Wesley Huff

Yeah, I would routinely meet with Muslims, especially in like my university years. There were times where every Ramadan, my Muslim friends were reading the Quran. And so I would read the Quran alongside them. So we would read the entirety of the Quran during the time of Ramadan. And I would use that as an opportunity both to learn, but also to kind of, I wanted to be an example to them.

Yeah, I would routinely meet with Muslims, especially in like my university years. There were times where every Ramadan, my Muslim friends were reading the Quran. And so I would read the Quran alongside them. So we would read the entirety of the Quran during the time of Ramadan. And I would use that as an opportunity both to learn, but also to kind of, I wanted to be an example to them.

So when you were talking about my attitude in the way that I approached my conversation with Billy, That's been my attitude all along in that I'm part of an organization that does Christian apologetics.

So when you were talking about my attitude in the way that I approached my conversation with Billy, That's been my attitude all along in that I'm part of an organization that does Christian apologetics.

Yeah, so it's in Canada, Apologetics Canada. But apologetics is just a word that means to give it a reason or to give a defense. And it comes from a passage in 1 Peter 3.15, which says, but in your hearts, revere Christ as Lord, always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.

Yeah, so it's in Canada, Apologetics Canada. But apologetics is just a word that means to give it a reason or to give a defense. And it comes from a passage in 1 Peter 3.15, which says, but in your hearts, revere Christ as Lord, always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.

But then it's the last part in that verse that I think is just as important.

But then it's the last part in that verse that I think is just as important.

Not just be prepared to give an answer, but Peter says, but in your hearts, revere Christ as Lord, always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the reason that you have, but do so with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ will be ashamed of their slander.

Not just be prepared to give an answer, but Peter says, but in your hearts, revere Christ as Lord, always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for the reason that you have, but do so with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ will be ashamed of their slander.

And I think when we approach these conversations, whether we're talking to you know, agnostics, atheists, Mormons, Muslims, for someone like myself who claims to be a Christian, if I'm only giving answers,

And I think when we approach these conversations, whether we're talking to you know, agnostics, atheists, Mormons, Muslims, for someone like myself who claims to be a Christian, if I'm only giving answers,

but I'm not revering Christ as Lord in my heart, and those answers aren't done so with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, then I'm not actually obeying that command in Scripture to give an answer. Because it needs to be sandwiched in between those two things.

but I'm not revering Christ as Lord in my heart, and those answers aren't done so with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, then I'm not actually obeying that command in Scripture to give an answer. Because it needs to be sandwiched in between those two things.

Why do you think it's grown so big? I mean, I don't know if I have an exact prognosis. I mean, Islam is a very different religion than something like Christianity in that it has a sociopolitical component to it that Christianity doesn't, in that it is a political religious system.

Why do you think it's grown so big? I mean, I don't know if I have an exact prognosis. I mean, Islam is a very different religion than something like Christianity in that it has a sociopolitical component to it that Christianity doesn't, in that it is a political religious system.

And it was designed that way from its beginning in that Muhammad, if once again, we're assuming that the traditional Islamic sources are correct, he was a warlord. And so if from its inception, there's been a different attitude, Jesus was the crucified Messiah. in that he said, I've come to not be served, but to serve.

And it was designed that way from its beginning in that Muhammad, if once again, we're assuming that the traditional Islamic sources are correct, he was a warlord. And so if from its inception, there's been a different attitude, Jesus was the crucified Messiah. in that he said, I've come to not be served, but to serve.

And so when we see the beginnings of Christianity, we see an attitude where people are motivated by love your neighbor. you know, pray for those who persecute you, love those who hate you. You know, if a Roman soldier asks for your tunic, you give him, you know, your undercoat also.

And so when we see the beginnings of Christianity, we see an attitude where people are motivated by love your neighbor. you know, pray for those who persecute you, love those who hate you. You know, if a Roman soldier asks for your tunic, you give him, you know, your undercoat also.