Renewing Your Mind The Fatherhood of God
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Sep 30, 2025 
Join theologian R.C. Sproul, founder of Ligonier Ministries, and former Muslim Abdul Saleeb, a pastor of a Muslim-convert fellowship, as they explore the contrasting views of God's fatherhood in Christianity and Islam. Abdul explains why the term ‘Father’ is offensive in Islam, referencing Quranic passages, while R.C. clarifies the Christian understanding of divine sonship that transcends biological notions. They discuss how Jesus’ radical use of 'Father' shook Jewish tradition and how this intimate portrayal draws many converts from Islam.
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Perception Gap Over 'Father' Language
- Muslims commonly hear Christian phrases like "Heavenly Father" as a claim that God physically begets children, which they find blasphemous.
- Islam emphasizes God's transcendence and rejects any language implying physical procreation of God.
Quranic Rejection Of Divine Begetting
- The Quranic text explicitly denies that God begets or is begotten and labels such claims derogatory to God's majesty.
- Prominent Muslim commentators treat Christian sonship language as a residue of pagan anthropomorphism.
Both Faiths Reject Pagan Physicality
- Christianity distances itself from crude mythic notions of gods physically fathering children, a point both Christians and Muslims agree upon.
- The church historically rejected literal biological readings of 'father' and 'son' tied to pagan myths.
