Papa Yaw Berkye

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

Church: Stop romanticizing the idea that Muslims and Jews are somehow “almost there” faith side.

Islam rejects Christ. That’s not “almost” right: it’s completely wrong.

Muslims don’t need sentimental unity. They need the gospel. Same as Hindus, Buddhists, atheists and Mormons.

Stop treating Islam like it’s halfway home. Muhammad wasn’t an Ishmaelite. Islam isn’t Abrahamic. If Abraham had a passport, Mecca wouldn’t be stamped in it.

The only son of promise is fulfilled in Christ. The only seed is Christ. The only path to God is through Him. Stop idolizing theological fan fiction and go teach the truth of the gospel.

Maranatha 🔥

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

Six reasons I can't go back to Islam.

1. The Quran repeatedly affirms the Torah that existed in the 7th century. Today, thanks to the Dead Sea Scrolls, we know that Torah is substantially the same Torah we have now.

2. The Quran retells stories of the prophets, but many of those details resemble Jewish oral traditions and Midrash rather than the Torah itself.

3. The claim that Abraham and Ishmael built the Kaaba has no clear historical or archaeological evidence behind it.

4. The Kaaba was never God's first sanctuary. Long before Islam, Scripture describes God's tabernacle, His presence, His covenant, and His instructions for worship.

5. Islam removes the biblical system of atonement. No mercy seat. No sacrifice. No Ark of the Covenant. Which leaves me asking: how is sin ultimately dealt with?

6. Jesus. Not as a theological concept. As a living Savior. I encountered Him. He pulled me out of performance-based religion and gave me peace I never found through striving.

You can debate doctrine all day.

But I can't unsee what I've seen.

I can't unknow what I've learned.

And I can't walk away from the One who changed my life.

No turning back.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

You know what shocked me when I converted to Christianity from Islam?

The deeper I got into Christianity, the more I realized it's the only thing I've ever touched that doesn't run out.

You can master business, law, medicine, psychology, investing.

And then what?

You die.

Your accomplishments become a résumé nobody reads and a legacy most people forget.

But Christianity is different.

There is no ceiling.

No finish line.

No "you've made it" badge.

The deeper you go, the deeper it gets.

It tears down your pride, rebuilds your identity, and keeps transforming you long after every other pursuit has reached its limit.

I used to think Christianity was soft.

Too forgiving.

Too emotional.

Too much "God loves you."

Now I see it as the most radical truth
I've ever encountered.

A holy God stepped into the dirt, faced humanity head-on, and made a way home for people who could never save themselves.

He doesn't demand perfection first.

He says, "Come home."

Show me another kingdom that survives death.

Show me another King people willingly suffer, sacrifice, and die for two thousand years later.

You can't.

Because Christianity isn't just a religion.

It's the only eternal story I've ever found.

And Jesus is the cornerstone that never crumbles.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

You know what shocked me as a former Muslim?

The claim that Ishmael was the father of the Arabs.

Because when I actually read Genesis, the story didn't match what I had been taught.

Genesis 21:21 says that after Abraham sent Ishmael away, he settled in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother found him a wife from Egypt.

Not Arabia or Mecca, Egypt.

Yet Islam's Abrahamic narrative depends on Ishmael settling in Mecca, building the Kaaba with Abraham, and becoming the ancestor of the Arab line that would eventually produce Muhammad.

The problem is, that's not what Genesis says.

The Torah records an Egyptian wife and a life centered in Paran. The later claims about Mecca, the Kaaba, and Ishmael's expanded tribal legacy appear centuries later outside the biblical text.

So now we're left with a question:

Did the Torah preserve the original story?

Or was the story later rewritten to create an Abrahamic foundation for Islam?

Because if Ishmael's roots are in Egypt rather than Mecca, the entire narrative connecting Abraham, Ishmael, and the Kaaba deserves a much closer look.

Why aren't more people talking about that?

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

Muhammad was not an Ishmaelite. Islam is not an Abrahamic religion.

If you’re a Bible-believing Christian, then Genesis 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21, 25 absolutely wreck the idea of Abraham ever going to Mecca, let alone Ishmael and Hagar.

The logic: 
•Abraham had Ishmael
•Ishmael went to Mecca
•Muhammad is from Ishmael
•Islam is Abrahamic.

It is not logical. Ishmael never stepped foot in Mecca. Muhammad didn’t even know his own family tree. Even honest Islamic scholars admit the gaps here.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

When I was Muslim, I didn't hate Jesus.

I just felt like every time Christians brought Him up, they were attacking everything I loved.

My family and community.
My identity and worldview.

That's why so many Muslims go into defense mode when you try to evangelize them. Not because they don't care about truth. Because it feels like you're disrespecting their entire life.

So when you lead with, "Islam is false" or "Jesus is the Son of God," you're not planting seeds.

You're swinging at roots. Even if you're right, you're probably too early.

What changed my life wasn't an argument. It was a question.

"Do you ever feel like you're doing everything right but still don't know where you stand with God?"

That hit me.

"Do you ever wonder why mercy feels like something you still have to earn?"

That hit me too. "Do you ever pray and feel like nobody is listening?"

I lived there for years. Jesus doesn't need hype. He just needs space to reveal Himself in the places people are already hurting.

So stop talking to Muslims like they're lost. Talk to them like they're searching, but scared.

Ask questions, listen: Because the person who finally reached me didn't start with a verse.

He started with a question that broke open my silence.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

When I was Muslim, I thought God’s holiness meant He couldn’t be near sinners.

We were so unworthy and Allah would be unlike anything in this world.

So how could Jesus, if He were God, touch lepers? Eat with sinners? Let a sinful woman wash His feet?

Then it hit me:

When Jesus touched a leper, the leper didn’t make Jesus unclean.

Jesus made the leper clean. Mark 1:41.

Holiness didn’t retreat from the sin. He came right to it and overpowered it.

I thought God’s holiness kept Him AWAY from people like me.

But His holiness was so strong it could walk right into my mess and clean it instead of catching it.

He didn’t avoid the unclean.

He healed them by with relationship, intimacy, and touch.

There’s a God who bleeds and weeps with us. And He says one thing…

“Follow Me”

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

"If Jesus was God, why didn't He just say it?"

I used to ask that as a Muslim.

I thought I had Christians cornered. Then I actually read the Bible I was criticizing.

And I realized I wasn't looking for evidence. I was looking for a specific sentence.

But does God need your preferred wording to still be God?

Because God said: "Before Abraham was, I AM."

The Jews immediately picked up stones to kill Him. Why?

Because they knew exactly what He was claiming.

He wasn't just saying He existed before Abraham.

He was identifying Himself with the "I AM" of Exodus 3:14.

The divine name of Yahweh.

And here's what wrecked me:

The Quran calls Jesus the Messiah: The Word of God. A Spirit from God. Born of a virgin. Sinless and alive today. Returning to judge the world.

Yet I'm supposed to believe He's just another basic prophet?

No other prophet gets that description. Not Moses, David, Abraham or Muhammad.

Then you open the Bible and Jesus forgives sins, accepts worship, claims authority over heaven and earth, and rises from the dead. So no, Jesus never walked around saying, "I'm God, worship Me" in the exact sentence structure I demanded.

He did something far more powerful: He lived it, He proved it.

And honestly, after reading the Scriptures for myself, the problem wasn't that Jesus wasn't clear.

The problem was that I didn't want to hear Him.

[Papa Yaw Berkye @pyberkye]

😂🤣😂

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

Now that Arsenal are out of the way, does anyone know what channel the Bruno Fernandes assist trophy lift is on?

[Yaw Siki @Yawsikigh]

Christ is coming

[Mao Shichigan 🦋 @weAllGonnaDye]

Blame Arsenal for ruining the game with corners and then elect a guy who has spammed his entire assist tally with corners as the best footballer. That’s modern football discourse for you

[Papa Yaw Berkye @pyberkye]

@iKB_Jnr They don't know how hungry Arteta is. He is going to demand more and bring out the best in them next season.

[KAKRA BAIDEN @ProphetKakraB]

How we slept yesterday and will be sleeping for one year.

#arsenal #soccer

[HandofArsenal @HandofArsenal]

People at the club are genuinely shook at how 100k fans descended upon the Emirates at 12am. Turned it into a national event. Peak summer weather on Sunday.
Its going to be a movie.

We saved football. We did that. Insane vibes.

[Emmanuel Omasheye @4pf_pixel]

Martin zubimendi one season with Arsenal : 1 PL

Bruno fenach el bomba : Error 404 😭😭

[Jurrien Timber @JurrienTimber]

How good is god man