Faith Q&A: Do Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same God?

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: August 6, 2003 | Copyright information

READER'S QUESTION: Do Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same God?

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David M. May, professor of New Testament, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Kan.:

Persons often propose questions for which they want yes/no or true/false answers. Religious questions, however, are complex and deserve essay answers, but even these answers will fall short because our language is provisional. With such a caveat, the answer to the above ques...

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