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Matt Slick (1956–) is an American preacher, Christian apologist, and the founder of the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (CARM), which he established in 1995. Born in 1956, he was raised in a nominally Christian home in the United States and became involved in the occult as a teenager. At age 17, he experienced a dramatic conversion to Christianity after attending a church service, prompted by a desire to disprove the faith, which instead led him to embrace it. He graduated from Christ College Irvine (now Concordia University Irvine) in 1987 with a Bachelor’s in Social Science and earned a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary in Escondido, California, in 1991. Slick is married to Annick, and they have three daughters. Slick’s preaching career began with roles as an assistant pastor at a Christian Reformed Church and senior pastor at a Presbyterian Church in America congregation, both in Southern California. He founded CARM to address questions from critics online, initially compiling his sermons and notes into a website that has since grown into a major apologetics resource, reporting over 159 million visitors by November 2023. Known for his radio program Matt Slick Live, airing weekdays since the early 2000s, he engages callers on theology and apologetics. He has authored numerous books, including The Influence of Calvinism and Apologetics and Atheism, and is a frequent debater, notably with atheists like Matt Dillahunty. Based in Nampa, Idaho, Slick continues to lead CARM full-time, leaving a legacy as a preacher dedicated to defending and equipping Christians in their faith.
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Matt Slick delivers a sermon emphasizing the differences between the God of Christianity and the God of Islam. He highlights the foundational belief in the Trinity in Christianity, where God exists as three distinct persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit - a concept denied in Islam. Slick contrasts the Christian belief in the incarnation of the Word, with Jesus being God in flesh and crucified, with the Islamic view that Jesus was merely a prophet and was not crucified, as stated in the Quran.
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Is the God of Chrstianity and the God of Islam the Same?
No, the God of Christianity and the God of Islam are not the same. First of all, the God of Christianity is a Trinity where the God of Islam is not. The Trinity is the monotheistic teaching that God exists eternally as three distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In Islam, this is blatantly denied. "And behold! Allah will say: "O 'Isa Ibn Maryam! Did you say to men, "Worship me and my mother as gods besides Allah?" He will say: "Glory to you! Never could I say what I had no right to say. Had I said such a thing, you would indeed have known it. You know what is in my heart, though I know not what is in yours. For you know in full all that is hidden," (Quran 5:116). "O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, "Three"; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs," (Quran 4:171). Furthermore, in Christianity the doctrine of the Trinity allows for the incarnation of the Word. John 1:1, 14 says that the Word which was God was with God and became flesh and dwelt among us and was crucified (Matt. 26:2; 27:38). This is denied in Islam, which says that Jesus is only a prophet and was not crucified. "[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah . He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet," (Quran 19:30). "And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah ." And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain," (Quran 4:157). So, the God of Islam and the God of Christianity are not the same.
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Matt Slick (1956–) is an American preacher, Christian apologist, and the founder of the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (CARM), which he established in 1995. Born in 1956, he was raised in a nominally Christian home in the United States and became involved in the occult as a teenager. At age 17, he experienced a dramatic conversion to Christianity after attending a church service, prompted by a desire to disprove the faith, which instead led him to embrace it. He graduated from Christ College Irvine (now Concordia University Irvine) in 1987 with a Bachelor’s in Social Science and earned a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary in Escondido, California, in 1991. Slick is married to Annick, and they have three daughters. Slick’s preaching career began with roles as an assistant pastor at a Christian Reformed Church and senior pastor at a Presbyterian Church in America congregation, both in Southern California. He founded CARM to address questions from critics online, initially compiling his sermons and notes into a website that has since grown into a major apologetics resource, reporting over 159 million visitors by November 2023. Known for his radio program Matt Slick Live, airing weekdays since the early 2000s, he engages callers on theology and apologetics. He has authored numerous books, including The Influence of Calvinism and Apologetics and Atheism, and is a frequent debater, notably with atheists like Matt Dillahunty. Based in Nampa, Idaho, Slick continues to lead CARM full-time, leaving a legacy as a preacher dedicated to defending and equipping Christians in their faith.