44,420 --> 00:20:46,059 in 2 Peter 1, he says, 313 00:20:46,220 --> 00:20:47,480 knowing this, first of all, 314 00:20:47,759 --> 00:20:51,859 that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation, 315 00:20:51,859 --> 00:20:55,559 for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, 316 00:20:55,559 --> 00:20:58,380 but men spoke from God 317 00:20:58,380 --> 00:21:01,660 as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit, unquote. 318 00:21:01,940 --> 00:21:06,140 This is that sense of the divinely inspired human agency, 319 00:21:07,019 --> 00:21:09,680 man speaking through the personality and being, 320 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,819 or God speaking through the personality and being of a particular man 321 00:21:13,819 --> 00:21:15,819 and his personality and his gifts. 322 00:21:15,819 --> 00:21:21,480 So, all of these in the Bible, 323 00:21:22,039 --> 00:21:24,740 these prophets, inspired prophets, individuals 324 00:21:24,740 --> 00:21:27,480 whose message and themes and motifs 325 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,059 nevertheless beautifully comport with one another 326 00:21:31,059 --> 00:21:34,160 and speak the same message one with another, 327 00:21:34,519 --> 00:21:37,079 these were all composed by multiple authors 328 00:21:37,079 --> 00:21:39,099 over millennia of time. 329 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:40,980 So, I submit to you, 330 00:21:41,059 --> 00:21:44,339 this is a crucial test of the authority of those respective books. 331 00:21:44,339 --> 00:21:47,740 Are they given by one man and his brief lifespan 332 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,299 and dictated, 333 00:21:49,619 --> 00:21:52,000 or are they given through human agency, 334 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,779 through human personality and distinctions and gifts 335 00:21:54,779 --> 00:21:57,779 over millennia and millennia of time like the Bible? 336 00:21:59,039 --> 00:22:02,599 Once again, commenting on the Quran, 337 00:22:03,319 --> 00:22:05,980 there's a website called thereligionofpeace.com. 338 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:07,940 This is one of my favorite websites. 339 00:22:07,940 --> 00:22:13,420 They say Muhammad's Quran did not contain a single original moral value 340 00:22:13,420 --> 00:22:16,740 and it contributed only one new idea to world religion, 341 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,359 and that is, Muhammad is Allah's prophet. 342 00:22:20,059 --> 00:22:23,880 In fact, Allah seemed oddly preoccupied with making sure 343 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,740 Muslims knew to obey Muhammad's every earthly wish, 344 00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:30,799 as this mandate is repeated at least 20 times 345 00:22:30,799 --> 00:22:32,720 in the narration of the Quran, unquote. 346 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:39,000 Well, secondly, as we explore the nature of Islam 347 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,259 in comparison to Christianity, 348 00:22:41,559 --> 00:22:42,779 we also must ask, 349 00:22:43,079 --> 00:22:45,220 who is Allah and who is his prophet? 350 00:22:45,900 --> 00:22:47,759 Who is Allah, dear listener? 351 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,400 Who is he really at base, at core, 352 00:22:50,599 --> 00:22:51,880 and who is his prophet? 353 00:22:52,579 --> 00:22:54,619 Oh, the city of Mecca 354 00:22:54,619 --> 00:22:56,700 was on the desert trade route 355 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:58,240 through the Arabian Peninsula. 356 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:02,480 For centuries, Jews had a community there, 357 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,220 and then in more recent centuries, 358 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:05,880 as we approach the time of Muhammad, 359 00:23:06,420 --> 00:23:08,859 Christian enclaves began to appear. 360 00:23:09,740 --> 00:23:10,880 And with them, of course, 361 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,180 with Jews and with Christians, 362 00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:16,400 the doctrines of monotheism came in their wake. 363 00:23:17,259 --> 00:23:19,579 There is one God over all, says monotheism, 364 00:23:19,839 --> 00:23:22,859 one God over all, creator of all things, 365 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,339 and who is alone deserving of worship, 366 00:23:25,859 --> 00:23:27,119 the essence of monotheism. 367 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,640 And this message came to the pagan tribes of Arabia, 368 00:23:31,059 --> 00:23:33,660 one of those tribes being the Qurash, 369 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:37,559 belonging to which was the young orphan Muhammad, 370 00:23:38,099 --> 00:23:41,079 who at the time was being raised by his uncle. 371 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,859 And there, in the Qurash tribe, 372 00:23:44,420 --> 00:23:47,079 was a primitive form of animism. 373 00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:48,460 What is animism? 374 00:23:48,619 --> 00:23:51,099 Animism is still practiced all over the world. 375 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,180 Animism says that the realm of nature 376 00:23:55,180 --> 00:23:57,980 is occupied by animating spirits. 377 00:23:58,180 --> 00:24:01,000 Thus, we have animism from animating spirits. 378 00:24:01,660 --> 00:24:04,500 That is, rocks and trees and streams and animals, 379 00:24:04,619 --> 00:24:07,160 all of nature is filled with animating spirits. 380 00:24:08,019 --> 00:24:10,279 And the premier object of the Qurash 381 00:24:10,279 --> 00:24:12,059 was the Kaaba Stone, 382 00:24:12,579 --> 00:24:14,700 a large black meteor. 383 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:17,960 Still, of course, in Mecca today, 384 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:19,720 the Kaaba Stone, 385 00:24:20,019 --> 00:24:21,480 the large black meteor 386 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,460 that ostensibly had fallen from the sky 387 00:24:23,460 --> 00:24:24,759 in the days of Adam and Eve. 388 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,420 And Muslim tradition has it 389 00:24:27,420 --> 00:24:29,380 that this Kaaba Stone 390 00:24:29,380 --> 00:24:30,940 was originally white, 391 00:24:31,299 --> 00:24:32,519 but that over the centuries, 392 00:24:32,519 --> 00:24:33,859 it has turned black 393 00:24:33,859 --> 00:24:35,839 by absorbing the sins of believers. 394 00:24:35,839 --> 00:24:40,740 Now, the historian Alfred Juliom, 395 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,059 in his book, Islam, 396 00:24:43,859 --> 00:24:45,539 Alfred Juliom says, 397 00:24:45,940 --> 00:24:48,559 these stones served as altars 398 00:24:48,559 --> 00:24:50,740 and the blood of the human victims, 399 00:24:51,079 --> 00:24:52,400 that is, human sacrifice, 400 00:24:52,779 --> 00:24:54,319 the blood of the human victims 401 00:24:54,319 --> 00:24:57,220 was smeared or poured on these stones 402 00:24:57,220 --> 00:25:00,220 while the tribesmen danced round the stone. 403 00:25:01,140 --> 00:25:03,000 Herodotus states very credibly 404 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,339 that blood brotherhood 405 00:25:04,339 --> 00:25:05,880 was established in this way. 406 00:25:06,940 --> 00:25:08,700 Alfred Juliom goes on to say, 407 00:25:09,019 --> 00:25:11,099 the devotees licked the blood 408 00:25:11,099 --> 00:25:13,059 or dipped their hands in it, 409 00:25:13,259 --> 00:25:15,099 and thus reciprocal bond 410 00:25:15,099 --> 00:25:16,420 held them to one another 411 00:25:16,420 --> 00:25:17,920 and the deity 412 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,099 to whom the stone belonged. 413 00:25:21,039 --> 00:25:23,339 This is indeed, unquote, then, too. 414 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:24,920 This is from Alfred Juliom 415 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,259 and his book, Islam. 416 00:25:27,180 --> 00:25:27,720 Dear listener, 417 00:25:28,539 --> 00:25:30,619 this is partial history 418 00:25:30,619 --> 00:25:31,839 of the Kaaba Stone 419 00:25:31,839 --> 00:25:33,900 that is still revered 420 00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:36,339 and to which pilgrimages 421 00:25:36,339 --> 00:25:38,279 are made yet by Muslims. 422 00:25:39,619 --> 00:25:40,940 When Muhammad entered 423 00:25:40,940 --> 00:25:42,799 the shrine of the Kaaba Stone, 424 00:25:43,059 --> 00:25:44,259 following his exile 425 00:25:44,259 --> 00:25:45,339 from Mecca to Benina 426 00:25:45,339 --> 00:25:46,700 and his return to Mecca, 427 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:48,519 well, Muhammad found 428 00:25:48,519 --> 00:25:49,240 that the shrine 429 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,420 was filled with 360 gods, 430 00:25:51,519 --> 00:25:54,259 only one of whom was Allah. 431 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:55,900 Yes, dear listener, 432 00:25:56,539 --> 00:25:57,900 very few people realize 433 00:25:57,900 --> 00:25:59,920 that Allah was originally 434 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:02,519 only one of 360 gods 435 00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:05,000 in this panoply of pagan gods. 436 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:06,660 And Muhammad, 437 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:08,460 well, what he did 438 00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:10,819 in order to establish monotheism, 439 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:11,400 ostensibly, 440 00:26:11,660 --> 00:26:13,500 what he did was to clear out 441 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:14,720 all the other gods 442 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,019 and left only the Kaaba Stone 443 00:26:18,019 --> 00:26:20,160 and dedicated it then to Allah, 444 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:20,819 declaring, 445 00:26:20,819 --> 00:26:22,059 there is no God 446 00:26:22,059 --> 00:26:22,720 but Allah 447 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:23,759 and Muhammad, 448 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:24,759 that is himself, 449 00:26:24,940 --> 00:26:26,579 and Muhammad is his prophet. 450 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,140 He went on to say then, 451 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:29,960 superstition is now banned 452 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:30,680 from Arabia. 453 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:32,380 Oh, dear listener, 454 00:26:33,660 --> 00:26:36,640 Allah is early interpreted too. 455 00:26:37,279 --> 00:26:38,900 Not many people realize this, 456 00:26:38,980 --> 00:26:39,579 but in Arabic, 457 00:26:40,319 --> 00:26:41,799 Allah is early on 458 00:26:41,799 --> 00:26:44,059 interpreted as moon god. 459 00:26:44,460 --> 00:26:45,720 And this is who Allah was 460 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,059 when he was indeed 461 00:26:47,059 --> 00:26:49,059 only one of 360 other gods 462 00:26:49,779 --> 00:26:50,559 of the Qur'ash. 463 00:26:51,299 --> 00:26:53,279 He was only relegated 464 00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:55,279 to the idea of a moon god. 465 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,480 And despite the protests 466 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,460 of Muslim scholars today, 467 00:26:59,559 --> 00:27:00,599 this is the case. 468 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:03,380 And the practices of Muslims today, 469 00:27:03,539 --> 00:27:05,279 things like bowing in prayer 470 00:27:05,279 --> 00:27:06,440 five times a day 471 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:07,920 in the direction of Mecca, 472 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,079 every Muslim is expected to do this, 473 00:27:10,079 --> 00:27:12,160 well, it's the same practice 474 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:13,859 as that practice 475 00:27:13,859 --> 00:27:15,519 by the pagan tribesmen 476 00:27:15,519 --> 00:27:16,559 of Muhammad's day. 477 00:27:17,059 --> 00:27:18,940 Additionally, 478 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,700 we can say that the moon god, 479 00:27:22,180 --> 00:27:22,460 Allah, 480 00:27:22,980 --> 00:27:24,119 when he was only one 481 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:25,920 of 360 other gods, 482 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,380 well, Allah's character 483 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:29,400 has not changed 484 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:30,460 from that day. 485 00:27:30,579 --> 00:27:31,460 For example, 486 00:27:32,319 --> 00:27:34,299 Allah still demands blood 487 00:27:34,299 --> 00:27:35,460 even as the moon god, 488 00:27:35,539 --> 00:27:36,500 the pagan moon god 489 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:37,299 demanded blood, 490 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:38,880 the pagan moon god Allah. 491 00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:41,339 Well, Allah still demands blood 492 00:27:41,339 --> 00:27:42,920 only it is the blood now 493 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,980 of the sacrificial victims 494 00:27:44,980 --> 00:27:46,299 or infidels. 495 00:27:46,859 --> 00:27:48,980 We see this blood letting 496 00:27:48,980 --> 00:27:51,079 all over the Muslim world today 497 00:27:51,079 --> 00:27:52,039 as they slaughter Christians 498 00:27:52,039 --> 00:27:53,740 and non-believers. 499 00:27:53,740 --> 00:27:56,339 And we must also point out 500 00:27:56,339 --> 00:27:59,099 that while Christ shed his own blood 501 00:27:59,099 --> 00:28:00,160 to save others, 502 00:28:00,980 --> 00:28:03,380 Muhammad shed the blood of others 503 00:28:03,380 --> 00:28:04,720 in order to save himself. 504 00:28:05,059 --> 00:28:06,839 And Muslims still do this today, 505 00:28:06,940 --> 00:28:07,519 do they not? 506 00:28:07,579 --> 00:28:09,039 That's a very pagan practice 507 00:28:09,039 --> 00:28:11,039 to shed the blood of infidels 508 00:28:11,039 --> 00:28:12,720 in order to save oneself. 509 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:13,619 And indeed, 510 00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:16,420 in the salvation scheme 511 00:28:16,420 --> 00:28:17,140 of Islam, 512 00:28:17,539 --> 00:28:19,339 one's guaranteed salvation 513 00:28:19,339 --> 00:28:20,640 is only achieved 514 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,819 when one practices jihad, 515 00:28:22,980 --> 00:28:23,960 that is the shedding 516 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,700 of the blood of infidels 517 00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:27,279 in order to save oneself. 518 00:28:27,660 --> 00:28:29,380 This is a very pagan practice, 519 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:29,960 dear listener. 520 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:31,839 And of course, 521 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:33,720 Allah is absolutely transcendent, 522 00:28:34,319 --> 00:28:35,579 such that there is nothing 523 00:28:35,579 --> 00:28:37,240 personal about him at all. 524 00:28:37,559 --> 00:28:39,140 Not so with biblical Christianity. 525 00:28:39,759 --> 00:28:41,160 Biblical Christianity says, 526 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:42,079 in contrast, 527 00:28:42,519 --> 00:28:43,140 that Yahweh, 528 00:28:43,299 --> 00:28:44,319 that the God of the Bible 529 00:28:44,319 --> 00:28:45,240 is transcendent, 530 00:28:45,299 --> 00:28:45,720 of course, 531 00:28:45,859 --> 00:28:46,579 in his nature, 532 00:28:46,940 --> 00:28:48,319 but he is also imminent 533 00:28:48,319 --> 00:28:49,579 in his presence 534 00:28:49,579 --> 00:28:50,539 in, 535 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:51,819 but not of, 536 00:28:52,039 --> 00:28:52,700 his creation. 537 00:28:53,279 --> 00:28:53,539 Indeed, 538 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:54,960 we say that the God of the Bible 539 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,019 is imminent in his creation. 540 00:28:57,460 --> 00:28:57,960 That is, 541 00:28:58,059 --> 00:28:59,140 he is personal 542 00:28:59,140 --> 00:29:00,420 and he is present 543 00:29:00,420 --> 00:29:01,400 and he is accessible 544 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:02,700 through the mediator, 545 00:29:02,819 --> 00:29:03,519 Jesus Christ. 546 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:04,240 So, 547 00:29:04,460 --> 00:29:05,700 Yahweh is utterly different 548 00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:06,259 than Allah. 549 00:29:06,859 --> 00:29:07,880 We do not worship 550 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:08,759 the same God, 551 00:29:08,940 --> 00:29:09,400 dear listener, 552 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:10,599 while others may try 553 00:29:10,599 --> 00:29:12,099 to lull you to sleep 554 00:29:12,099 --> 00:29:14,259 and to pave over 555 00:29:14,259 --> 00:29:14,900 the differences 556 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:16,000 between Allah 557 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,299 and Yahweh. 558 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,400 There is a world's worth 559 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:19,799 of difference. 560 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,480 There is a salvation's world 561 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:22,160 worth of difference 562 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,799 between Allah and Yahweh. 563 00:29:24,140 --> 00:29:25,480 They are not the same gods. 564 00:29:26,259 --> 00:29:27,079 God of the Bible 565 00:29:27,079 --> 00:29:27,799 is accessible. 566 00:29:28,019 --> 00:29:28,660 He is personal 567 00:29:28,660 --> 00:29:30,279 and you may have contact. 568 00:29:30,460 --> 00:29:31,579 You may live with him 569 00:29:31,579 --> 00:29:32,880 through his mediator, 570 00:29:33,140 --> 00:29:33,880 his own son, 571 00:29:33,940 --> 00:29:34,920 the Lord Jesus Christ. 572 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,380 And we also must point out 573 00:29:37,380 --> 00:29:37,640 to you 574 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:38,720 that while Christ 575 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:39,920 brings peace, 576 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:41,799 brings two biblical 577 00:29:41,799 --> 00:29:43,420 shalom with God 578 00:29:43,420 --> 00:29:44,819 through reconciliation 579 00:29:44,819 --> 00:29:46,500 of your sins. 580 00:29:46,619 --> 00:29:46,940 That is, 581 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:47,740 in Christ, 582 00:29:47,839 --> 00:29:48,500 you have forgiveness 583 00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:49,079 of sins 584 00:29:49,079 --> 00:29:49,900 and therefore, 585 00:29:50,119 --> 00:29:51,079 you are reconciled 586 00:29:51,079 --> 00:29:51,740 unto God 587 00:29:51,740 --> 00:29:52,980 and you live with him, 588 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:54,119 you have a personal 589 00:29:54,119 --> 00:29:55,220 relationship with him, 590 00:29:55,319 --> 00:29:56,500 you have peace with him, 591 00:29:56,779 --> 00:29:57,460 you have shalom 592 00:29:57,460 --> 00:29:58,059 with God 593 00:29:58,059 --> 00:29:58,700 through Christ 594 00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:00,819 and you have shalom, 595 00:30:00,980 --> 00:30:01,539 you have peace 596 00:30:01,539 --> 00:30:02,579 with your fellow man 597 00:30:02,579 --> 00:30:04,000 too because of Christ. 598 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:05,539 In utter contrast, 599 00:30:06,079 --> 00:30:08,019 Islam instead of peace 600 00:30:08,019 --> 00:30:09,359 means submission. 601 00:30:10,359 --> 00:30:12,099 The primary relationship 602 00:30:12,099 --> 00:30:13,720 between Allah 603 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,519 and those who serve him 604 00:30:15,519 --> 00:30:16,779 is that of master 605 00:30:16,779 --> 00:30:17,799 and slave, 606 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:19,640 master and servant, 607 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:21,200 master and slave. 608 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:22,920 That's what the relationship 609 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,019 to Allah means 610 00:30:24,019 --> 00:30:24,700 with you, 611 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:25,359 dear listener. 612 00:30:25,559 --> 00:30:26,700 If you adopt 613 00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:28,380 Islam as your religion, 614 00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:30,700 your primary relationship 615 00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:32,119 becomes that of 616 00:30:32,119 --> 00:30:33,700 slave or servant 617 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:34,619 to master. 618 00:30:35,819 --> 00:30:37,119 You are then 619 00:30:37,119 --> 00:30:37,779 a servant 620 00:30:37,779 --> 00:30:38,980 or a slave 621 00:30:38,980 --> 00:30:39,559 to Allah 622 00:30:39,559 --> 00:30:40,319 and his will. 623 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:42,339 What is his will 624 00:30:42,339 --> 00:30:42,619 then, 625 00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:43,079 dear listener? 626 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:44,220 What is the will 627 00:30:44,220 --> 00:30:45,099 of Allah for you? 628 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:46,839 First of all, 629 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:47,420 it is to 630 00:30:47,420 --> 00:30:48,859 practice 631 00:30:48,859 --> 00:30:50,240 complete submission, 632 00:30:51,039 --> 00:30:52,519 complete submission 633 00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:55,180 of the, 634 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:56,720 of yourself 635 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:57,460 to the house 636 00:30:57,460 --> 00:30:58,059 of Islam, 637 00:30:58,400 --> 00:30:59,680 the Dar al-Islam. 638 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:00,960 And then you must 639 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,059 fight in jihad 640 00:31:02,059 --> 00:31:03,240 against the house 641 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:03,819 of war, 642 00:31:04,079 --> 00:31:05,700 that is the Dar al-harb. 643 00:31:06,059 --> 00:31:06,859 There is indeed 644 00:31:06,859 --> 00:31:07,460 in Islam 645 00:31:07,460 --> 00:31:08,539 only two houses. 646 00:31:08,980 --> 00:31:09,880 There is the house 647 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:10,500 of Islam, 648 00:31:10,940 --> 00:31:11,900 that is those 649 00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:13,099 of the fellow believer, 650 00:31:13,339 --> 00:31:13,980 and then there is 651 00:31:13,980 --> 00:31:14,900 the house of war, 652 00:31:15,220 --> 00:31:16,440 the Dar al-harb, 653 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:18,119 that is those 654 00:31:18,119 --> 00:31:19,200 who do not believe, 655 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:20,119 the house 656 00:31:20,119 --> 00:31:20,900 of the infidel, 657 00:31:21,339 --> 00:31:21,980 the house 658 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:22,660 of those that must 659 00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:23,400 be converted 660 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:24,779 or made 661 00:31:24,779 --> 00:31:25,720 to submit 662 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:26,420 to Allah. 663 00:31:26,420 --> 00:31:28,200 And then there is 664 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:28,519 of course 665 00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:30,119 the outward conformity 666 00:31:30,119 --> 00:31:31,319 to the five practices 667 00:31:31,319 --> 00:31:32,140 of Islam. 668 00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:34,420 Islam is entirely 669 00:31:34,420 --> 00:31:35,859 an outward religion, 670 00:31:36,019 --> 00:31:37,200 not an inner change 671 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:37,680 of the heart, 672 00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:39,039 but an outward change 673 00:31:39,039 --> 00:31:39,619 of the behavior. 674 00:31:40,279 --> 00:31:41,019 You must practice 675 00:31:41,019 --> 00:31:42,039 the five pillars 676 00:31:42,039 --> 00:31:42,579 of Islam 677 00:31:42,579 --> 00:31:43,339 as they are called. 678 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:44,319 You must practice 679 00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:45,339 the shahara, 680 00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:46,380 that is you must 681 00:31:46,380 --> 00:31:47,259 declare there is 682 00:31:47,259 --> 00:31:48,559 no God but Allah 683 00:31:48,559 --> 00:31:49,700 and Muhammad 684 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:50,440 is his prophet. 685 00:31:51,319 --> 00:31:52,299 There is the second 686 00:31:52,299 --> 00:31:52,740 practice, 687 00:31:52,740 --> 00:31:53,839 that is the salat, 688 00:31:54,559 --> 00:31:55,440 which is prayer 689 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:56,359 five times a day. 690 00:31:57,019 --> 00:31:58,700 The third pillar 691 00:31:58,700 --> 00:31:59,299 of Islam 692 00:31:59,299 --> 00:32:00,339 is the zakat, 693 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:01,380 that is the giving 694 00:32:01,380 --> 00:32:02,579 of alms to the poor. 695 00:32:03,359 --> 00:32:04,240 There is the fourth 696 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,240 pillar of Islam 697 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:06,680 and that is the psalm, 698 00:32:07,099 --> 00:32:08,059 that is fasting 699 00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:09,259 or observing Ramadan 700 00:32:09,259 --> 00:32:10,799 for one month 701 00:32:10,799 --> 00:32:11,440 of the year. 702 00:32:11,940 --> 00:32:12,599 And then there is 703 00:32:12,599 --> 00:32:13,319 the fifth pillar 704 00:32:13,319 --> 00:32:14,140 of Islam, 705 00:32:14,299 --> 00:32:15,460 which is the hajj, 706 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:16,500 that is the pilgrimage 707 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:17,440 to Mecca 708 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:18,940 once in a lifetime, 709 00:32:19,059 --> 00:32:19,660 if at all, 710 00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:21,299 practically possible. 711 00:32:21,299 --> 00:32:22,400 So these, 712 00:32:22,799 --> 00:32:22,980 then, 713 00:32:23,180 --> 00:32:23,880 are the things 714 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:24,920 to which you must 715 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:25,660 submit. 716 00:32:26,420 --> 00:32:27,359 To which you must 717 00:32:27,359 --> 00:32:29,339 serve as a slave 718 00:32:29,339 --> 00:32:30,740 or servant of Allah 719 00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:32,279 in being in submission 720 00:32:32,279 --> 00:32:32,819 to him 721 00:32:32,819 --> 00:32:33,500 and remembering, 722 00:32:33,859 --> 00:32:34,259 of course, 723 00:32:34,380 --> 00:32:35,200 always that Islam 724 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:36,180 means submission 725 00:32:36,180 --> 00:32:37,619 and not peace. 726 00:32:38,619 --> 00:32:39,700 One of my favorite 727 00:32:39,700 --> 00:32:40,619 scholars R.J. 728 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:41,119 Washington 729 00:32:41,119 --> 00:32:42,640 rightly observes 730 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:43,720 that Allah 731 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,539 demands outward 732 00:32:45,539 --> 00:32:46,279 conformity 733 00:32:46,279 --> 00:32:47,539 to the five laws, 734 00:32:47,859 --> 00:32:48,740 which are exterior 735 00:32:48,740 --> 00:32:49,559 to the heart, 736 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:50,980 with no inward 737 00:32:50,980 --> 00:32:52,299 transformation required 738 00:32:52,299 --> 00:32:53,880 that he might be saved, 739 00:32:53,980 --> 00:32:54,500 while, of course, 740 00:32:54,619 --> 00:32:55,500 Christ demands 741 00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:57,059 an inward transformation 742 00:32:57,059 --> 00:32:58,000 of the heart 743 00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,359 that the sinner 744 00:32:59,359 --> 00:33:00,359 might be saved 745 00:33:00,359 --> 00:33:01,920 and then that the law 746 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:02,740 of love 747 00:33:02,740 --> 00:33:03,700 might be kept 748 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:04,759 by the whole man 749 00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:06,099 in all of his life. 750 00:33:06,099 --> 00:33:07,119 Dear listener, 751 00:33:07,220 --> 00:33:07,839 I submit to you, 752 00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:09,240 Islam and Christianity 753 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:10,700 do not share 754 00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:11,680 a common God. 755 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:12,559 They are as different 756 00:33:12,559 --> 00:33:13,539 as night and day. 757 00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:16,240 I encourage you 758 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,140 to join us 759 00:33:18,140 --> 00:33:18,940 at New Geneva 760 00:33:18,940 --> 00:33:20,539 Orthodox Presbyterian Church 761 00:33:20,539 --> 00:33:21,519 as we explore 762 00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:22,180 these differences 763 00:33:22,180 --> 00:33:23,140 between Christianity 764 00:33:23,140 --> 00:33:24,039 and Islam. 765 00:33:24,380 --> 00:33:25,299 There are vast 766 00:33:25,299 --> 00:33:26,000 differences, 767 00:33:26,359 --> 00:33:27,579 as vast as 768 00:33:27,579 --> 00:33:28,240 the universe 769 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:29,619 between the God 770 00:33:29,619 --> 00:33:30,140 of Islam, 771 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:30,440 Allah, 772 00:33:30,619 --> 00:33:30,980 and the God 773 00:33:30,980 --> 00:33:31,640 of Christianity, 774 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:32,619 Yahweh, 775 00:33:32,619 --> 00:33:33,160 and His Son, 776 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:34,140 the Lord Jesus Christ. 777 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:35,279 We are exploring 778 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:35,900 these differences 779 00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:37,019 at New Geneva 780 00:33:37,019 --> 00:33:38,920 Orthodox Presbyterian Church 781 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:40,119 on Sunday mornings 782 00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:41,019 at 10 a.m. 783 00:33:41,359 --> 00:33:43,160 at 101 4th Street 784 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:43,799 on the corner 785 00:33:43,799 --> 00:33:44,700 of 4th and Boulevard. 786 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:45,920 We encourage you 787 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,220 to visit us 788 00:33:47,220 --> 00:33:48,640 at New Geneva. 789 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:50,180 Once again, 790 00:33:50,420 --> 00:33:51,619 worship at 10 a.m. 791 00:33:51,660 --> 00:33:53,019 at 101 4th Street 792 00:33:53,019 --> 00:33:53,680 on the corner 793 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:54,960 of 4th and Boulevard. 794 00:33:55,359 --> 00:33:55,880 Join us 795 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:56,799 on Sunday mornings 796 00:33:56,799 --> 00:33:57,519 or call us 797 00:33:57,519 --> 00:33:59,799 at 523-0196. 798 00:34:06,210 --> 00:34:08,030 This is InfoTrack. 799 00:34:08,030 --> 00:34:09,190 The Weekly Show 800 00:34:09,190 --> 00:34:10,250 with information 801 00:34:10,250 --> 00:34:10,989 you should know. 802 00:34:11,389 --> 00:34:12,090 Here's what's happening 803 00:34:12,090 --> 00:34:12,969 on this week's show. 804 00:34:13,269 --> 00:34:14,070 They're an incredible 805 00:34:14,070 --> 00:34:15,750 part of America's heritage, 806 00:34:15,989 --> 00:34:17,349 our national park system. 807 00:34:17,750 --> 00:34:18,489 If you've visited 808 00:34:18,489 --> 00:34:19,150 some of them 809 00:34:19,150 --> 00:34:19,989 and think you know 810 00:34:19,989 --> 00:34:20,670 all about them, 811 00:34:20,949 --> 00:34:21,530 you don't. 812 00:34:21,849 --> 00:34:22,969 We'll have an inside look 813 00:34:22,969 --> 00:34:24,130 that may surprise you. 814 00:34:24,210 --> 00:34:24,969 These are extremely 815 00:34:24,969 --> 00:34:26,409 beautiful and natural, 816 00:34:26,670 --> 00:34:27,289 wild places 817 00:34:27,289 --> 00:34:28,110 where you should sit 818 00:34:28,110 --> 00:34:28,849 and appreciate them 819 00:34:28,849 --> 00:34:29,269 a little more. 820 00:34:29,409 --> 00:34:30,230 It kind of gives you 821 00:34:30,230 --> 00:34:30,869 a good perspective 822 00:34:30,869 --> 00:34:31,590 on life. 823 00:34:31,710 --> 00:34:31,969 Then, 824 00:34:32,389 --> 00:34:33,489 countless public places 825 00:34:33,489 --> 00:34:34,769 the people 826 00:34:34,769 --> 00:34:35,510 in the room 827 00:34:35,510 --> 00:34:37,329 and they're 828 00:34:37,349 --> 00:34:37,429 vaccinated. 829 00:34:37,829 --> 00:34:38,269 This is not 830 00:34:38,269 --> 00:34:38,889 the point of view 831 00:34:38,889 --> 00:34:39,489 they're getting 832 00:34:39,489 --> 00:34:40,230 a good perspective 833 00:34:40,230 --> 00:34:40,610 and they're 834 00:34:40,610 --> 00:34:41,070 in a way 835 00:34:41,070 --> 00:34:42,369 of sending 836 00:34:42,369 --> 00:34:42,949 to the future. 837 00:34:43,250 --> 00:34:43,829 This is a way 838 00:34:43,829 --> 00:34:44,309 to the next 839 00:34:44,309 --> 00:34:44,630 year. 840 00:34:44,690 --> 00:34:45,769 Southampton, 841 00:34:45,769 --> 00:34:46,869 have a good perspective 842 00:34:46,869 --> 00:34:47,469 and have seen 843 00:34:47,469 --> 00:34:49,090 in a way 844 00:34:49,090 --> 00:34:49,650 a good perspective.