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Outside , umbrella-topped tables sit inside a short brick wall topped with faux gaslights that make it an appealing venue . It made for a pleasing presentation , but the fish was a bit on the dry side . This work of redemption was accomplished through the righteous life , atoning death , miraculous resurrection and glorious ascension of God 's eternal Son , who willing took upon himself our frail humanity , except the aspect of sin , and willingly bore the curse and penalty of sinful humanity upon the cross , thereby vindicating God 's justice and demonstrating his tender mercy to the ungodly . With forks in hand , ours was a fight to the finish . Well , the first cause is none other than God Himself . I personally did not consider myself very religious . It 's been almost two years in September since he opened here on a busy roadside . Fries on the side were nice and crisp , but a side of mac and cheese was also bland , although kids will probably love it . Accompanied with this sensation of searching , lostness , and emptiness was an ever increasing sense of my own sinfulness , and inability to change myself , or the course that my life was heading down , and of the impending doom and judgement to come . I was emotional at that point , my husband was n't even there , and I still did NOT believe that Jesus was God himself . But I still could not bring myself to accept that Jesus was anything more than a human being . I was given a copy of the Book of Mormon and was told to pray about it . So , what caused this drastic departure from the faith of my fathers , to faith in Him who loved me and willingly gave himself for me ? God , who is infinitely holy and upright and whose eyes cannot look upon evil , nor can He leave this evil completely undealt with , has declared himself to be a God of justice and the One who must punish those who do sin , and that we all are by nature the children of wrath under His just judgement and eternal damnation . Later on we moved back to Bethlehem and my father enrolled us in an Anglican-Lutheran school as they had a better English course , my brother , sister and myself where the only Muslims in the school , and being half Americans teachers would beat us and students would laugh at us , when the Bible class started I would leave the class and remained outside waiting , one day I walked in the Bible class and the class ' bully ' stood up to fight , he shouted " we do n't want this half American and Muslim to be here " , I refused to get out and the Lady who was teaching the class asked me to sit down , since then I changed the schools policy and for the first time the school allowed a Muslim to study the Bible , and for the next three years I studied it despite all the mocking . I thought of Islam as a faith with such high ideals that I did not consider myself worthy of the name Muslim but I wholeheartedly believed that Islam was God 's last and most perfect religion for all mankind , based on God 's final revelation , the Qur'an , and the prophet Muhammad , God 's seal of prophethood .