By Dr. Don Bierle, FaithSearch President
In our flagship FaithSearch Discovery presentation we teach that these three Abrahamic faiths share in common the view that God is both an infinite and a personal being. Does it follow from this that these faiths all worship the same God, each with a different name?
First, the Bible makes it clear that there is only one God: “‘You are my witnesses’ declares the Lord…‘understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, and there will be none after Me’” (Isaiah 43:10). Thus, if Jews and Muslims do not worship the same God, they worship none at all!
Regarding Islam, Allah as revealed in the Koran cannot be the same as Yahweh in the Bible: each has quite different attributes. [Read more…]