Our final episode of the House of Wisdom revisits the key question of monotheism and the Trinity in Christianity and Islam. To explore this topic more deeply (and, as a bonus, to hear about how modern Arab Christians think about naming their children!), watch this episode.
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What were some of the earliest languages Christians spoke? How did Christianity become translated into those languages, and what can that teach us today about how we talk about Christianity? Watch Episode 11 of the House of Wisdom to learn about these questions – and about early Christian attitudes toward the cross.
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Has the Bible been corrupted? How can we know? How can we trust the Bible? Early Arab Christians were much closer to the original Biblical texts than we are. Watch Episode 10 of the House of Wisdom to learn how they answered these questions.
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Do Christians believe in one God or many gods? What do Christians and Muslims have to say to one another about the Christian doctrine of the Trinity? To learn more about this key tension between Christianity and Islam, watch Episode 9 of the House of Wisdom.
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One of the most beautiful and most difficult Christian truths is the doctrine of the Trinity. Early Arab theologians can help us understand this challenging truth better. To learn and be inspired to praise God for His Triune nature, watch Episode 8 of the House of Wisdom.
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Among the earliest Christian prayers is actually a prayer in Arabic. To learn more about these early sisters and brothers and the language they spoke, watch Episode 7 of our House of Wisdom series.
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Why is the nature of God so controversial between Christians and Muslims? How can the thinking of medieval Arab Christians help us in these conversations? Watch Episode 6 of the House of Wisdom to learn more.
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How did the early Arab Church think about the Incarnation? How can their theology help us praise God today for this amazing truth? To find out, watch the fifth video in our House of Wisdom series.
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How can we read and understand the Bible? How did early Christians interpret the Bible? Why are Biblical commentaries important? Our fourth video on early Arab Christian theology helps to answer these questions – and illustrates how Coptic Christians, through their literature, contributed to the development of today’s Egyptian culture.
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The third video in our series on medieval Arab Christian theology is about the relationship between two friends, a Muslim and a Christian – one a powerful Caliph, the other a prominent Christian Patriarch – and about how this relationship sheds light on the question, “What is the role of Christians in the Middle East …
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The second video in our series on Arab Christian theology is available! It discusses how Arab Christians answered, “Is Christianity true?” And it talks about early Arab tribes who were Christian before Islam, and about famous Arab Christian poets who interacted with early Muslims.
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This is the first in a 12-part series of videos about how Arab Christians in the Middle Ages developed the theology that unites us today, and especially about how they interacted with the Muslims around them. These videos originally aired in Arabic on SAT-7 and are hosted by our very own Wageeh Mikhail (LeaderStudies).
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Jacob Cherian (LeaderStudies) recently spoke on “Good News in a World of Fake News” as part of the Lausanne Movement Theology Working Group. You can read a summary article or watch the whole webinar. The webinar is the first in a three-part series.
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Enoch Okode (LeaderStudies) preached a beautiful sermon in April 2020 about God’s sovereignty. As the world continues to mourn COVID and as we continue in the season of Lent, may his words bring comfort and hope. (Enoch is now Dean of Scott Christian University in Kenya.)
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Linzay Rinquest describes how the PeerLeader Forum gives leaders of African theological schools time to rest, reflect, and strategize, together with their wives.
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