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The Holiness of God

Posted in Books, God on March 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »

When I was in college, God used The Holiness of God by RC Sproul to rock my world. It was the first book of any theological substance that I had read. Before reading that book my theological understanding of God was about an inch deep. That book was like a meteor that crashed into my [...]

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Books on Islam

Posted in Books, Islam on December 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I’m convinced that one of the most important ways we learn about those who are different than us is by learning from those who are different than us. It is good for Christians to read books about Islam written by Muslims. It is good for Muslims to read books about Christianity by Christians. We shouldn’t [...]

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Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History

Posted in Books, Muslims on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Amazon: Muslims have long played a central role in American history. Since the colonial period when an estimated 20,000 African Muslims were transported to America as slaves, through the early 20th century when Muslim immigrants entered the United States from the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, to the present day, Islam has been an [...]

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Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Posted in Books, Peace on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I’m thankful for the way Justin Taylor points people to good resources. The following post was so helpful with so many resources that I decided to repost it in its entirety. From Justin’s blog: I would recommend that every church at least be familiar with Peacemaker Ministries and the resources that they offer. I recently had [...]

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Four Feet, Two Sandals

Posted in Books, World on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Four Feet, Two Sandals is a great children’s picture book about two Afghani refugees who become friends by sharing in a Pakistani refugee camp. Author Karen Lynn Williams gives this reason for partnering with Khadra Mohammed to write the book, “I was inspired to write this book when Khadra Mohammed came to me with the [...]

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What Is the Gospel?

Posted in Books, Gospel/Injil on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve wanted to read What Is the Gospel? by Greg Gilbert since the day I first saw it. Understanding the gospel is crucial for both Muslims and Christians who are serious about peace for (at least) these reasons: It is through the gospel that anyone, Muslim or Christian, can have peace with God. Christians ought [...]

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Free “Discover Islam” Web Book

Posted in Books, Islam, Understanding on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Discover Islam is offering a free web book DVD with audios, videos and e-books. Muslims and non-Muslim will find the information in this DVD to be comprehensive and enlightening.  This Web Book DVD will serve as the perfect resource for those in search of information on Islam or just need to expand your knowledge. Related [...]

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Just the Way I Am

Posted in Books, God's Love, Life on June 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »

When our son Owen was born prematurely we knew that his chance of survival was low and that if he did survive it was likely that he would have significant life long disabilities. He only lived for 20 minutes. We had both Muslim friends and Christian friends imply that it was good he died so [...]

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Free E-book on Islamic View of the Prophets

Posted in Books, Islam, Understanding on September 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Stories of the Prophets is a free book that describes some of the Islamic prophets (most of whom are also biblical prophets). I am eager to read it so that I can learn more about how Muslims understand the prophets we both hold in common. Islam Future has a list of the prophets who are [...]

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