Graham Rebuts Controversial Prof: “Islam and Christianity clearly do not worship the same God”


Political Science Teacher Equates Islam and Christianity

Franklin Graham, son of Evangelist Billy Graham, has weighed in and forcefully recommended that the school move forward with the dismissal of Hawkins, indicating that her misunderstanding of the clear differences between Chrisianity and Islam are “no minor issue.” But many today will make the mistake of wanting to “get along” with everyone and will deny the serious distinction between the two belief systems.

The fundamental issue for Graham is the theological question of the nature of God and therefore the mission of the college.

“Islam denies that God has a Son,” Graham wrote. “They deny that Jesus is God. They do not believe in a Triune God–the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I can tell you–Islam and Christianity clearly do not worship the same God.”

The Wheaton College website, which identifies the school as “explicitly Christian,” includes a statement of faith that unequivocally lays out its Christian beliefs.

“WE BELIEVE in one sovereign God, eternally existing in three persons: the everlasting Father, His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, and the Holy Spirit, the giver of life; and we believe that God created the Heavens and the earth out of nothing by His spoken word, and for His own glory,” it reads.

In her defense, Hawkins wrote: “I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book,” though it is unclear which “book” she was referring to, since the portrayal of God in the Christian Bible differs on a number of essential points from that offered in the Qur’an. Being people of a book could just as well apply to Maoists following the “little red book.”

While Christians, Jews, and Muslims all claim to worship “the God of Abraham,” the understanding that each has of God is not theologically identical. While all monotheists intend to worship the one God, their beliefs concerning who God is vary considerably–and sometimes in essential points, as Graham pointed out.

More to the point, a cursory review of Islamic theology would tell Hawkins that Islam absolutely rejects the idea that Christianity worships the same God, and there are Islamic fundamentalist groups murdering Christians today, or demanding that they convert in order to avoid a death sentence.

No doubt Ms. Hawkins wishes that she could wave a magic wand and make the theological differences disappear so that we could all just get along. That is not her prerogative, nor is it that of Wheaton College. Declaring yourself a Christian suggests you should stand for something, and those precepts should not bend with the winds of political correctness or societal evolution if they are truly from God.

Source: breitbart.com

 



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