A wonderful book by Beth Peltola! If we are Christians, then we are given an opportunity to witness to our Muslim friends or neighbors of Christ. Some might be afraid or just delusioned about their religion but we are called to witness and shine a bright light for the gospel. “We have to forget their religion and look at them as people” - a quote from the book. Does that mean we should trust Islam, the religion? No, but as a nation and as a people, we are to care for our people in our country. We want to harm to come to any of them, especially to our families. So we cannot trust Islam, but we have to give our Muslim friends and neighbors a chance to choose Christ or Islam. This book yes is a short guide to Islam. It breaks it down for us Islam for us so we are guided in how to talk respectfully to Islamic religious friends and neighbors. Be willing to share the gospel with them and you just might lead them to be saved in Christ! Thank you to #NetGalley and the author, and publishers for the opportunity to read and review #AShortGuideToIslam with my honest thoughts and opinions.

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This is a guide of Islam from a Christian's view. Some of the statements and inferences can anger those with a wealth of knowledge about Islam. I think it can be helpful for those who want to understand more, however, this is not a definitive guide for those who truly wish to learn about Islam.

Thank you, NetGalley and B&H Publishing Group for my copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book was so helpful! I have read many books on ministry and missions to Islamic communities as well as on the views that Muslims hold. Of all of the books that I have read, I think that THIS book was the most helpful in offering a quick overview of so many things and much biblical as well as practical advise. I'm so glad to have read this book, and I know that I will be going back to reference it in the future. This book gave me a greater understanding of many things.

I would highly recommend this book!

I really tried to like this book.

But I could not as the author seems to be antagonistic in her review of Islam in comparing it to Christianity and she’s still wrong.

She comes under the idea that Islam isn’t a Abrahamic faith, yet it is globally known that Islam is an Abrahamic faith along with Christianity and Judaism. Then there’s the idea that the faiths are not similar, similar doesn’t mean the same. It means having some shared beliefs and qualities which all 3 of the Abrahamic faiths do have.

Honestly, I don’t believe this book was written in good faith or with good intentions towards bridging the gap between Christians and Muslims.

Wow! This is a great book! A super resource that points you to more resources to study in depth. I learned so much and was challenged by this book to be more proactive in reaching out to others with the message of Jesus.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this advance e-copy! All opinions expressed are entirely my own.

Wow. This is an incredible resource for anyone who has Muslim friends. I wish I had read this after living in Turkey for a year. So often, I tried to understand the Qur'an and use that to start talking about the Bible and Jesus, and what Christians believe. This book refreshingly kept pointed me to talk about who Jesus is - in a variety of contexts.

Definitely gave me so much to chew on. Any Christian with Muslim friends or any expat living temporarily in a predominantly Muslim context who wants to share Jesus would benefit greatly from this resource!

I received a free advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. But I would pay for this for sure - many times over.