October 15, 2013
Pet Names
A few weeks ago I was walking the dog in the
park when a young man in his late teens was struggling with his unleashed pit
bull. While the dog was on an exploratory mission, the owner kept calling, “Allah, Allah…come here Allah.” I could
only shake my head at the choice of his pet name. And then this week I had to
laugh at the absurdity of the Malaysian court of appeals handing down a
decision that if you are non-Muslin, you cannot speak the name Allah. Thankfully
our God is the Living God. Believers are restricted from taking the Lord’s name
in vain; however, anyone is free to call on his Name. “As the Scripture says, ‘Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to
shame.’ For there is no difference between Jew and
Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on
him, for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will
be saved.’” (Ro 10:11-13 NIV)
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Gail;
-----What an appropriate name for a pit bull! The absurd Malaysian court decision hands down to the public a glimmer of truth about “Allah”. When his “angel” rested upon Muhammad, by Muhammad’s own testimony, it was with such suffocating force upon his chest it nearly killed him. The message was clear, “Receive Allah’s word or die!” And the same manner of persuasion has gone throughout the world over the following fifteen centuries. Allah has no love for his followers that is not feigned. Nor is his hatred for everyone else feigned. He is the consummate pit bull of all worshipped phonies.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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