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…
Contents: Is true Islam peaceful or militant? -- Significant difference between Christianity and Islam -- Living out one's faith -- Human reasoning in Islam -- Pillars and practices of Islam -- The biblical basis for "making disciples" among Muslims. Abstract: Many people today hear mixed messages about Islam. Is it a religion of peace, or one of fear and violence? And aren't Christianity …
Contents: Introduction: Everyday Encounters between Christians and Muslims ---- Part I. Islam -- Faith and Life. 1. The Quran --- 2. Muhammad --- 3. The Five Pillars of Islam. The First Two: Testimony and Prayer --- 4. The Five Pillars of Islam. The Next Three: Fasting, Almsgiving, and Pilgrimage --- 5. Justice and Law --- 6. Woman and Family --- 7. Death and Eternal Life, Dying and Buri…
Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- The reality of the spirit world -- Know the enemy -- Satan attacks the Church -- Satan attacks families -- Satan attacks individual Christians -- The nature of strongholds -- The battle for the mind -- Our armor from God -- Called to deliver -- Focus on Christ -- Conclusion -- Scripture abbreviations -- Notes. Other Notes: Includes bibliographical refer…
The essentials of integrity. Value unsurpassed -- Doctrinal integrity -- In pursuit of godliness -- -- The examples of integrity. Results of an uncompromising life -- Fire and lions -- In defense of integrity -- -- The ethics of integrity. With fear and trembling: the antidote to hypocrisy -- Render unto God -- The responsibilities of personal holiness -- The obligations of practical holiness.
Silence and speech -- God thirst and alcoholic thirst -- Disease and sin -- Sin and disease -- Body and spirit -- Power and powerless -- Grace and brokenness -- God and the self -- Journey and home.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141).
PART 4: ACTS OF CONSCIENCE: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE-4.1; By What Authority? The Bible and Civil Disobedience-4.2: With All Due Respect: A Historical Perspective on Civil Disobedience-4.3: The Cleansing of the Temple: Jesus and Symbolic Action-4.4: Divine Obedience: A Letter to the Minister of Justice-Epilogue: Hope-Contributors.
Contents: Housekeeping : the parable of the leaven -- Rewards : the parable of the hidden treasure -- Excellence : the parable of the pearl merchant -- Retirement : the parable of the rich fool -- Fairness : the parable of workers in the vineyard -- Waste : the parable of the prodigal son -- Fulfillment : the parable of the mustard seed -- Success : the parable of the secretly growing seed -- P…
Why? Why? Why? -- The Message from Stephen and Paul -- A Crack in the Curtain -- The Museum in Heaven: Rectangle A -- The Museum's Other Section: Rectangle B - Cracked Teapots -- "Tribulation Worketh Patience" -- The Refining Process -- School for Comforters -- Affliction and Evangelism-Affliction and Guidance -- Aborting Affliction -- Practicing Contentment or What Comes Next?