We finally got a chance to visit Apologia church and attended this service. It was packed. We sang multiple Psalms, prayed deeply, partook in the Lord's supper, and listened with conviction as brother White encouraged us to engage Muslims unapologetically and with the love of Christ.
Sounds amazing! I'm not literally jealous or envious as secularists define that, but through a Christian lens I'm totally jealous and envious of you (hope that makes sense!).
@@VanessaHolguin I think Paul could identify with that since he was jealous over one of the churches. 2 Corinthians 11:2 ESV [2] For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Really enjoyed this, yes the muslims need Jesus too, praying God will reach them and that I can be a witness if an opportunity arises, really enjoy and learned a lot in listening God Bless
The timestamp of 39:50 got me😭Crying tears of joy hearing the truth being preached on this issue. What White described here is the love of Christ in action🙏🏽 Praise Jesus
For what it's worth James,it's due to yourself and your book,n videos that I have the opportunity and confidence to approach Muslims every week in Glasgow City Centre and engage them in Gospel conversations! Thanks
Thank you for your evangelism work, brother. I was born in a Muslim family. I'm now a believer in Yeshua Hamashiach. I feel so blessed that Lord Jesus came and rescued a lost sheep like me. 🙏🙌
I agree. Thank you Mr. White, I am grateful to God for your faithfulness. I've been blessed to have found Jeff with Apologia and through them you about 3 years ago. I am an ex-penticostal, now reformed baptist, Calviinist, theonomist, postmil partial preterist and absolutely love the word of God. Thanks to your work and others. The truth sets you free indeed.
Much, much respect for you Dr. White! I used to be a Muslim before coming to Christ so this really resonated with me! Praise the Lord for our guidance in Christ! I pray that we have success in guiding Muslims to the gospel! 🙏🏽
@@saqibux1058 Ex-muslims....exactly!! Smh ...I never met an ACTUAL Orthodox ex-muslim. Ive met many Arab Christians pretending to be Muslim...pathetic attempt...smh Ex-muslims are 1 in billion.... The Quran is perserved. Bible is not. Case closed!! Fake ex-muslims...smh
I'm a Muslim. About 10 years ago in my late teens, the world was a much different place back then. The rise of ISIS was the source of so much hatred around the world. My knowledge was limited, so started to study Islam, and almost immediately I found these interfaith debates. There was this one Islamic website that had documented the debates with James White, William Craig, David Wood, Ben Shapiro, and a few whose names I forgot. I'd read these day and night, the impassioned kid that I was. One thing I noticed was that topics about our stereotypes (terrorism, etc) was absent in the discourses with David and William. However, I never saw their faces (we had bad internet lol and the page didn't have any photos), and unfortunately got all of them lumped together at some point. Fast forward today. I've been through many iterations of faith. Atheist, agnostic, faith leaning whatever you call it. What's happening in occupied Palestine have again brought me to this man, for the first time after a decade. A video where he directly called out the heresy of Zionism. I finally saw the man speak, in the flesh. Though we have fundamental differences in our interpretation of God (and I'm not here to argue), if there's ONE thing we can agree on, is the personality of Jesus. He was kind, passionate, loving, sensitive. He embodied the best of humanity as we saw in his treatment towards people, from all walks of life. I mean sure, he occasionally called people "snakes" (and other strongly worded nouns), but I bet he'd fight tooth and nail for the same people if anyone raised their hand on them unjustly. In a society that was so divided, being a hotbed of rebellion, he recognized that if there was any chance of lasting peace, Jews needed to make peace within themselves first. That was only possible through the simple act of treating the other person like a human being. Stop looking at the other person like he's just a bunch of arguments to be dismantled. Look at the person. It's disappointing to see that some Christians have birthed massive heretical cults out of sheer hatred, namely the evangelicals who care about NOTHING except for their delusional quest to enact Biblical prophesies. In their bid to bring back Jesus, they've essentially abandoned him. They're cheering on as bombs are dropping on the same blessed grounds that Jesus walked on, ignoring the sight of thousands of mothers who held their dead sons the same way Mary did (according to their belief). Sure our religions are different, but being from the same Abrahamic family, this feels like betrayal to our faith as well. Thanks for being the voice of reason, Mr. White. God created even our "opponents", and as a bare minimum, we must preserve that sanctity. We are not at war, and should never be subjected to blind, predetermined hatred. We follow the example of the same blessed agents of God, and we should be celebrating it before we can even hope to discuss what the truth is.
I praise God for your words of wisdom. You have embodied more understanding of what I have experienced in my 26 years as a Christian, as their pastors tickle their ears, telling them that they will be ruptured before anything bad starts to happen, all the while praising the destruction of those who believe in another god, thus, ushering in (like you pointed out) their Zionist view and the return of Christ. The problem is, the Anti Christ that will rise from this chaos, will be seen by the world, Christ's return. Nothing could be further from what Revelations says. God Bless you, and I want to thank you for your beautiful words.
May God forgive us where our love has grown cold and increase it in our hearts for all sons and daughters of Adam. All we like sheep have gone astray. None is righteous. May we remember the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We all so desperately need a heart check for our reasoning to bring the gospel to others… is it because we love them and we want them to come to Christ or do we want to be right?
Dear precious souls, please humble yourselves, fast and pray for divine wisdom and strength in these end times. Our loving Lord God says For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. May the Judge of our eternity have mercy on our souls! Selah!
Thank you for trying to understand Islam. I am dying to know your interpretation of Sura Al Ikhlas. I am dying to know the full story of the two doctors who blew themselves up. I am dying to know the answer you gave to the two Muslim ladies about the council of Nicea. I am dying to know where the Apostles read in the Bilble that Jesus (peace be upon him) was God.
Looking at both Jewish and Islamic TH-cam channels is very eye-opening. You can see that both religions are both very different from the personal study and relationship of the Christian faith.
He won't dare to! People like Dr White tend to believe their own method/perspective is the best...and CP is guilty of this, too. But having listened to CP for about 3 years, I will choose CP's method over Dr White's anyday...but as directed by the Holy Spirit.😊
Dr James mentioned a 'billion' Muslims a few times. Just fyi, there are 2 Billion+ Muslims in the world now, not just a billion. Small detail but it accentuates Dr James' message even more
Sufis' jihad is the jihad against the ego. Battle against the ego. That is our main battle. Only LOVE. when i die, put me in a desert, no gardens, no waterfalls, no trees, just a desert with a beautiful voice and let me praise HIM and pass out from LOVE and wake up in LOVE and start all over again for eternity.
The 1980 Jewish almanac says this… Strictly speaking, it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a "Jew" or to call a contemporary Jew an "Israelite" or a "Hebrew."…..”
Should we also read the bhagavad gita? The vedas? How about the necronomicon in the hopes that He’ll save one? Is reading the Satanic bible going too far?
I just did a quick google and see he has one entitled “What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Quran”. I’ve not read it, but I’m sure that’s the one!
I felt the same way when I was watching a video about the olympics and these people, who called themselves Christians were literally praying and hopong for God to destroy Paris and all the people there. It brings a fire to your belly. Even if they do wrong, we are all simners. And who are we to hope for the destruction and damnation of others when we ourselves our sinners who are only redeemed and sanctified because of the mercy of God? I evangelize because I care. I know what I believe to be true. So when people reject it, of course I become frustrated even to the point of desparation. Because I know unless these people learn and accept the truth they will go to Hell. It's only though the zeal of the Holy Spirit that you feel that way, but I don't hope anyone or any group is destroyed. God does not want anyone to go to Hell, but for everyone to come to the knowledge and truth about who He is
My question for you James: you have plenty of examples of talking to Mormons and Muslims. Do you actually have any examples of Mormons or Muslims converting to Christianity afterwards?
God is not done with Israel. Unfortunately people think that the church is spiritual Israel and we have replaced them. It’s sad people get so caught up in odd doctrine and theology the miss plan teachings from Gods word
Of course God is not done with Israel… He made the new covenant with them. Go read Jeremiah 31:31 Another thing… today’s Jews are not descendants of the ancient Israelites. They are about 90% Ashkenazim…. They are Descendants of Japheth(keep in mind that true Israelites are descendants of Shem). The bulk of the remaining 10% of Jews today are a mix of Edomite, Canaanite, Berber, With some white European blood sprinkled in. The true Israelites are The white Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, Germanic, Celtic, and kindred peoples.
If Mary and Joseph had *named Jesus* , "ROCK" , Christ would have been called *'Cephas"* by the Jews and Peter by the Greeks. But, Christ's name was Jesus and Jesus Christ reserved the NAME "ROCK" FOR CEPHAS (PETER).
i was hoping james white becomes a muslim he would have be a leader in muslim community and well respected i would follow him ! it's sad someone have more knowledge tthan me still a christian is it because he is afraid of his community ! i can't say he is following the truth even you as a christian you know christianity can not be true !!
“Allah is not going to be intimately connected to his creation, that’s against Islamic thought” Quran 50:16 👇 “And we have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than his jugular vein” and from the Hadeeth 👇 Anas ibn Mālik and Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said that Allah, the Almighty, said: "If the slave draws closer to Me by a hand-span, I shall draw closer to him by a cubit; and if he draws closer to Me by a cubit, I shall draw closer to him by the span of two outstretched arms. If he comes to Me walking, I shall come to him running." you see, God doesn’t have to have a mediator, or come down as a man (his son?) to be killed, in order to forgive sin.. it’s like if i owe 5$ to someone, and my friend comes along and pays it to him.. yes i didn’t pay anything, but still the payment was given! payment given = no forgiveness was involved!
If you owe someone $5 and your friend pays it for you, you go free while your friend bore the burden of paying your debt. Your friend is an example of substitutionary atonement. Your friend paid your debt so your debt could be forgiven. And that's what Jesus did for us. He paid the debt for your sins by dying on the cross in your place, taking the punishment you deserve so you can go free. Either you can bear the burden of your own sins and pay for your own, or you let Jesus pay for your sins by trusting alone in what He did on the cross for you. The wages of sin is death. If Jesus took 100 percent of your punishment, there is zero punishment left for you. Place your faith in Him alone to save you. It is by grace alone you are saved, not of works, so no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9
@@jessicaspencer1683 And how is that just? to punish a completely innocent person for the sins of the guilty? and what sin did i commit in the first place? i wasn’t there with Adam and Eve when they sinned.. so again, how is that just?
@@whysoserious0God is justice but He is also mercy. Someone has to pay for your sins, and it can either be you, or it can be Jesus. If it is Jesus, you are guaranteed eternal life, the moment you believe you are justified before God and you cannot lose your salvation. Eternal life is a promise if you trust Christ alone to save you and it is a free gift, you do not have to earn it. If it is you who has to pay for your sins, then you will have to face eternal torment in hell. And me saying this is loving you enough to tell you the truth, I don't want you to go to hell. If you have ever lied, or stolen something, looked at someone with lust (Jesus says that is the same as committing adultery) you have sinned against God. And that is just looking at 3 of the 10 commandments. Breaking just one commandment is falling short of God's glory and is enough to send you to hell. A just judge does not overlook crimes committed because of all the good a person has done. There is no good deeds outweighing the bad or vice versa. But someone can come along and bail you out of jail and pay your fine or your debt. And Jesus did that for you because He loves you. That is good news. Not only that, but Jesus is alive in Heaven today, seated at the right hand of the Father. Jesus was not unjustly killed on the cross. From before the foundation of the world, Jesus knew this was the plan for Him all along, and before the creation of the world, Jesus agreed with the Father to come and die to save sinners. Jesus says in John 10:18, "No one takes my life from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father." I am telling you today, you can have hope, 100 percent assurance and confidence you will be in Heaven if you trust Christ alone as your Lord and Savior. That is the promise of Jesus in John 3:16, and Jesus cannot lie.
I find it ironic that James started by saying you have to love and pray to the father to give you love for Muslims, then precedes to lie to his own people about the Quran,Allah and Islam in general, and give stories about terrorists who have nothing to do with the religion of Islam !! i would suggest to Christians reading this comment to study islam from Muslim sources and Muslim scholars.. God bless
Dr. James White seems to be unaware of the hostilities Muslims afflict on Christians. These hostilities are not out of the blue, but from the Quran and Hadith. I challenge Dr. White to come and be a Missionary at the Kenya -Somali border where Muslims are 99% of the population.
Muslims have lived quite peacefully with Christians for a long time. The Ashkenazi are the problem more than you seem to know. They don’t respect anyone unless it’s their own kind. Muslims have respect for Jesus as a prophet. The do have a reverence for God that Jews do not have. Jews are also NOT Israelites. Ashkenazis are white European “gentiles” aka goyim (which is what they call all non ashkenazis.
@@omarelamri I don't know one sincere Christian who has converted to Islam, in fact we have many converts to Christianity from devout muslims who realise they're still in their sins and need a saviour! Repent and believe the Gospel Omar 🙏🏻
@@omarelamri Omar with respect, there are many people who have studied a lot more than you have with much higher accolations than "studying the Bible at a Catholic seminary" which have which have converted from Islam to Christianity, I would direct you to Thabiti Anyabwile for one, also Nabeel Qureshi as-well as Ayaan Hirsi to name a few. I live in London and I minister in the city with a huge muslim population, and we see huge numbers both convert or just leave the Islamic faith altogether. Even though that is true, it is not an argument for Islam being false. Islam is false because it tells a different story about who Jesus is and what He came to do, which leaves everyone who follows Islam dying in their sins and entering eternal suffering for rejecting God's Own Son. I am always surprised by the way to hear muslims using atheist non-believing arguments focused on "the historical Jesus" which is thought up by people who presuppose that there is no God and so He could not have spoken. If the same atheistic arguments were presumed and applied to the Qur'an, then you would have to start with the rational of "finding the historical Muhammad", and focusing on the unreliability of the Hadith to show that Muslims actually have a very unstable worldview. But Muslims believe that there is a God who has spoken and so can preserve His word! Which is what Christians believe, so you have to start there and argue from what's already been revealed Omar, and use equal scales to judge them both.
Mohammad was not preaching to the christians and jews for ten years. He was preaching to his own tribes who worshipped many Gods trying to unite Arabia.
I hope that followers of Mr. White will notice that he talks this way about no other group that he debates with, and consider what that means. His utter, total, absolute contempt and hatred for Catholics in particular is like a palpable thing.
How does one deal with people who's religion tells them to spread it everywhere and kill the infidels? Showing them love will just get you killed. In their minds it is a sign of weakness.
Stephen (Acts 7:51-60) showed loved to his fellow Jews by telling them the truth about Jesus as we are commanded and got killed because they were angry and murderous hard hearted people. Was he supposed to ignore them? Every disciple except John has been killed in the ancient world for spreading the Gospel. Jesus Himself showed love to the people who hated Him and was crucified. We are not above persecution. Many religions back then and now are evil. The call still stands. Picking up your cross does not end in 2023.
I'm not a fan of Sam, but Dr White is not revealing the full picture. I agree that we should be kind and loving towards the general Muslims. But the kind of Muslims Sam mostly deals with are the combative types. Western politeness and civility is considered a sign of weakness and false-standing by combative Muslims. They will mock and deceive endlessly unless you know how to handle them. The question Dr White needs to ask himself is why have Yasir Qadhi, Shabbir Ally and Adnan Rashid not become Christians (or at least leave Islam) today, despite his kindness to them?
@@kenid4144we all know why they haven’t. The point wasn’t that love and kindness saves Muslims. It’s that our love and kindness drives us to share the gospel with them so that the power of God may save them if they believe. The same as it should for all people groups over the globe.
@@LucasJagneaux I get your point. But I doubt that point can be supported by the Bible. It seems like mere human reasoning or methodology based on personal experience or Western ethic of politeness. The Bible says "the love of Christ compels us"...NOT our love and kindness compels us. It is absolutely vital to love all humans, but if we want to exploit love as a tactic to reach out to Muslims, that is sheer scheming. In fact, Christian missionaries are mocked in some parts of India for their love kindness and charity because they see those acts as a stepping stones to unwarranted proselytizing. My point is, there are times when Christians need to take the bull by the horn and go hard on islam, especially when dealing with "bulls" i.e tough combative Muslims (see Matthew 12). And this should be done because Christ's love compels us to do so...not by thinking a sissified and humanistic kindness will make us want to share the gospel. That's delusional, to say the least.
@@kenid4144 Right. I can definitely agree with that statement. I suppose the word "love" has taken on some negative connotations in our western, post modern society. When I mentioned love, I absolutely mean the biblical love of Christ for His church. Not sissified, niceness. I mean the same love that caused Paul to oppose Peter to his face when he was being a hypocrite. Not a love that demands acceptance and compromise of truth, but a deep love and desire to see the lost saved, so their souls don't suffer in Hell for eternity. It goes beyond the muslim. Christians, above all others, should be the light of the world, the city set on the hill. Not in compromise of truth, but in covenant with the God who loved us, when we hated Him.
I'm sure Dr. White has read it (or at least knows what it says), and has rejected its hateful, vitriolic message. I'd read that it was written near the end of Luther's life, when he was sickly, in bitter conflicts with many he disagreed with, and was embittered toward the Jewish people over disappointment that his earlier philosemitic works (e.g. "That Jesus Christ was Born a Jew") didn't lead the Jews to convert to Christianity. Listen to Dr. White's excellent teaching on "Sacralism."
@@jeffreysnyder936 If Dr. White was an honest scholar he'd know that there's no such thing as a "jew". In the Bible we have: Hebrews, Isrealites and Judeans (jews) and they're not synonymous! Where the Bible speaks of "jews" it means Judeans and in a lot of cases, it's a location description, not someone who's from the line of Judah. Jesus was from the line of Judah, and he was of pure Israeli stock, unlike the "mixed multitude" the Bible talks about and reiterates in Romans 9 and Revelation 3. But Dr. White won't tell you this, because even though he claims to be postmillenial, he's still "Judeo Christian", which is an oxymoron!
If Mary and Joseph had *named Jesus* , "ROCK" , Christ would have been called, *"CEPHAS"*BY THE JEWS AND *"PETER"* BY THE GREEKS! But, Christ's name was Jesus and Jesus Christ reserved the NAME "ROCK" FOR CEPHAS (PETER).
@@YTTraveler777 No??? If Mary and Joseph had *named Yashua (Jesus)* , "ROCK" , Christ would have been called *'Cephas"* by the Jews and *Peter by the Greeks.* Yet, Jesus Himself reserved the name: Cephas ("ROCK") for the one who is called, "Peter" (in the Greek). Mt. 16:16-18. There is no other way to call anyone Rock in the Greek language, except to call him "Peter" .
When Jesus said, "I will build My church upon this rock, He was not calling Peter, " the rock." Read the passage again. Peter had just stated that Jesus was / is "the Christ" ... it is THIS REVELATION (that Jesus alone is salvation) that is the foundation ROCK that Jesus would build His church upon. 🔥
@@denisesmith3544 JESUS HIMSELF name Simon Bar Jona CEPHAS! It means ROCK!!! New Thayer's Greek - Engish Lexicon says concerning 2786 "Cephas" "A ROCK", the surname of Simon the Apostle: John 1:42, 1Cor. 1:12, 3:22; 4:5 (which reads, "the rock that followed them was Christ), 15:5, and also in Gal.1:18, 2:11, 14." The New Strongs Exhaustive Dictionary says this, "2786. Keµphas, kay-fas´; of Chald. or. [comp. 3710]; the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter:- Cephas. Related to this word is the Kefa from the Hebrew which is #3710 which reads as follows: 3710.e keÆph, kafe; from 3721; a hollow rock:- rock." In every case when the word "Cephas" is used it only means "rock" not pebble or stone. The name Peter is the transliteration of the word "Cephas" from the Aramaic to the Greek. Cephas only means "rock". Harper Collins Bible Dictionary page 173 remarks on the name "Cephas" "From the Aramaic kay fa Rock, a surname equivalent to Peter, cf John1:42, Matt.16:17-18." The New Oxford Annotated Bible page 149 says concerning John 1:42, "In Aramaic Cephas (Grk Petros) means rock, cf Matt.16:18. "The gospel does not over look however, the eminence of Peter in early tradition. He receives from Jesus , at the same time of his calling the special name *"Rock"* at a critical moment in Jesus' ministry. Peter leads the other disciples in loyalty and confession of fait and Peter will assure his prominent role." (Interpreters One Volume Commentary pp 711) "Peter, personal name meaning, Rock. Cephas most frequently used by Paul. *Cephas and Peter both mean Rock."* (Hohman Bible Dictionary, pp 1098) Peter ("stone; rock"), a fisherman called to be an apostle of Christ. He became one of the leaders of the early church (Matt. 4:18-20; 16:15-19; Acts 2). *Christ changed this man's name from Simon to a name meaning* "rock" (Cephas in Aramaic, Peter in Greek). James I. Packer, Merrill C. Tenney and William White, Jr., editors, Nelson's illustrated manners and customs of the Bible [computer file], electronic ed., Logos Library System, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson) 1997, c1995. "Cephas [se fes] (Gr. Kephas, from Aram. Kepa "Rock")." The Errdmans Bible Dictionary pp 199. ^THE FACT IS THAT PETER WAS ALREADY KNOWN AS* *"ROCK"* LONG BEFORE MATT. 16. I could give volumes more that agree including A.T. Robertson, DA Carson and a host of others. *Not one of them think Peter or Cephas means* " a piece of a rock" or pebble NASB on John 1:42 says, "Cephas means rock" . NAB on Mt. 16: says, " You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, the Aramaic word kepa meaning rock and transliterated in the Greek as Kephas is the name by which Peter is called in the Pauline letters. It is translated as Petros (Peter) in John 1:42. The presumed original Aramaic of Jesus statement would have been in English, " You are Rock (Kepa) and up this (Kepa) I will build my church. The Greek text probably means the same thing, for the difference in gender between the masculine noun petros, the disciples new name and the feminine noun Petra (rock) may be due simply to the unsuitability of using a feminine noun as the proper name of a male." page 35 New American Bible. pg 1946 “Nothing give evidence of Peter’s Rock-like Character as does this Epistle (1Peter). King James Study Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers John 1:42 Life Application Study Bible NIV, Tyndale House Publishing and Zondervan Publishing House Copyright. Pg 1873 “Jesus saw not only who Simon was, but who he would become. That is why he gave him a new name. Cehpas in Aramaic Peter in Greek, (means Rock). The NASB foot notes John 1:42 the word "Cephas" and says, Cephas means Rock. The New Revised Standard Version: John 1:42 The foot note at the word "Peter" reads From the word, "rock" ( "Cephas") and the Greek word, "Petra" (Peter) . The reason being that in Matt. 16: Petra and Petros MEAN THE SAME THING. IF CHRIST WANTED TO SAY PETER WAS A LITTLE STONE HE WOULD HAVE USED THE WORD "LITHO" NOT PETROS. If Christ wanted to call Peter a "stone" he would have used the word "LITHO" WHICH MEANS STONE NOT PETROS, WHICH IS A ROCK. The New Century Bible on John 1:42 (NCV) Footnote at the word "Cephas" says, "Peter, the Greek name Peter like the Aramaic Cephas means "rock" The Contemporary English Version footnote on John 1:42 "Peter: Aramaic name Cephas and the Greek name Peter means "rock" . New Living Translation foot note on John 1:42 says, "The names Cephas and Peter mean rock" .
We finally got a chance to visit Apologia church and attended this service. It was packed. We sang multiple Psalms, prayed deeply, partook in the Lord's supper, and listened with conviction as brother White encouraged us to engage Muslims unapologetically and with the love of Christ.
Sounds amazing! I'm not literally jealous or envious as secularists define that, but through a Christian lens I'm totally jealous and envious of you (hope that makes sense!).
You are blessed to have experienced Heaven on Earth
Awww that's awesome!
@@VanessaHolguin I think Paul could identify with that since he was jealous over one of the churches.
2 Corinthians 11:2 ESV
[2] For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
poor you. I pray you go beyond White and apologia and come to maturity.
Powerful message. Thank you for the challenge. Your prayer at the end was exactly what I needed to hear today.
Really enjoyed this, yes the muslims need Jesus too, praying God will reach them and that I can be a witness if an opportunity arises, really enjoy and learned a lot in listening God Bless
The timestamp of 39:50 got me😭Crying tears of joy hearing the truth being preached on this issue. What White described here is the love of Christ in action🙏🏽 Praise Jesus
For what it's worth James,it's due to yourself and your book,n videos that I have the opportunity and confidence to approach Muslims every week in Glasgow City Centre and engage them in Gospel conversations!
Thanks
Bless you brother, I'm down in London and we reach out to muslims here quite frequently, keep up the good work! God bless 🙏🏻
Thank you for your evangelism work, brother. I was born in a Muslim family. I'm now a believer in Yeshua Hamashiach. I feel so blessed that Lord Jesus came and rescued a lost sheep like me. 🙏🙌
I agree. Thank you Mr. White, I am grateful to God for your faithfulness. I've been blessed to have found Jeff with Apologia and through them you about 3 years ago. I am an ex-penticostal, now reformed baptist, Calviinist, theonomist, postmil partial preterist and absolutely love the word of God. Thanks to your work and others. The truth sets you free indeed.
Great sermon Dr. White. VERY empowering.
This was a good one. God bless James White and Apologia and all the ministries that they do
Much, much respect for you Dr. White! I used to be a Muslim before coming to Christ so this really resonated with me! Praise the Lord for our guidance in Christ! I pray that we have success in guiding Muslims to the gospel! 🙏🏽
Amen! Praise God. May he bless you sister.
My heart is full, sister!! May you know the love of Jesus more and more. We are so excited for you and gives us hope for our M friends!!
how many rakat in surah fatiha? 🤣
@@saqibux1058
Ex-muslims....exactly!! Smh
...I never met an ACTUAL Orthodox ex-muslim. Ive met many Arab Christians pretending to be Muslim...pathetic attempt...smh
Ex-muslims are 1 in billion....
The Quran is perserved. Bible is not. Case closed!!
Fake ex-muslims...smh
So you went from believing in one god to believe god sent down his son who is also god to be sacrificed to god so his creation can be forgiven by him?
I would love to attend this church. It’s about 3 hours away from me.
So would I. Unfortunately i live in South Africa
The Only way I see it is to get up early to visit 😅
...watching from Japan.
Praise Amaterasu!
I love Pastor James so much 💕✝️ He really makes me want to learn so much more 🕊️🙏
I'm a Muslim. About 10 years ago in my late teens, the world was a much different place back then. The rise of ISIS was the source of so much hatred around the world. My knowledge was limited, so started to study Islam, and almost immediately I found these interfaith debates. There was this one Islamic website that had documented the debates with James White, William Craig, David Wood, Ben Shapiro, and a few whose names I forgot. I'd read these day and night, the impassioned kid that I was. One thing I noticed was that topics about our stereotypes (terrorism, etc) was absent in the discourses with David and William. However, I never saw their faces (we had bad internet lol and the page didn't have any photos), and unfortunately got all of them lumped together at some point.
Fast forward today. I've been through many iterations of faith. Atheist, agnostic, faith leaning whatever you call it. What's happening in occupied Palestine have again brought me to this man, for the first time after a decade. A video where he directly called out the heresy of Zionism. I finally saw the man speak, in the flesh.
Though we have fundamental differences in our interpretation of God (and I'm not here to argue), if there's ONE thing we can agree on, is the personality of Jesus. He was kind, passionate, loving, sensitive. He embodied the best of humanity as we saw in his treatment towards people, from all walks of life. I mean sure, he occasionally called people "snakes" (and other strongly worded nouns), but I bet he'd fight tooth and nail for the same people if anyone raised their hand on them unjustly. In a society that was so divided, being a hotbed of rebellion, he recognized that if there was any chance of lasting peace, Jews needed to make peace within themselves first. That was only possible through the simple act of treating the other person like a human being. Stop looking at the other person like he's just a bunch of arguments to be dismantled. Look at the person.
It's disappointing to see that some Christians have birthed massive heretical cults out of sheer hatred, namely the evangelicals who care about NOTHING except for their delusional quest to enact Biblical prophesies. In their bid to bring back Jesus, they've essentially abandoned him. They're cheering on as bombs are dropping on the same blessed grounds that Jesus walked on, ignoring the sight of thousands of mothers who held their dead sons the same way Mary did (according to their belief). Sure our religions are different, but being from the same Abrahamic family, this feels like betrayal to our faith as well.
Thanks for being the voice of reason, Mr. White. God created even our "opponents", and as a bare minimum, we must preserve that sanctity. We are not at war, and should never be subjected to blind, predetermined hatred. We follow the example of the same blessed agents of God, and we should be celebrating it before we can even hope to discuss what the truth is.
I praise God for your words of wisdom. You have embodied more understanding of what I have experienced in my 26 years as a Christian, as their pastors tickle their ears, telling them that they will be ruptured before anything bad starts to happen, all the while praising the destruction of those who believe in another god, thus, ushering in (like you pointed out) their Zionist view and the return of Christ. The problem is, the Anti Christ that will rise from this chaos, will be seen by the world, Christ's return. Nothing could be further from what Revelations says. God Bless you, and I want to thank you for your beautiful words.
Brother James White has been such a Blessing in my Faith Journey. I long to meet him someday LORD Willing.
May God forgive us where our love has grown cold and increase it in our hearts for all sons and daughters of Adam. All we like sheep have gone astray. None is righteous. May we remember the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This video was encouraging
We all so desperately need a heart check for our reasoning to bring the gospel to others… is it because we love them and we want them to come to Christ or do we want to be right?
Dear precious souls, please humble yourselves, fast and pray for divine wisdom and strength in these end times. Our loving Lord God says For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. May the Judge of our eternity have mercy on our souls! Selah!
James White is close to becoming Muslim inshAllah.
Dr James White the absolute BEST. GOD Bless this man.
Thank you for trying to understand Islam.
I am dying to know your interpretation of Sura Al Ikhlas.
I am dying to know the full story of the two doctors who blew themselves up.
I am dying to know the answer you gave to the two Muslim ladies about the council of Nicea.
I am dying to know where the Apostles read in the Bilble that Jesus (peace be upon him) was God.
Looking at both Jewish and Islamic TH-cam channels is very eye-opening. You can see that both religions are both very different from the personal study and relationship of the Christian faith.
James White should debate Christian Prince on this topic. He has criticized CP's methods in the past, but the fruit speaks for itself.
He won't dare to! People like Dr White tend to believe their own method/perspective is the best...and CP is guilty of this, too. But having listened to CP for about 3 years, I will choose CP's method over Dr White's anyday...but as directed by the Holy Spirit.😊
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Listening to a foul mouth for 3 years! How horrible must you be.
Lord have mercy, i feel like its going to get very dark before it gets better. Lord have mercy on us all.
Thanks brother for the reminder! The gospel is for all peoples
Dr. White is great! 💯
Dr James mentioned a 'billion' Muslims a few times. Just fyi, there are 2 Billion+ Muslims in the world now, not just a billion. Small detail but it accentuates Dr James' message even more
Sufis' jihad is the jihad against the ego. Battle against the ego. That is our main battle. Only LOVE. when i die, put me in a desert, no gardens, no waterfalls, no trees, just a desert with a beautiful voice and let me praise HIM and pass out from LOVE and wake up in LOVE and start all over again for eternity.
Excellent points James!
watching you from Saudi Arabia. Grace to you.
The 1980 Jewish almanac says this…
Strictly speaking, it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a "Jew" or to call a contemporary Jew an "Israelite" or a "Hebrew."…..”
Good sermon Dr White. God bless from South Africa
I do care but I will not fight against their enemies. Instead, I hope both sides will repent because ultimately the gospel is what matters.
Should we also read the bhagavad gita? The vedas? How about the necronomicon in the hopes that He’ll save one? Is reading the Satanic bible going too far?
Sufi muslims are the mystics, The Lovers of God. No reward, no fear. LOVE.
Thank The lord for his power to help serve!
Which book of Dr James White was he recommending we read before the Quran please?
I just did a quick google and see he has one entitled “What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Quran”. I’ve not read it, but I’m sure that’s the one!
Hate unfortunately is easier than taking the time to help someone with compassion.
Dr James, my friend in God. Please meet a sufi teacher and have a debate with him. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I felt the same way when I was watching a video about the olympics and these people, who called themselves Christians were literally praying and hopong for God to destroy Paris and all the people there. It brings a fire to your belly. Even if they do wrong, we are all simners. And who are we to hope for the destruction and damnation of others when we ourselves our sinners who are only redeemed and sanctified because of the mercy of God? I evangelize because I care. I know what I believe to be true. So when people reject it, of course I become frustrated even to the point of desparation. Because I know unless these people learn and accept the truth they will go to Hell. It's only though the zeal of the Holy Spirit that you feel that way, but I don't hope anyone or any group is destroyed. God does not want anyone to go to Hell, but for everyone to come to the knowledge and truth about who He is
Was the title of this changed from “The Gospel is for everyone”?
My question for you James: you have plenty of examples of talking to Mormons and Muslims. Do you actually have any examples of Mormons or Muslims converting to Christianity afterwards?
God is not done with Israel. Unfortunately people think that the church is spiritual Israel and we have replaced them. It’s sad people get so caught up in odd doctrine and theology the miss plan teachings from Gods word
Of course God is not done with Israel… He made the new covenant with them. Go read Jeremiah 31:31
Another thing… today’s Jews are not descendants of the ancient Israelites. They are about 90% Ashkenazim…. They are Descendants of Japheth(keep in mind that true Israelites are descendants of Shem). The bulk of the remaining 10% of Jews today are a mix of Edomite, Canaanite, Berber, With some white European blood sprinkled in.
The true Israelites are The white Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, Germanic, Celtic, and kindred peoples.
Wrong on all statements here.
Which James White book?
What Every Christian Needs To Know About The Quran
Dr White has brass ones for Jesus
If Mary and Joseph had *named Jesus* , "ROCK" , Christ would have been called *'Cephas"* by the Jews and Peter by the Greeks. But, Christ's name was Jesus and Jesus Christ reserved the NAME "ROCK" FOR CEPHAS (PETER).
@@catholic4sure976...Why bring that here? We worship the Lord Jesus Christ here...Go see your RCC buddies....💥
@@michellecheriekjv4115 You despise Christ and the apostles don’t you?
Hmmm, the title was changed from The Gospel is for Anyone
You’ll never reach Muslims as long as you keep peddling the false trinity doctrine .
i was hoping james white becomes a muslim he would have be a leader in muslim community and well respected
i would follow him ! it's sad someone have more knowledge tthan me still a christian
is it because he is afraid of his community ! i can't say he is following the truth even you as a christian you know christianity can not be true !!
“Allah is not going to be intimately connected to his creation, that’s against Islamic thought”
Quran 50:16 👇
“And we have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than his jugular vein”
and from the Hadeeth 👇
Anas ibn Mālik and Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said that Allah, the Almighty, said: "If the slave draws closer to Me by a hand-span, I shall draw closer to him by a cubit; and if he draws closer to Me by a cubit, I shall draw closer to him by the span of two outstretched arms. If he comes to Me walking, I shall come to him running."
you see, God doesn’t have to have a mediator, or come down as a man (his son?) to be killed, in order to forgive sin..
it’s like if i owe 5$ to someone, and my friend comes along and pays it to him.. yes i didn’t pay anything, but still the payment was given!
payment given = no forgiveness was involved!
If you owe someone $5 and your friend pays it for you, you go free while your friend bore the burden of paying your debt. Your friend is an example of substitutionary atonement. Your friend paid your debt so your debt could be forgiven. And that's what Jesus did for us. He paid the debt for your sins by dying on the cross in your place, taking the punishment you deserve so you can go free.
Either you can bear the burden of your own sins and pay for your own, or you let Jesus pay for your sins by trusting alone in what He did on the cross for you. The wages of sin is death. If Jesus took 100 percent of your punishment, there is zero punishment left for you. Place your faith in Him alone to save you. It is by grace alone you are saved, not of works, so no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9
@@jessicaspencer1683 And how is that just? to punish a completely innocent person for the sins of the guilty? and what sin did i commit in the first place? i wasn’t there with Adam and Eve when they sinned.. so again, how is that just?
@@whysoserious0God is justice but He is also mercy. Someone has to pay for your sins, and it can either be you, or it can be Jesus. If it is Jesus, you are guaranteed eternal life, the moment you believe you are justified before God and you cannot lose your salvation. Eternal life is a promise if you trust Christ alone to save you and it is a free gift, you do not have to earn it. If it is you who has to pay for your sins, then you will have to face eternal torment in hell. And me saying this is loving you enough to tell you the truth, I don't want you to go to hell.
If you have ever lied, or stolen something, looked at someone with lust (Jesus says that is the same as committing adultery) you have sinned against God. And that is just looking at 3 of the 10 commandments. Breaking just one commandment is falling short of God's glory and is enough to send you to hell. A just judge does not overlook crimes committed because of all the good a person has done. There is no good deeds outweighing the bad or vice versa. But someone can come along and bail you out of jail and pay your fine or your debt. And Jesus did that for you because He loves you. That is good news. Not only that, but Jesus is alive in Heaven today, seated at the right hand of the Father.
Jesus was not unjustly killed on the cross. From before the foundation of the world, Jesus knew this was the plan for Him all along, and before the creation of the world, Jesus agreed with the Father to come and die to save sinners.
Jesus says in John 10:18, "No one takes my life from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father."
I am telling you today, you can have hope, 100 percent assurance and confidence you will be in Heaven if you trust Christ alone as your Lord and Savior. That is the promise of Jesus in John 3:16, and Jesus cannot lie.
Supernova universe parallel, revelry. On Sukkot.
Revelry = Rave
I find it ironic that James started by saying you have to love and pray to the father to give you love for Muslims, then precedes to lie to his own people about the Quran,Allah and Islam in general, and give stories about terrorists who have nothing to do with the religion of Islam !!
i would suggest to Christians reading this comment to study islam from Muslim sources and Muslim scholars.. God bless
This was amazing
Christ died for us while we were yet in our sins. God would that all men might be saved.
Dr. James White seems to be unaware of the hostilities Muslims afflict on Christians. These hostilities are not out of the blue, but from the Quran and Hadith. I challenge Dr. White to come and be a Missionary at the Kenya -Somali border where Muslims are 99% of the population.
Muslims have lived quite peacefully with Christians for a long time. The Ashkenazi are the problem more than you seem to know. They don’t respect anyone unless it’s their own kind. Muslims have respect for Jesus as a prophet. The do have a reverence for God that Jews do not have. Jews are also NOT Israelites. Ashkenazis are white European “gentiles” aka goyim (which is what they call all non ashkenazis.
I may disagree with White's views on eschatology, but this was very insightful for evangelism to Muslims.
@@omarelamri I don't know one sincere Christian who has converted to Islam, in fact we have many converts to Christianity from devout muslims who realise they're still in their sins and need a saviour! Repent and believe the Gospel Omar 🙏🏻
@@omarelamri Omar with respect, there are many people who have studied a lot more than you have with much higher accolations than "studying the Bible at a Catholic seminary" which have which have converted from Islam to Christianity, I would direct you to Thabiti Anyabwile for one, also Nabeel Qureshi as-well as Ayaan Hirsi to name a few.
I live in London and I minister in the city with a huge muslim population, and we see huge numbers both convert or just leave the Islamic faith altogether. Even though that is true, it is not an argument for Islam being false.
Islam is false because it tells a different story about who Jesus is and what He came to do, which leaves everyone who follows Islam dying in their sins and entering eternal suffering for rejecting God's Own Son.
I am always surprised by the way to hear muslims using atheist non-believing arguments focused on "the historical Jesus" which is thought up by people who presuppose that there is no God and so He could not have spoken.
If the same atheistic arguments were presumed and applied to the Qur'an, then you would have to start with the rational of "finding the historical Muhammad", and focusing on the unreliability of the Hadith to show that Muslims actually have a very unstable worldview. But Muslims believe that there is a God who has spoken and so can preserve His word! Which is what Christians believe, so you have to start there and argue from what's already been revealed Omar, and use equal scales to judge them both.
Amen 🙏🏻
Mohammad was not preaching to the christians and jews for ten years. He was preaching to his own tribes who worshipped many Gods trying to unite Arabia.
Dr. White, Iran has not received the $6B yet.
8:39 In Vietnam ;)
Thank you
I hope that followers of Mr. White will notice that he talks this way about no other group that he debates with, and consider what that means. His utter, total, absolute contempt and hatred for Catholics in particular is like a palpable thing.
Is Calvinism the Bible?
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How does one deal with people who's religion tells them to spread it everywhere and kill the infidels? Showing them love will just get you killed. In their minds it is a sign of weakness.
Stephen (Acts 7:51-60) showed loved to his fellow Jews by telling them the truth about Jesus as we are commanded and got killed because they were angry and murderous hard hearted people. Was he supposed to ignore them? Every disciple except John has been killed in the ancient world for spreading the Gospel. Jesus Himself showed love to the people who hated Him and was crucified. We are not above persecution. Many religions back then and now are evil. The call still stands. Picking up your cross does not end in 2023.
That’s noahide laws. Do you even know what the Ashkenazi Talmud and Kabbalah teachings say???? You are grossly ignorant
Don't forget about the sufi muslims.
Islam A to Z James White
Sam Shamoun is “manifesting” now 😂
I'm not a fan of Sam, but Dr White is not revealing the full picture. I agree that we should be kind and loving towards the general Muslims. But the kind of Muslims Sam mostly deals with are the combative types. Western politeness and civility is considered a sign of weakness and false-standing by combative Muslims. They will mock and deceive endlessly unless you know how to handle them.
The question Dr White needs to ask himself is why have Yasir Qadhi, Shabbir Ally and Adnan Rashid not become Christians (or at least leave Islam) today, despite his kindness to them?
@@kenid4144we all know why they haven’t. The point wasn’t that love and kindness saves Muslims. It’s that our love and kindness drives us to share the gospel with them so that the power of God may save them if they believe. The same as it should for all people groups over the globe.
@@LucasJagneaux I get your point. But I doubt that point can be supported by the Bible. It seems like mere human reasoning or methodology based on personal experience or Western ethic of politeness. The Bible says "the love of Christ compels us"...NOT our love and kindness compels us. It is absolutely vital to love all humans, but if we want to exploit love as a tactic to reach out to Muslims, that is sheer scheming. In fact, Christian missionaries are mocked in some parts of India for their love kindness and charity because they see those acts as a stepping stones to unwarranted proselytizing.
My point is, there are times when Christians need to take the bull by the horn and go hard on islam, especially when dealing with "bulls" i.e tough combative Muslims (see Matthew 12). And this should be done because Christ's love compels us to do so...not by thinking a sissified and humanistic kindness will make us want to share the gospel. That's delusional, to say the least.
@@kenid4144 Right. I can definitely agree with that statement. I suppose the word "love" has taken on some negative connotations in our western, post modern society. When I mentioned love, I absolutely mean the biblical love of Christ for His church. Not sissified, niceness. I mean the same love that caused Paul to oppose Peter to his face when he was being a hypocrite. Not a love that demands acceptance and compromise of truth, but a deep love and desire to see the lost saved, so their souls don't suffer in Hell for eternity. It goes beyond the muslim. Christians, above all others, should be the light of the world, the city set on the hill. Not in compromise of truth, but in covenant with the God who loved us, when we hated Him.
I guess Dr. White has not read Luther's "On The Jews and Their Lies" LOL nor understands Revelation 3:9.
You mean where it describes a specific group of people among the Jews?
@@TheSlaveofJesusChrist yeah most of whom modern jews descended from!
I don’t think there’s much that Dr White hasn’t read…
I'm sure Dr. White has read it (or at least knows what it says), and has rejected its hateful, vitriolic message. I'd read that it was written near the end of Luther's life, when he was sickly, in bitter conflicts with many he disagreed with, and was embittered toward the Jewish people over disappointment that his earlier philosemitic works (e.g. "That Jesus Christ was Born a Jew") didn't lead the Jews to convert to Christianity. Listen to Dr. White's excellent teaching on "Sacralism."
@@jeffreysnyder936 If Dr. White was an honest scholar he'd know that there's no such thing as a "jew". In the Bible we have: Hebrews, Isrealites and Judeans (jews) and they're not synonymous! Where the Bible speaks of "jews" it means Judeans and in a lot of cases, it's a location description, not someone who's from the line of Judah. Jesus was from the line of Judah, and he was of pure Israeli stock, unlike the "mixed multitude" the Bible talks about and reiterates in Romans 9 and Revelation 3. But Dr. White won't tell you this, because even though he claims to be postmillenial, he's still "Judeo Christian", which is an oxymoron!
If Mary and Joseph had *named Jesus* , "ROCK" , Christ would have been called, *"CEPHAS"*BY THE JEWS AND *"PETER"* BY THE GREEKS! But, Christ's name was Jesus and Jesus Christ reserved the NAME "ROCK" FOR CEPHAS (PETER).
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@@YTTraveler777 No??? If Mary and Joseph had *named Yashua (Jesus)* , "ROCK" , Christ would have been called *'Cephas"* by the Jews and *Peter by the Greeks.* Yet, Jesus Himself reserved the name: Cephas ("ROCK") for the one who is called, "Peter" (in the Greek). Mt. 16:16-18. There is no other way to call anyone Rock in the Greek language, except to call him "Peter" .
When Jesus said, "I will build My church upon this rock, He was not calling Peter, " the rock." Read the passage again. Peter had just stated that Jesus was / is "the Christ" ... it is THIS REVELATION (that Jesus alone is salvation) that is the foundation ROCK that Jesus would build His church upon. 🔥
@@denisesmith3544 JESUS HIMSELF name Simon Bar Jona CEPHAS! It means ROCK!!! New Thayer's Greek - Engish Lexicon says concerning 2786 "Cephas" "A ROCK", the surname of Simon the Apostle: John 1:42, 1Cor. 1:12, 3:22; 4:5 (which reads, "the rock that followed them was Christ), 15:5, and also in Gal.1:18, 2:11, 14."
The New Strongs Exhaustive Dictionary says this, "2786. Keµphas, kay-fas´; of Chald. or. [comp. 3710]; the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter:- Cephas.
Related to this word is the Kefa from the Hebrew which is #3710 which reads as follows: 3710.e keÆph, kafe; from 3721; a hollow rock:- rock." In every case when the word "Cephas" is used it only means "rock" not pebble or stone. The name Peter is the transliteration of the word "Cephas" from the Aramaic to the Greek. Cephas only means "rock".
Harper Collins Bible Dictionary page 173 remarks on the name "Cephas" "From the Aramaic kay fa Rock, a surname equivalent to Peter, cf John1:42, Matt.16:17-18."
The New Oxford Annotated Bible page 149 says concerning John 1:42, "In Aramaic Cephas (Grk Petros) means rock, cf Matt.16:18.
"The gospel does not over look however, the eminence of Peter in early tradition. He receives from Jesus , at the same time of his calling the special name *"Rock"* at a critical moment in Jesus' ministry. Peter leads the other disciples in loyalty and confession of fait and Peter will assure his prominent role." (Interpreters One Volume Commentary pp 711)
"Peter, personal name meaning, Rock. Cephas most frequently used by Paul. *Cephas and Peter both mean Rock."* (Hohman Bible Dictionary, pp 1098)
Peter ("stone; rock"), a fisherman called to be an apostle of Christ. He became one of the leaders of the early church (Matt. 4:18-20; 16:15-19; Acts 2). *Christ changed this man's name from Simon to a name meaning* "rock" (Cephas in Aramaic, Peter in Greek).
James I. Packer, Merrill C. Tenney and William White, Jr., editors, Nelson's illustrated manners and customs of the Bible [computer file], electronic ed., Logos Library System, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson) 1997, c1995.
"Cephas [se fes] (Gr. Kephas, from Aram. Kepa "Rock")." The Errdmans Bible Dictionary pp 199.
^THE FACT IS THAT PETER WAS ALREADY KNOWN AS* *"ROCK"* LONG BEFORE MATT. 16.
I could give volumes more that agree including A.T. Robertson, DA Carson and a host of others. *Not one of them think Peter or Cephas means* " a piece of a rock" or pebble
NASB on John 1:42 says, "Cephas means rock" .
NAB on Mt. 16: says, " You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, the Aramaic word kepa meaning rock and transliterated in the Greek as Kephas is the name by which Peter is called in the Pauline letters. It is translated as Petros (Peter) in John 1:42. The presumed original Aramaic of Jesus statement would have been in English, " You are Rock (Kepa) and up this (Kepa) I will build my church. The Greek text probably means the same thing, for the difference in gender between the masculine noun petros, the disciples new name and the feminine noun Petra (rock) may be due simply to the unsuitability of using a feminine noun as the proper name of a male." page 35 New American Bible.
pg 1946 “Nothing give evidence of Peter’s Rock-like Character as does this Epistle (1Peter). King James Study Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers
John 1:42 Life Application Study Bible NIV, Tyndale House Publishing and Zondervan Publishing House Copyright. Pg 1873 “Jesus saw not only who Simon was, but who he would become. That is why he gave him a new name. Cehpas in Aramaic Peter in Greek, (means Rock).
The NASB foot notes John 1:42 the word "Cephas" and says, Cephas means Rock.
The New Revised Standard Version:
John 1:42 The foot note at the word "Peter" reads From the word, "rock" ( "Cephas") and the Greek word, "Petra" (Peter) .
The reason being that in Matt. 16: Petra and Petros MEAN THE SAME THING. IF CHRIST WANTED TO SAY PETER WAS A LITTLE STONE HE WOULD HAVE USED THE WORD "LITHO" NOT PETROS.
If Christ wanted to call Peter a "stone" he would have used the word "LITHO" WHICH MEANS STONE NOT PETROS, WHICH IS A ROCK.
The New Century Bible on John 1:42
(NCV) Footnote at the word "Cephas" says, "Peter, the Greek name Peter like the Aramaic Cephas means "rock"
The Contemporary English Version footnote on John 1:42 "Peter: Aramaic name Cephas and the Greek name Peter means "rock" .
New Living Translation foot note on John 1:42 says, "The names Cephas and Peter mean rock" .
Psalm 18.31 For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
Dear God. I tuned in for the first time to hear this guy. But all I hear is this egomaniac drone on and on about himself.