Headscarves and Hashtags — Other voices in the Same-God Debate

Posted on March 9, 2016 
Filed under Opinion, Theology

tim-keesee-bpc-2016“Many voices have weighed in on the debate as to whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. Wheaton’s Professor Hawkins was only reflecting the sentiment of half the country — and perhaps a third of self-described evangelicals — when she declared that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.

The ‘same God’ controversy is the kind of ‘debate’ that plays out mostly on social media and largely among Christians and secularists. So it’s really more of a political statement than a debate. But there are other voices that ought to be heard on the subject — stories of men and women who don’t have access to blogs or Facebook because they are being hunted like animals at this very moment…”

– At Desiring God, Tim Keesee adds some realism to the debate.