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The book review ends:
WALLACE TOM Jr. (2015) Refuting Islam, The Christian Patriots Guide to Exposing the Evils of Islam, Bellingham, Fundamental Publishers.
I have been reviewing this text since October 18, 2017 and I think it has taken its course. This is the last related entry.
I will continue to review the Langer, philosophy text, and I am very much looking forward to purchasing an academic, Orthodox New Testament and Psalms with commentary, from my employer tomorrow and reviewing it on this website.
There is no interest on my part in joining the Orthodox Church, I am firmly Reformed, but I respect the Orthodox tradition and will contrast views with Reformed and Evangelical theology, in particular.
This new book is a beautiful red and a work of scholarship. We should learn a significant amount...
Chapter 17: Muhammad is a false prophet
On page 143, Mr. Wallace lists errors and contradictions made by the Prophet Muhammad:
A notable one
Cited
'Surah 5:69 says Christians have nothing to fear on the last day, but three verses later, in Surah 5: 72, Christian are going to hell.' (145).
I can reason that an explanation from scholarship could be that some Christians have nothing to fear and some Christians are going to hell.
Of course, those chosen by God and truly in Jesus Christ are saved through the applied atoning and resurrection work of Jesus Christ through faith by grace. (Ephesians 1-2).
Theologically, no true Christian is hellbound.
A regenerated (Titus 3) Christian is going to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven/God.
A merely and only cultural Christian is indeed, hellbound (barring regeneration).
Incidentally, years ago an Islamic teacher emailed me to inform me that if I did not repent of my Christianity I would be going to hell. I explained that my Christian faith, theology and philosophy was older than his Islamic faith and the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament were legitimately divinely inspired and that I had nothing to fear, but that his scripture was not authentically from God.
Chapter 18: The Sinking Qur'an
Wallace claims that the Qur'an was influenced by the devil, but the Qur'an is a poorly constructed work of fiction. (156).
May I add, a similar claim is made against the Book of Mormon by many within Christian and Biblical scholarship.
In regard to the Qur'an, I am certain this will be vigorously contended by Islamic scholarship.
Chapter 19: How does it end?
Wallace hopes for revival and repentance in the United States. (160). On page 161 a useful Glossary of Terms is provided, followed by end notes.
In the Chapter, Wallace correctly reaffirms the divine superiority of Jesus Christ as God-man (incarnate man) within the Trinity over the prophet Muhammad.
Overall, this text is a good academic reference in regard to Islam, even with the strong American, cultural, political and religious overtones which are generally not observed in texts that review religion. In other words, as a religious scholar, I would not include them in my work (s).
