For Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego salvation was in the presence of God – not the absence of hell. Coming out of the fire unscathed was not the rescue; it was their commissioning.
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Bootstrap theology says “try really hard to eradicate anger”. The Gospel says otherwise.
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Hearing of trauma from our Muslim friends may trigger parts of our own unresolved history. Her stories may prejudice you against certain characteristics, cultures, or worse—puncture your faith in the goodness of God. To guard against such predicament, let’s stock up on a few tools.
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Can a Muslim woman ask any question about Islam or are there limits to the questions one can ask? And can I ask that same question of the Bible?
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In Islam hope is dependent on the outcome of judgment day. No Muslim can be secure in their acceptance by Allah in this lifetime. Their hope is more like a wish. It is not founded in certainty, but uncertainty;
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For you the matter may not be complicated. However, I can only honestly answer the first one: yes....yes I am glad Baghdadi is dead. But, I have to tell you, I don’t feel valiant or even patriotic to say that.
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Often times Muslim women come from a background of trauma. Dr. Audrey Davidheiser helps us navigate these tender friendships with wisdom and compassion.
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The first case of identity theft was committed by shame, and he took what rightfully belonged to humanity and has been exploiting it at considerable loss and harm to men and women ever since.
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I cannot fully relate to Hagar’s plight and how hopeless, alone and expendable she must have felt. But I was reminded of her words in Genesis 16:13, “You are the God who sees me”. I was comforted by the truth that God is with me and He sees me.
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Adam and Eve were complete, lacking nothing. This was the essence of their identity, people created in God’s image. But Eve, inebriated by the lie and heady with temptation, forgot who she was.
To limited eyes that can only see what’s temporal, it seemed as if all was lost—that nothing remained but indescribable loss and utter defeat. But sin and death would not have the final word.
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So I wonder...how can we, as beloved Brides of Christ, withhold Truth from Muslim women? How can we claim to be un-offensive or at all loving while hiding a love story which could be her own?
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In Part I we were discussing how apathy can slip into our walk with the Lord unchecked. Here are three other surefire ways to allow complacency to flourish.
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No one wakes up one morning and thinks to themselves, “I really hope five years from now, for sure 10 years from now, that I’m an apathetic, complacent Christian.”And yet it happens too often.
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When doubts or fearful thoughts such as “what do I say” or “how do I relate” come to my mind, I have learned to take those thoughts captive and replace them with what the Bible says to be true.
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It is easy for a reader even today to look at the text and see that God and Jesus are one in nature. And that brings us hope.
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One of the beautiful things that begins to happen when our desires begin and end with Jesus is that everything else in our lives, all the priorities and responsibilities, have a way of falling into place.
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Every other major world religion acknowledges the crucifixion of Jesus. This claim that Jesus wasn’t crucified jeopardizes the credibility of the Quran not the Bible.
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If we are spending more time listening to others’ opinions about Him than reading His own letter to us about Himself, we will draw wrong conclusions that lead us far from Truth.
I’ve realized that I can’t love my Muslim “neighbors” by putting them on the back burner while our family is our ministry and sole priority for the next however many years.
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