Jesus was a major interruption in Peter’s life, because after this miracle Peter gave up the family business to follow him for three years.
The Rev. Omar Rikabi has a foot in two worlds. As a Christian minister he cares deeply for the church, while also holding dear his beloved family in the Muslim world. Watch Part III of this video interview as he invites us into his struggle to love both communities faithfully.
The Rev. Omar Rikabi has a foot in two worlds. As a Christian minister he cares deeply for the church, while also holding dear his beloved family in the Muslim world. Watch Part II of this video interview as he invites us into his struggle to love both communities faithfully.
The Rev. Omar Rikabi has a foot in two worlds. As a Christian minister he cares deeply for the church, while also holding dear his beloved family in the Muslim world. Watch this video interview as he invites us into his struggle to love both communities faithfully.
Take down one giant, there is another one waiting – but this is not about you…
Christmas reminds us God is redeeming all our little human stories into his great divine story through Jesus Christ. This is the good news of the Gospel. The nature of Jesus’s incarnation—God becoming human to be in relationship with each of us—puts us face to face with real people with real stories. When we choose to distort, ignore, or not enter into another’s story, we deny the incarnation and change what is happening.
The first name given in creation was Adam. It means humanity.
The Scripture story tells us that God, through Jesus Christ, created all of humanity in his image and breathed into us the breath of life.
I thought of Adam when I saw the first hashtag given to Aylan’s story: Humanity Washed Ashore.
Last week, Franklin Graham called for a stop to all immigration of Muslims because, “Every Muslim that comes into this country has the potential to be radicalized.” Read this article from Omar Rikabi, a Christian with Muslim family members as he responds to this concerning perspective.
In his new ebook, Omar Rikabi argues that Left Behind theology needs to be left behind! Read this great primer on the origins of rapture theology and a short biblical critique.
