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>>Ankerberg: Let's talk about that, the fact, in terms of truth claims. If you say, you
know, this is what Allah is saying; if you believe that this is really God saying these
things, then what can you say to a Muslim woman to persuade her that that's not really
truth?
>>Emir Caner: In terms of apologetic, the ultimate question that everybody has in life
is, is there a God—both Muslims and Christians believe so, even though we worship two different
gods—and did He speak? And that's the key question; because to a Muslim the Qur'an has
no miracles; it is the miracle. It's the most beautiful thing ever written. It is, chapter
2 and verse 23, irreproducible. It is incorruptible, chapter 15 and verse 9. But there are no prophecies.
There's no way to demonstrably show God spoke, Whereas in the Scripture, I often times say
you show me three places, three chapters to read in the Qur'an about Jesus—and maybe
it's chapters 3, 4 and 5 that speak of Christ—and I'll show you three places where in the Bible
Jesus spoke—and maybe the gospel of John, chapters 1 through 3—and then you see where
prophecy lies, where truth lies. And then you have to make a decision: Is Allah and
the Qur'an true or are Yahweh and the Bible true?
>>Ankerberg: The ultimate thing is Jesus' resurrection.
>>Ergun Caner: That's right. And clearly we have to be absolute, for your listeners, for
your watchers and your viewers. Islam is not a form of Christianity or an offshoot. It
is a rejection of Christianity. All the manmade gods and all the manmade religions reject
the central nature of who Jesus Christ said He is. They reject either His person; they
reject His work. But ultimately, if He resurrected and conquered death, hell and the grave, that
changes everything, because no one has a living Lord. No one ever conquered death. Jesus Christ
is not a religion, He is the only true living Savior, one throne, and one who can unseal
the seal, one who is God. That's our message. Islam isn't a form of Christianity. Like all
other religions, it rejects the resurrected Lord.