Christian response to radical Islam

Tribulation Times

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September 29, 2009  

(Rev 12:7-9) And there was a great battle in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his angels. And they prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in heaven. And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him.

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VIA CABIO.org: Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels

Heavenly King, You have given us archangels to assist us during our pilgrimage on earth. Saint Michael is our protector; I ask him to come to my aid, fight for all my loved ones, and protect us from danger. Saint Gabriel is a messenger of the Good News; I ask him to help me clearly hear Your voice and to teach me the truth. Saint Raphael is the healing angel; I ask him to take my need for healing and that of everyone I know, lift it up to Your throne of grace and deliver back to us the gift of recovery. Help us, O Lord, to realize more fully the reality of the archangels and their desire to serve us. Holy angels, pray for us. Amen.

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REVIEW: What Islam Isn't By: Dr. Peter Hammond

COMMENTARY: Christian response to radical Islam

"There is no peace in Islam," stated Hormoz Shariat, a former Iranian Muslim extremist who is now a pastor and dubbed the "Billy Graham of Iran" by some. "I ask Muslims, 'Do you have peace in your heart? Do you have peace in your relationship with God?' A Muslim is always worried about his relationship with God. They fear God. They are always fearful of what Allah will do to them.

"So Islam, even though it says it is a religion of peace, it is not," Shariat continued. "It has not brought peace to people's lives personally, to families, to relationships with others and with God."

The Iranian pastor advises Christians to see Muslims as God sees them – not with fear or hate as many view them because of the 9/11 attacks.

"So to love God is to love them," he said. "You have to get rid of hatred or fear. If you fear them, you won't approach them."

Shariat, who oversees the largest church of Iranian Muslim converts in the United States, says Islam is a religion of fear and the first thing he does when he talks to a Muslim is pray and fight the s

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pirit of fear in them.

The "Billy Graham of Iran" also said love is not in the Quran. He said he is joyful when angry Muslims call into his radio show to verbally abuse him because it is a great opportunity to show the love of Christ. While the Muslim is shouting at him, he said he would pray, love and bless the caller.

"Every time after such a call, Muslims would call and receive Christ," Shariat said. "They say this, 'We have been studying about Jesus, listening to the program, but we were not convinced. But the way you answered that man who is angry, we are now convinced that your Jesus is the way."

Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 23- "On mad pride and unclean, blasphemous thought"

8. An arrogant man yearns after authority; for otherwise, as it were, he cannot, or rather, does not wish to perish utterly.   

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