Comments on: i learned a lesson about islam http://zamagazine.org/blog/personal/brendan/i-learned-a-lesson-about-islam/ Sun, 20 May 2012 00:02:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: martin pratt http://zamagazine.org/blog/personal/brendan/i-learned-a-lesson-about-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 martin pratt Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:44:07 +0000 http://zamagazine.org/?p=492#comment-1003 When I see a food place that says, "BBQ" I expect BBQ to be on the menu. Same as Chicken, Italian food, or Chinese food. When I picture the word Islam, Muslim, or Moslem, the word picture that comes to my mind is Men on their knees, faces to the floor praying. Now, Jesus repeated the OT saying, "My house shall be a house of prayer for the nations." But when I picture the word Christian or Church, I visualize everything but people praying. When I see a food place that says, “BBQ” I expect BBQ to be on the menu. Same as Chicken, Italian food, or Chinese food.

When I picture the word Islam, Muslim, or Moslem, the word picture that comes to my mind is Men on their knees, faces to the floor praying.

Now, Jesus repeated the OT saying, “My house shall be a house of prayer for the nations.”
But when I picture the word Christian or Church, I visualize everything but people praying.

]]> By: Brendan Berkley http://zamagazine.org/blog/personal/brendan/i-learned-a-lesson-about-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 Brendan Berkley Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:51:31 +0000 http://zamagazine.org/?p=492#comment-1000 So does that mean that Christians should ditch the two big political parties? So does that mean that Christians should ditch the two big political parties?

]]> By: Buzz Schellhammer http://zamagazine.org/blog/personal/brendan/i-learned-a-lesson-about-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-999 Buzz Schellhammer Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:26:06 +0000 http://zamagazine.org/?p=492#comment-999 I see a point....we should try our best to make sure our culture as Christians is being separate (sanctified perhaps?!) from that 'American' culture of hypocrisy that this muslim is talking about. I see a point….we should try our best to make sure our culture as Christians is being separate (sanctified perhaps?!) from that ‘American’ culture of hypocrisy that this muslim is talking about.

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