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The book addresses the challenges Christians face when encouraging Muslims to read the Bible, highlighting the prevalent belief among many Muslims that Jewish and Christian texts have been corrupted. It emphasizes the importance of addressing this skepticism and preparing the groundwork for meaningful dialogue before introducing the Bible to Muslim friends. The focus is on fostering understanding and overcoming barriers to facilitate a more open exchange of beliefs.

Focusing on the pursuit of wisdom, the author draws inspiration from the biblical book of Proverbs to explore its fundamental principles. The narrative addresses key questions about the nature of wisdom, examining how one can cultivate it, whether age contributes to wisdom, and the potential for learning it in an educational setting. This thought-provoking exploration encourages readers to prioritize wisdom in their lives.

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 with the purpose of attracting them to Christ.

UKP: 7.00 / USD: 12.00 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.

O curso "Compartilhando Vidas" visa ajudar cristãos na Europa a superar medos e preconceitos em relação ao Islamismo e aos muçulmanos. Com foco na empatia e na bondade, o curso busca promover a convivência e o compartilhamento de experiências entre essas comunidades.

Dieses Buch zeigt auf, dass das einzige große Hindernis für das christliche Zeugnis unter Muslimen in Europa die Angst ist. Viele europäische Christen befürchten, dass Europa nach und nach zu einem Eurabien werden könnte oder dass es zu einer islamischen Herrschaft über Europa kommt. Sie ignorieren die Bemühungen von Muslimen, sich an das europäische Umfeld anzupassen, was auf einen zukünftigen Euroislam oder die Europäisierung des Islams hindeuten könnte. Der Autor legt dar, dass anstelle einer Haltung der Angst, die zur Ablehnung führt, Christen eine Haltung der Gnade entwickeln sollten, die zur Annahme führt. Nach der Auswertung von Büchern und Kursen, die Christen in der Beziehung zu Muslimen helfen sollen, kommt der Autor zu folgendem Ergebnis: Diese konzentrieren sich meist darauf, Informationen und Fähigkeiten zu vermitteln, sie befassen sich aber nicht mit der eigenen Einstellung. Aus diesem Grund entwickelte der Autor einen Kurs, um Christen zu helfen, ihre Angst vor dem Islam und vor Muslimen zu überwinden und um Christen zu ermutigen, ihr Leben und die Wahrheit des Evangeliums mit Muslimen zu teilen.