Opposing Foundations

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? As Islam grows worldwide, Christians need a clear answer to this question. Today, R.C. Sproul shares a discussion with Abdul Saleeb, a former Muslim turned Christian theologian.

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Meet Today’s Speakers:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Abdul Saleeb is co-author of The Dark Side of Islam. He pastors a Muslim-convert fellowship in the United States and is intimately involved with churches in the Middle East.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	Islam challenges the Christian view of God, the Christian view of man, the Christian view of Christ,
0:05.5	and the Christian view of the Bible. And it's very important for us Christians to know what
0:11.0	it is that we believe and why we believe what we believe.
0:19.0	Islam is frequently in the news and on social media, and it has been increasingly so
0:26.6	since the 9-11 terrorist attacks in New York City back in 2001.
0:32.6	At that time, to help Christians better understand the differences between Christianity and Islam,
0:39.3	and how to respond to those differences, R.C. Sprawl invited Abdul-Salib into the studio
0:45.3	to help him unpack Islam. And as Dr. Sprawl will explain today, Abdul is a former Muslim
0:52.3	and convert to Christianity. And it's messages from these 2002 recordings
0:57.5	that you'll hear this week on renewing your mind. In this unique series, The Cross and the
1:04.5	Crescent, which has both Abdul and Dr. Sprold teaching, they examine Islam's view of God, Christ, Scripture, Salvation,
1:13.6	and Man, and they explain why the historic Christian faith is fundamentally distinct from Islam
1:19.9	on every point. If you'd like to listen to the entire series, plus receive the DVD and digital
1:27.3	access to another series on Islam,
1:29.9	simply titled Exploring Islam, be sure to give a donation in support of renewing your mind
1:35.7	at renewingyourmind.org, and we'll get this resource package to you.
1:41.1	To begin, here's that first conversation from the cross and the crescent.
1:47.0	This series is going to focus on the interaction between the Christian faith and Islam.
1:56.0	Ever since the events of 9-11, there's been, I believe, an unprecedented interest in the theological tenets of Islam.
2:08.6	And because of that, we have invited Abdul Salib to help me put together this series of lectures that we're going to call the cross and the crescent.
2:21.2	We will follow a format that will basically be dialogical as the two of us will be engaged in conversation
2:29.2	about the theological points of issue and of conflict between various manifestations of Islam and Christianity.
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