Mosab Yousef's book, Son of Hamas, is destined to create controversy. It's already doing so since its recent release, attracting the attention of major media all over the world. Yousef  recently gave interviews with diverse news outlets such as BBC News, Wall Street Journal, and even men's magazine GQ. Mosab is the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef,...

(Thanks goes to Rusty Wright and Meg Korpi for this article) The headline in The Times of London grabs your attention: “As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God” The tagline is even more pointed: “Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa's biggest problem - the crushing passivity of the people's mindset.” What...

Although generating much less controversy (and interest in general) than Dan Brown's previous book-to-movie adaptation, The Da Vinci Code, has nevertheless again raised the often socially taboo topics of religion and faith for public discussion. The latest story Angels & Demons, starring Tom Hanks as the protagonist Robert Langdon, focuses...

Is there anyone who is more influential all over the world than Jesus Christ? Two thousand years ago, skeptical Thomas called him "My Lord and my God!" and today over two billion people today around the world call him the same. Who is Jesus? How and why did he become the most important person who ever lived? And why do we celebrate a man who died...

This is part 5 in a 7 part series that answers the question, ‘Who is Jesus?’. Jesus was raised from the dead three days after his crucifixion, just as he had predicted. Was his resurrection a real event, or a myth? Can we trust the Gospel accounts of his life? The resurrection is central to the Christian faith. If Jesus was not raised...

Note: Due to his request, the person’s name who told us his life story has been withheld. There must be more to life than to be born and then to die. I always believed that, but never knew really what I was missing, so how could I search for it? I was born and grew up in the Middle East. I occasionally went to church but I didn’t really...

Note: Due to his request, the person's name who told us his life story has been withheld. Growing up in the Middle East, I was a strong adherent of Islam. I tried my best to do exactly what the Qur’an and the Muslim Sharia laws teach. However, despite my best efforts, I felt guilty. I thought that I must be the worst person on the face of the...