Common Questions About the Christian Faith

Why Do Christians Call God Your Father?

1 min · Episode 13 Dari

Many people ask us, "Why do you Christians call God your Father?" One of the reasons we call God our Father is because Jesus teaches us to refer to God as Father when we pray.

Episodes

3 min Where in the Gospel Does It Say That Jesus Is the Son of God? Episode 18 Dari Does the Bible say that Jesus is the Son of God or is it something that followers of Jesus have made up? In the Gospel, we see multiple times where Jesus is called the Son of God by His disciples, by an angel, and even by God Himself.

1 min Why Do You Call Mary the Wife of God Episode 17 Dari A questioner has asked us: "Why do you Christians call Jesus God's Son, and call Mary God's wife?" We Christians do not and have never believed Mary to be the wife of God. Furthermore, when we call Jesus the Son of God, we do not mean th...

1 min Do Christians Follow Someone Who Is Dead? Episode 16 Dari An Afghan friend has written us: "You follow someone that is dead..." Is that true? Do Christians follow the dead? The reality is that both Muslims and Christians believe that Jesus is alive. We are the only people in the world that foll...

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2 min How Can You Believe That a Human Is God? Episode 14 Dari A common misconception among our Muslim friends is that we Christians believe that a human being, i.e. Jesus, is God. We agree with our Muslim friends that a human cannot be God, but what we see in the Scriptures is that the God who is a...

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2 min Do Afghans Become Christian Because of Passport or Refugee Documents? Episode 12 Dari It is a common misunderstanding that Afghans become Christian because they want refugee status or they want to get a western passport. While it is true that some Afghans claim to be Christian because of the hardships they face as refugee...

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5 min Will God Accept Your Fasting? Episode 6 Dari In these days of Ramadan, it is good to ask the question: "Will God accept your fasting? Another question to ask is, "What kind of fasting does God love and what kind of fasting does He reject?" In the book of Isaiah, we read that God do...

8 min Why Was Jesus Christ Crucified? Episode 5 Dari The followers of Jesus call this Friday "Good Friday" or "Holy Friday" because two thousands years ago, Jesus was crucified on this Friday. You might ask: "Why was Jesus crucified?" When we read the Holy Bible, we find our answer to this...

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