Abdu Murray's blog

Three days ago, as I was boarding a packed plane to Colorado, the flight attendant was encouraging people to place their smaller carry-on items under their seats instead of overhead to make room for those with bigger carry-ons. To coax us into compliance, he said, "Life has taught us that if you are considerate to your fellow passengers, it will come back to you and you'll be given courtesy in the future." It suddenly struck me as a statement espousing the doctrine of karma. How amazing that such an idea is so casually used in Western society.

I have written about the unity that Arabs and Jews can find in Christ because "He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall" (Eph.2:14).  At the cross and through the empty tomb, God at once showed us all that each of us, regardless of our ethnicity or nationality, are equally wretched, but equally loved. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, those who believe are united in our identity and salvation.

Abdu appeared on Monday, May 18th on CBN's nationally televised program, Newswatch, to discuss his book Apocalypse Later. The link for the broadcast is below. The program is 30 minutes long, and my interview begins at 20:00.

Here's the link:
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2009/May/Former-Muslim-Writes-Plea-for-...

By Bruce Rubin

We are grateful to the Lord for a tremendous opportunity to spread His Gospel. On March 20-22, The Christian Book Expo will be held in Dallas, Texas. The CBE is open to the public and is a convention where dozens of major publishers and retailers exhibit their latest Christian books and products. Hundreds of the world's leading authors will be present to give workshops, sign books, and interact with the public. God has blessed Aletheia with the opportunity to have Abdu be one of those featured authors!

Today I happened to glance at the “Top Searches” listed on Yahoo! Online. They were, in order:

1. Gisele Bundchen
2. Kate Beckinsale
3. Rosario Dawson
4. Angie Harmon
5. 2009 Audi A4
6. Duggar Family
7. Laptop Computers
8. College Bowl Tickets
9. Detox Diet
10. Electric Socks

Bruce Rubin

As a Messianic or “completed” Jew, one who has accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, I am often asked “why the church does not embrace the Jewish Holidays, instead of “Christianizing” them? After all, when you take a close look, these special days, as defined by the Mosaic Law and Jewish Tradition, are all about Jesus. Over time, I have developed the following response.

Mickey Badalamenti

A couple days ago, ABC’s Nightline hosted a debate between Christians and atheists. The debate, titled “Does God exist?”, hosted the well known childhood actor Kirk Cameron, now a Christian evangelist, and his colleague in ministry Ray Comfort, squaring off with two individuals from the “Rational Response Squad”, a group dedicated to promoting the atheistic worldview. (Information on the debate, along with video clips, can be found at NBC’s website at http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3148940&page=1).

It's getting close to Easter and that means several things. It means that believers, even nominal believers, are enjoying Lent, Churches are putting together their Easter programs, and sincere seekers are carefully considering the credibility of the Gospel message. But it also means one other thing that seems to have become something of a tradition this time every year -- the skeptics champion another controversy that challenges the veracity of the Resurrection of Jesus, the central claim of Christianity.