Muslims, Christians, and Jesus Participant's Guide: Gaining Understanding and Building Relationships Paperback – September 10, 2011

Some people might initially feel that by not calling yourself a Christian you are "denying Christ" and thus the scripture in Matthew 10:33 "...but whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven..." But lets think about this.a) Jesus' name is not Jesus Christ like someone's name today is "Bob Smith".b) Christ is an English rendering of the Greek work Christos, which simply means "Messiah" (Hebrew).c) The term "Christian" in much of the world has far more cultural connotations than it does spiritual.So noting item "c", above, many people feel they are born Christian because of the culture in which they were born, and others are born Muslim because of the culture in which they are born.A key point made in the book is that just as someone who goes to a Christian church must have a personal encounter with Jesus, and just as "Messianic Jews" are accepted by many Christians, we should accept Muslims who come to a personal relationship with Jesus since, after all, their prophet also taught reverence for Jesus.Another key point is that in dialogues with people from Islamic backgrounds we should share knowledge based on a huge common point - Jesus. As a matter of fact, westerners could learn a LOT from people from the middle east with regards to faith since the Bible came from that part of the world. Culturally we in the west miss some subtleties because of our cultural lenses (Wow, westerners don't know it all! What a thought!)I strongly recommend that you read this book and keep an open mind. I also recommend that you actually take notes on specific things that you find disturbing or that seem counter to scripture and then, after finishing the book and getting the entire picture about those points, see if you can reconcile those perspectives with scripture OR if you find that they are counter to it.Spoiler alert for Christians: the author does not DENY any of the foundations of the faith. He does stress that what one EMPHASIZES and when one emphasizes it is very important. Relationships are key.

I have many muslim friends and this has given me new ideas on how to approach the 'God' conversations. I'm very pleased with his straight forward down to earth approach. Thank you!

Awesome resource. A must-read for Christians wanting to understand the history and cultural tensions between Muslims and Christians. We used it to train trips before going into a predominantly Muslim city.

superb book. everyone who thinks all muslims are terrorists or have a war-like religion should read this book and discover truth.

Did not realize this is just the study book.

Carl Medearis makes a great answer to hating Muslims. So glad to have bought them for ourselves and others for studying together.

Used this along with the video in a study group. Promotes understanding and common ground between Muslims and Christians.

I really like Madearis' approach to what he calls "not evangelizing", rather than trying to force our beliefs on others. The book is very interesting and easy to read.

Ein sehr aufschlussreiches Buch, das mir sehr geholfen hat bei meiner ehrenamtlichen Arbeit.Muslime und Christen, was verbindet uns, wie können wir miteinander ins Gespräch kommen? Was kann ich als Christ tun ? Wann bin ich nicht mehr glaubwürdig? Dieses Buch gibt Antworten auf viele Fragen, nimmt Ängste, macht Mut und ist soooo hilfreich!