Contents: Part I: A visionary paradigm. Casting a new kind of vision -- Part II: A historical perspective. A history of complicity: Who, me? -- Give back my Holy Land! -- Two world wars and a new reality -- Part III: A theological dimension. Your truth or mine? -- Jesus' kingdom in the Muslim world today -- The Israel of God -- What's next or what's now? -- Perspective makes all the difference…
Contents: Preface: Jesus and Muslims -- Egypt: Hosanna to the King of the Arabs -- Saudi Arabia: The forbidding nation -- Iran: Why Ahmadinejad can't sleep at night -- Jordan: Top honors in honor killings -- Intermission: The great awakening for Muslims -- Syria: Spies in the church -- Iraq: In the beginning, God created Iraq -- Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: Walls still come down -- Afghani…
Contents: pt. 1. Missionary Women. Our concept of God / Dr. Jeanne Jensma -- Facing fear / Dr. Jeanne Jensma -- A testimony of dealing with fear : confessions of a wimp / Karol Downey -- Challenges for singles on the mission field / Laili -- Singleness and ministry to Muslim women / Melina Hale -- Raising radiant daughters in dark places / Emily J. van Dalen -- pt. 2. Ministry to Muslim women.…
Contents : New fruitfulness among Muslims -- The Qur'an as a bridge to the Bible -- A case for common ground -- A lifestyle that leads to life -- A way to view Muhammad and the Qur'an -- A balanced approach -- Be shrewd and innocent -- Guidelines for sharing the seven Muslim-Christian principles -- Principle one : God has a purpose for our lives -- Principle two : sin separates us from God -- P…
Other Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176).
Contents: Before you enter -- Assessing what sufferers seek -- Answers to the theological "why me?" -- Theodicy : the problem of evil -- Karl Barth speaks out on evil -- Pastoral care : where theology touches down -- Ministry in the trenches -- Now that the funeral's over -- A plea for mystery.
Contents: Our knowledge of God -- The nature of God -- One God in Trinity -- The persons and the nature of God -- The primacy of the persons in God -- Constructing an evangelical theology today. Abstract What is theology? What is the nature of God? How should we think about the relationships among the persons of the Trinity? Gerald Bray distills the essence of these questions and introduces…
Contents: The need for pre-evangelism in a postmodern world -- Introduction to conversational evangelism -- Learning the role of the musician -- Learning the role of the artist -- Learning the role of the archaeologist -- Learning the role of the builder -- The art of answering objections while moving forward -- The art of asking questions of people with different worldviews -- Countering comm…
Other Notes: Adapted from a thesis (Ph. D.) - Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and University of Leeds, 2005. Includes index and a bibliography.
Abstract: An attempt to "uncover the truth about the ... abuse Christians undergo on a daily basis [in places in which Islamic Sharia and the culture it shaped hold sway] and to expose and explain the otherwise unfathomable indifference of Western academia, media, and government to the greatest human rights abuse crisis of our time"--Dust jacket flap. Other Notes: Includes bibliographical…