Rudolph Boshoff - Ad Lucem Ministries

01/10/2026

What happens when we examine the Qur’an through the evidence of its earliest manuscripts?

In this fascinating presentation, Dr. Jay Smith takes us into the world of early Qur’anic manuscripts, fragments, textual variants, and the historical sources behind the formation of the Qur’anic text. He examines important manuscripts such as the Ṣanʿāʾ palimpsest, Topkapi and Samarkand manuscripts, asking what these early witnesses can tell us about how the Qur’an was transmitted, compiled and standardised.

How early are our surviving manuscripts? What variations do they contain? And what do the manuscript discoveries mean for traditional claims about the preservation and origins of the Qur’an?

Dr. Smith brings years of research in Christian-Muslim apologetics to this important discussion and challenges viewers to take a serious look at the historical evidence.

A thought-provoking journey into the sources, manuscripts and history behind the Qur’anic text.

30/09/2026

Please keep us in prayer this weekend for this discussion.
Toronto - 9 Oct at 9pm
RSA - 10 Oct at 3am
Sydney - 10 Oct at 12pm Noon

26/09/2026

I much prefer “biblical personalism”—a term I borrow from Emil Brunner. I don’t agree with Brunner about everything, but he was right to take the doctrine of God back to the Bible and strip it of philosophical theism—especially attributes derived from the Greek idea of perfection. The God of the Bible is intensely personal, relational, interactive, emotional, even reactive...

Intuitive Evangelical Theology versus Scholastic Evangelical Theology: “Classical Christian Theism” as Case Study I have long been impressed by how

25/09/2026

How certain are we about the early history of the Qur’an?

In this fascinating talk, Dr. Jay Smith takes a critical look at the historicity of the Qur’an, examining early manuscripts, historical sources, textual transmission, and the traditional Islamic narrative surrounding its origins. What does the earliest evidence actually tell us—and are there questions that the traditional account struggles to answer?

Join Jay Smith as he digs into the evidence and invites us to reconsider what we think we know about the origins and history of the Qur’an.

19/09/2026

In this thought-provoking talk, Dr Jay Smith examines the archaeological evidence often used to support the traditional Islamic account. He looks at the coins and inscriptions associated with the Umayyad caliph ʿAbd al-Malik, the evidence—or lack of evidence—found across the Arabian desert, and the wider archaeological record from the earliest period of Islam.

If Muhammad lived in 7th-century Arabia as the traditional sources describe, what physical evidence should we expect to find? And what does the archaeological record actually reveal?

Join Jay as he examines the coins, inscriptions, monuments, and desert evidence and asks a challenging historical question: Is there really archaeological evidence for Muhammad?

What can archaeology actually tell us about Muhammad and the origin...

15/09/2026

Was Mecca always the central sanctuary of early Islam?
In this discussion, Jay Smith examines the historical and archaeological evidence surrounding the origins of Islam and questions whether the traditional Islamic account of Mecca’s early history fully fits the available evidence. He explores early geographical references, archaeological questions, and the development of the Islamic tradition, raising important questions about what we can actually establish about Mecca in the earliest period of Islam. A fascinating challenge to the traditional narrative, and an invitation to examine the evidence for ourselves.

Was Mecca always the central sanctuary of early Islam?In this dis...

09/09/2026

Here is an excellent resource from a friend on the Hebrew Roots movement. Share with everyone!

Scripture, history and faith examined honestly.

09/09/2026

Dr. Jay Smith takes a critical look at the origins of Islam, examining the historical evidence surrounding Muhammad, Mecca, the Qur’an, and the earliest Islamic sources. Drawing on archaeology, manuscripts, inscriptions, coins, and modern scholarship, he raises important questions about how and when the Islamic narrative emerged. A fascinating and challenging presentation for anyone interested in the historical origins of Islam and Christian-Muslim dialogue.

07/09/2026

31/08/2026

Might be relevant to listen to this again...

Title: Debate Question - Do Relations of Authority and Submission E...