HCU Apologetics

Monday!

Join HTS for the 2026 A. O. Collins Lecture with keynote speaker Teresa Morgan! Professor Morgan is the McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Yale Divinity School. She will be sharing her thoughts on "A Biblical Theology of Hope."
For more information: (copy & paste)
https://hc.edu/school-of-christian-thought/events-in-the-college/a-o-collins-lectures/

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Don't miss Theology Seminar! Select Mondays, this fall. Good coffee and great conversation; hope to see you there!

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/272521509520507?p=0Alb5DEoeTfluCfzP6
Meeting ID: 272 521 509 520 507
Passcode: od2j98Qj

Sept 28: Alan Garrow, “The Apostolic Decree and the Didache”
Oct 12: Seth Ehorn (w/ Jason Maston), “Faith and Hope in the Work of Teresa Morgan” [ahead of her AO Collins Lecture]
Oct 26" Trevor Harris, “The Ethics of Prelapsarian Legal Standing”
Nov 9" Lynn Cohick, “The Samaritan Woman’s Encounter with Jesus in the Biblical Text and Art”

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Mark your calendar!

Join HTS for the 2026 A. O. Collins Lecture with keynote speaker Teresa Morgan! Professor Morgan is the McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Yale Divinity School. She will be sharing her thoughts on "A Biblical Theology of Hope."
For more information: https://hc.edu/school-of-christian-thought/events-in-the-college/a-o-collins-lectures/

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The Romans had the Colosseum. The Greeks had the Olympics. HCU has Classics Day. High school students are invited to join us October 16, 2026, for a day devoted to all things ancient Greece and Rome.

Sign up today: https://connect.hc.edu/s/1761/gid2/index.aspx?sid=1761&gid=2&pgid=3630&content_id=3405

Interested in studying HBU Classics & Biblical Languages? More information here: https://hc.edu/school-of-christian-thought/departments/classics-biblical-languages/

Houston Christian University

Join HTS for the 2026 A. O. Collins Lecture with keynote speaker Teresa Morgan! Professor Morgan is the McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Yale Divinity School. She will be sharing her thoughts on "A Biblical Theology of Hope."
For more information: https://hc.edu/school-of-christian-thought/events-in-the-college/a-o-collins-lectures/

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from Mike Licona

It was a beautiful September morning in Virginia Beach. A coolness in the air announced that fall was near. I decided to walk around the neighborhood for a time of prayer. When I finished, I walked through the front door and Debbie yelled for me to come quickly. For the remainder of that day, we were glued to the television—often speechless, sometimes in tears.

Every anniversary of 9/11 for the past 25 years, I have watched videos of the towers falling, always getting a lump in my throat, often accompanied by tears. For many Americans, 9/11 was the day Islam would no longer viewed as merely Israel’s problem.

Islam is not a religion of peace. If you’re unsure of that, read the Quran. Read the hadith. Read the earliest extant biography of Muhammad, the Sirat Rasul Allah by Ibn Ishaq, written in the mid-eighth century.

Yet as Christians, we are commanded to love Muslims—not merely those who are peaceful toward us, but even those who hate us. Jesus taught, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matt. 5:44).

Yes, there are peaceful Muslims. My late friend Nabeel Qureshi had no desire to harm his non-Muslim friends when he was a Muslim. I suspect his sister and parents, who remain Muslims, bear no ill will toward non-Muslims. I can get along Muslims like them and regard them with genuine affection.

But those who follow the Quran seriously and the example of Muhammad pose a genuine danger to those of us who refuse to bend the knee to their prophet and submit to Islam. Christians should therefore be neither hateful nor naïve. We should understand Islam, learn how to answer its claims, know how to share the gospel effectively with Muslims, and pray, asking the Lord to send more workers into this field for His harvest (Luke 10:2).

As citizens, we should also cast our vote in ways that protect all of our religious liberties as long as they do not infringe on our constitutional liberties. For example, Shariah Law must never be permitted anywhere in the U.S.

And we must never forget that Jesus loves Muslims. Around the world, former Muslims often testify that their encounters with Jesus in dreams ended up leading them to leave Islam and follow Him. Nabeel Qureshi and Thomas Samuel immediately come to mind because I knew Nabeel and I know Thomas. Nabeel became a powerful warrior for God’s kingdom, as Thomas is today. God is working among Muslims!

So on this 25th anniversary of 9/11, we remember the nearly 3,000 people who were murdered that day by Islamic terrorists and the families whose lives were forever changed. Let us be prepared to combat this violent ideology with prayer, the gospel, and our vote.

Pray for Muslims. Befriend Muslims. Learn how to answer Islam. Share Jesus with Muslims.

Because our ultimate response to Islam should not merely be resistance.

It should be the gospel.

Happy Labor Day!

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