Quotes

Question 0

What are the biblical references relating to Christian Sexual Ethics?

Answer 0

Genesis 38: 8-10
Romans 1: 26-27
Genesis 1: 28

Question 1

What are the biblical references relating to Paul of Tarsus?

Answer 1

Romans 15
Romans 8: 37-39
Galatians 2:20
Romans 10: 9-10
Romans 5: 9-10

Question 2

What are the biblical references relating to the Christian Marriage Ceremony?

Answer 2

John 15: 13
1 Corinthians 13
Mark 10: 6-9

Question 3

What are the Qur’an references relating to Sufism?

Answer 3

Surah 3:7

Question 4

What are the Qur’an references relating to Islamic Sexual Ethics?

Answer 4

Surah 30: 21
Surah 2: 232
Surah 2: 226-227

Question 5

What are the Qur’an references relating to Hajj?

Answer 5

Surah 22: 27-28
Surah 3: 97
Surah 2: 128

Question 6

Romans 15

Answer 6

“Minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles”
“Gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of Gospel”
Paul was a Great Missionary

Question 7

Romans 8: 37-39

Answer 7

Nothing “will be able to separate us from the love of God”

Paul emphasising the Strength of Love in Christianity

Question 8

Galatians 2: 20

Answer 8

“I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me”

Paul emphasising Christ as our Lord/Saviour

Question 9

Romans 10: 9-10

Answer 9

“Declare with your mouth”
“Believe in your heart”
“You will be saved”
Paul emphasising how one achieves salvation/eternal life

Question 10

Romans 5: 9-10

Answer 10

“While we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his son”

Paul emphasising how to achieve salvation/eternal life

Question 11

Genesis 38: 8-10

Answer 11

Example of Coitus Interruptus

Contraception is generally frowned upon

Question 12

Romans 1: 26-27

Answer 12

“Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error”

Discouragement from homosexual acts

Question 13

Genesis 1: 28

Answer 13

“God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth”

God wanted mankind to reproduce, though in the context of love/marriage

Question 14

John 15: 13

Answer 14

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay one’s life for one’s friend”

Sacrifices of Marriage and Love

Question 15

1 Corinthians 13

Answer 15

Significance/nature of Love in Christianity

Question 16

Mark 10: 6-9

Answer 16

“Two will become one flesh”
Emphasise on Procreation
Finality of Marriage

Question 17

Surah 3: 7

Answer 17

Significance of trying to understand the Qur’an

Sufism can help provide meaning

Question 18

Surah 30: 21

Answer 18

“He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them”

Encourages marriage and love

Question 19

Surah 2: 232

Answer 19

“Do not prevent them from remarrying their [former] husbands”
Possibilities post-divorce
Women have some choice in marriage

Question 20

Surah 2: 226-227

Answer 20

“If they decide on divorce- then indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing”

Divorce is acceptable if necessary

Question 21

Surah 22: 27-28

Answer 21

“They will come from every distant pass”

Multiculturalism of Hajj/pilgrimage

Question 22

Surah 3:97

Answer 22

“Hence, pilgrimage unto the Temple is duty owed to God by all people who are able undertake it”
Hajj is one of the 5 pillars
Acknowledges practicality

Question 23

Surah 2: 128

Answer 23

One will feel “pure and free of sins”
Spiritual significance/cleansing of Hajj
That is only if no wrong is done whilst on pilgrimage