Christians who want to share the truth about God with their Muslim friends understandably try to encourage them to read the Bible. Unfortunately, many Muslims believe that Jews and Christians have corrupted the books that God has given them. As a consequence, Muslims are hesitant about reading the Bible. Given this antagonism among a large percentage of Muslims towards Christianity in general and the Bible in particular, there is a need to prepare the ground before a Muslim can be persuaded to read the Bible.
To stimulate Muslims to read the Scriptures, we need to find common ground between their world view and the Bible. This book argues that we find such common ground in the book of Proverbs. The universal
character of the book of Proverbs makes it a useful bridge between the truth of God and those outside the Christian faith, including Muslims. The use of proverbs is very common in many Muslim cultures. God's
wisdom found in the book of Proverbs resembles the content of proverbial sayings in many Muslim cultures. Therefore using this book as a tool in sharing theWord of God with Muslims can create openings where there were none. Muslims are familiar with the Solomon of Scripture because he is mentioned in the Qur'an, but most have never read his words. The wisdom God gave Solomon is a natural link to Muslim people so they can come to know more about God. The book of Proverbs is one of the most valuable tools, particularly in combination with local proverbs, to lead our Muslim friends from accepting familiar truth, to embrace less familiar truth, and then to worship the One who said ?I am the truth? (John 14:6).
En toda Europa los cristianos y musulmanes viven en estrecha proximidad entre sí. Desafortunadamente, en esencia no se conocen entre ellos. ¿Qué es lo que impide que los cristianos compartan sus vidas con los musulmanes?
El curso Compartiendo Vidas ha sido desarrollado para ayudar a los cristianos en Europa a vencer sus actitudes negativas: tanto el temor al Islam y a los musul-manes como los prejuicios y las sospechas hacia el Islam y los musulmanes. Este curso está pensado para ayudar a los cristianos a aprender a responder con gracia y así, compartir sus vidas con los musulmanes.
Por toda a Europa, cristãos e muçulmanos vivem próximos uns aos outros. Infelizmente, são estranhos uns aos outros. O que impede os cristãos de compartilharem suas vidas com os muçulmanos?
O curso Compartilhando Vidas foi desenvolvido para ajudar os cristãos, na Europa, a superar o medo, o preconceito e a desconfiança do Islamismo e dos muçulmanos. Este curso tem o objetivo de auxiliar os cristãos a aprenderem a responder com bondade para que possam compartilhar as suas vidas com os muçulmanos.
In tutta Europa, Cristiani e Musulmani vivono fianco a fianco. Purtroppo si ritrovano ad essere degli sconosciuti. Che cosa è che impedisce ai figli di Dio di condividere le loro vite con i musulmani?
Il corso Condividere le nostre vite è stati sviluppato per aiutare i Cristiani in Europa a superare i loro atteggiamenti negativi, le loro paure dell'Islam e dei Musulmani e il loro pregiudizio e sospetto nei confronti dell'Islam e dei Musulmani. Questo corso ha come fine aiutare i Cristiani ad imparare a reagire con grazia affinché possano condividere con efficacia le loro vite con i musulmani.
In Europe one finds Christian communities and Muslim communities living in close proximity to each other. Muslims and Christians pass each other in the streets, stand next to each other waiting for the bus or metro, live next to one another in streets, share apartment buildings with each other, study in the same universities, have their lunches in the same business canteens, shop in the same shopping centres. Nevertheless, they are essentially strangers to each other. Only a small minority of Churches and Christians in Europe are engaged with Muslims through meaningful and loving relationships which provide opportunities to witness to them about the truth of God.
The European Ministry to Muslims Network of the European Leadership Forum seeks to equip the Church in Europe to relate to Muslims with a compassionate heart, an informed mind, an involved hand and a witnessing tongue. In this book members of the network and others write about their engagement with Muslims in Europe.
In ganz Europa leben heute christliche und muslimische Familien nah beieinander und bleiben sich im Grunde fremd.Was hindert Christen daran, ihr Leben mit Muslimen zu teilen?
Der Kurs ?Sharing Lives? soll helfen, Berührungsängste und Vorurteile gegenüber dem Islam und Muslimen abzubauen. Teilnehmer sollen ermutigt werden Beziehungen mit Muslimen in ihrer Nachbarschaft aufzubauen, ihr Leben mit ihnen zu teilen und ihnen die Gute Nachricht von Jesus Christus weiterzugeben.
In heel Europa wonen christenen en moslims in elkaars nabijheid. Desondanks zijn ze vreemden voor elkaar. Wat belemmert christenen om hun leven met moslims te delen?
De cursus Levenmet Moslims is ontwikkeld om christenen in Europa te helpen hun negatieve houding van angst, vooroordelen en achterdocht voor de islam en de moslims te overwinnen en te leren reageren met genade en hun leven te delenmet moslims.
Oral in Europa (en ook hier in Suid-Afrika) lewe Christen- en Moslemgemeenskappe langs mekaar, maar in wese is hulle vreemdelinge vir mekaar. Wat verhinder Christene om hul lewens met Moslems te deel?
Die kursus, Sharing Lives, is ontwikkel om Christene in Europa (en ook hier in Suid-Afrika) te help om hulle negatiewe houding van angs, vooroordeel en agterdog ten opsigte van Islam en Moslems te oorbrug en Christene aan te moedig om met ?n houding van genade te reageer en hulle lewe met Moslems te deel.
This book argues that the single greatest hindrance to Christian witness amongst Muslims in Europe is fear.
Many European Christians fear that Europe will gradually turn into Eurabia, or Islamic domination of Europe, and they ignore the efforts of Muslims to adapt to the European context, a situation pointing to a future scenario of Euro-Islam, or Islam being Europeanized. The author argues that instead of an attitude of fear, which leads to exclusion, Christians should develop an attitude of grace, which leads to embrace.
After analyzing books and courses developed to help Christians relate to Muslims, he concludes that these mostly concentrate on providing information and skills, instead of dealing with one?s attitude. Because of this the author developed a short course to help Christians overcome their fear of Islam and Muslims and to encourage Christians to share their lives with Muslims and to share the truth of the Gospel.
Throughout Europe Christians and Muslims live in close proximity to each other. Unfortunately, they are essentially strangers to each other. What is it that hinders Christians fromsharing their lives with Muslims?
The course Sharing Lives has been developed to help Christians in Europe overcome
their negative attitudes: fear of Islam and Muslims, as well as their prejudice and suspicion regarding Islam and Muslims. This course is intended to help Christians learn to respond with grace in order that they might share their lives with Muslims.