Speakers’ Corner

On Sunday I went up to Speakers’ Corner, along with a small group from the Students & 20s group at my church. We were hoping to see Jay Smith debate, but sadly he wasn’t there. But we had some debates with some Atheists, heckled some crazy lady, and then I (and others) had loooooong debates with some Muslims.

We talked about the Trinity… about God’s justice and how He deals with Sin and Forgiveness… these Muslims are quite well practised, they have their proof texts, but they fall on two big counts – they fail when looking at the Bible to use any kind of context, either the context of a verse, passage, or wider Biblical framework. They also miss the point because they don’t get the Trinity… you can’t explain the cross and how God deals with Sin, without grasping the Trinity!

One thing I’ve noticed in debating Muslims is that they know more about the Bible than I know about the Qu’ran, this inevitable means that it’s the Christian on the defensive… but even when you ask them a question… first they’ll turn it back on you, second they’ll side step the question, and third they’ll answer it… but even at step 3, the answers aren’t coming from the Qu’ran, little if any reference is made!

So, my challenge to myself, is to read some more of the Qu’ran, do the research, and next time put the Muslims on the defensive… this is why Jay Smith is so effective… cos he knows his Qu’ran!