Just as 1 Peter tells us to always be ready to give an answer for our belief

Islamic apologists love Colossians 1:14 because it seems to say that Jesus is part of creation, the first thing created.  However, they ignore the son of God part, or claim that we are all sons of God.  Okay, a couple of things, first of all we have the next verse.  In the very next verse it says that Jesus created *all* things.  He was not a part of creation until He entered it later.  Second, what does it mean to be firstborn?  King David was called firstborn in Psalm 89, but he was not the oldest of his brothers.  Rather, firstborn is a favoured position.  Also, a little further along in Colossians it actually says firstborn among the dead; Jesus was the first to rise from death.