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Editorial Comment
Tags: christianity, islam, muslim
For 500 years before Muhammad was born Christians speaking Arabic used "Allah" for God. It is not an ideal word for God except that no word in any language is ideal.
Dear Reader,
Here are a few...
Frontiers
Great Things from a Small Beginning: Celebrating 25 Years of Ministry to Muslims
Tags: frontiers, islam, muslim
We had no idea how to organize a new mission agency. What practices should we take from other agencies? What innovations were called for? In the early days, some critics exclaimed, “Frontiers!...
Unveiling God
Presenting Jesus to Muslims Through a Confessional Recitation
Editor’s note: this article is excerpted from Unveiling God: Contextualizing Christology for Islamic Culture (William Carey Library, 2005). To obtain a copy of this book and to learn the framework...
Editorial Comment
Tags: islam, trinity, unfinished task
Dear Reader,
I made a big mistake last time. To some readers I gave the impression that I don’t believe in the Trinity.
I was talking about Mohammed borrowing heavily from the Christian...
Editorial Comment
Tags: islam, muslim, wartime lifestyle
Dear Reader,
Islam won’t go away. However, Bush did not declare war on Islam, but against terrorists. Yet many people assume that we need to fight a war against the Muslim world.
Is all talk of...
Translation Issues Relevant to Jesus Movements
Tags: islam, jesus movements, muslim, translation
Historical Debates on Translation Issues
The translation of texts is an ancient practice and the discussion and debate surrounding translation date back at least a few millennia. The ancient...
Afghanistan in Focus
A Brief Overview and History
Tags: islam
From Operation World, 2001
The history of Afghanistan is a long and brutal one: more brutal than the rugged and desolate terrain that characterizes this land. Except for brief periods of peace,...
Healing the Broken Family of Abraham
New Life for Muslims, Don McCurry, Ministry to Muslims, 2001
Tags: islam
This is a book about winning Muslims to Christ. It is about healing for the broken family of Abraham. It is a book to help Christian workers learn to work with the sons and daughters of Ishmael,...
Islam and Christian Militarism
How Christianity has fueled Muslim violence
Tags: islam
Excerpted from the new book by Don Don McCurry
For the first three centuries of its history, the Church kept itself separate from secular power. That changed with Constantine, the Roman Emperor...