Member Reviews
This is a review for the new book by A.S. Ibrahim titled, "Reaching Your Muslim Neighbors with the Gospel", which comes out on November 15, 2022. To be honest, I read this book because I see so many Muslim neighbors in my community, and being a Christian, I wanted to know how to share the love of Christ with them, and also learn how to share the Good News of Jesus with them. The Lord lead me to this book, and I am forever grateful! It was very easy to read, and easy to understand! It opened my eyes, explained things in a way I could understand them, and ended up giving me such a love for these special neighbors, and helped me to see they are people just like you and me.
Mr. Ibrahim, a Christian who grew up in Egypt,Speakings what Islam is, and what Muslims believe, and it really helped me to understand those beliefs, and made me love them even more! I have always been a little nervous because I wasn't very familiar with Islam or the belief of the Muslim peoples, so I tended to shy away from approaching them! Well not anymore, as Mr. Ibrahim helped equip me through this book to know how to approach them, and the biggest thing is even though their beliefs are different than mine, that Jesus doesn't want me to shy away from them as I wouldn't shy away from any of His beloved children.
In this book you will find information about Islam and Muslims, a little history, and then steps we can take to share the love of God and the message of Christ and His salvation with our Muslim neighbors. He shares his step by step ways that he shares the Gospel with his Muslim brothers and sisters, and with him being from Egypt, he knows what he is talking about!
After reading this, I feel so much more equipped to share my faith with my Muslim neighbors, and I feel such a love for them that God has given me through this book!!! I rate it 5 out of 5 stars, and really hope that you will take time to read this very easy to follow book on how to share the Gospel with our Muslim neighbors! You will not be disappointed!!
Here is the table of contents so you can know the topics he discusses in the book:
Introduction
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING MUSLIMS AND ISLAM
Ch. 1 Islam or Islams? Why It Matters
Ch. 2 Is Islam Really the Fastest-Growing Religion in the World?
Ch. 3 A Christ-Centered Approach to Islam and Muslims
Ch. 4 Developing a Christlike Love for Your Muslim Neighbor
Ch. 5 Understanding the Muslim Paradigm 60 Mindset or Worldview?
Ch. 6 Basic Muslim Misconceptions about Christians and Christianity
Clearing the Air PART 2: TOOLS FOR EVANGELIZING MUSLIMS
Ch. 7 How to Communicate the Gospel to Muslims
Ch. 8 The Role of Intercessory Prayer in Evangelism
Ch. 9 Raising Questions and Answering Them & Using the Jesus Method
Ch.10 Proclaiming Christ & Specific Biblical Stories for Muslims
Ch.11 Avoiding Pitfalls
Ch.12 Treading Carefully & Speaking about the Quran and Muhammad with a Muslim
Final Thoughts
General Index
Scripture Index
In the beginning of the book you are encouraged to witness to Muslims and to witness in boldness and confidence. Saudi Arabia and its cities of Mecca and Medina is the heart of Islam as Egypt is the mind.
Muslims who live outside of Saudi Arabia practice a version of Islam that fits their own culture and sometimes they do not know the basics of their faith.
"I encourage you to think of a spectrum of Muslims and consider three categories among them: nominal or cultural, devout or practicing, and extreme or radical."
This is to help you to understand that not all Muslims are the same and believe the same thing. A Muslim in name only does not know the tenets of Islam and they will listen to the stories about Jesus miracles and relationship to His Father.The progressive Muslim believes in women's rights and same sex marriage and is not tied to I encourage you to think of a spectrum of Muslims and consider three categories among them: nominal or cultural, devout or practicing, and extreme or radical.traditional Muslim texts and interpretations.
I was surprised to see that Islam is not the fastest growing religion in the world and that Asians working in Saudi Arabia are evangelizing the people they work for.
The author states that in witnessing to Muslims you need to know the Bible and treat Muslims as seeing them through the eyes of Jesus. They need to see hope, joy, peace, and long suffering in Christians to see that we have a lifestyle and difference from everyone around us.
The author mentions 911 and how it influences how we see Muslims, and he also shares his childhood experiences growing up in Egypt.
You will find this book to be an important book to discover how to witness to Muslims, how Muslims react to Christians, and how to understand Muslim culture.