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Tenets and traditions are not the bedrock upon which my faith rests. The New Testament is the foundation and superstructure of my faith. It has welcomed and withstood the most exhaustive scrutiny to which competent scholarship could put it, as well as the acid test of human experience, for 20 centuries. The New Testament faith will stand secure and sure when time is no more.
We broke it, so we have a moral obligation to help put Iraq together again. In the rebuilding of Iraq we need to take the role of partners rather than masters.
I believe heaven is the immediate presence of God. I believe hell is the total absence of God. As to who will be in heaven, I plead a reverent agnosticism. Finally, I am inclined to the opinion of Dwight Moody, the premier evangelist in his day. Moody said, “We will be shocked in heaven at the people who are missing. We will be startled at the people who are there. And I think we will most shocked if we get there ourselves.”
What Islam Really Says About Violence, Rights and Other Religions
Gomaa, Fadlallah, Mubarak, Khan, Siddiqi, Ellison, others | On Faith
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