Reaching Muslims For Christ [Paperback]

William Saal (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 9, 1993

A treasury of facts, analysis, and examples gleaned from men and women who witness to Muslims. You'll gain new insights into the Koran, identify basic Muslim beliefs, and learn how to listen and respond to your Muslim friend in a way that is most likely to lead him or her to Christ.

Product Details

• Paperback: 223 pages
• Publisher: Moody Publishers (February 9, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802473229
• ISBN-13: 978-0802473226
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource: For Information or for Ministry, September 16, 2002

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V. Johnson "ronniv93" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reaching Muslims For Christ (Paperback)

As a person who has a "special" heart toward those of the Muslim faith, I found this book to be an excellent resource. Rather than spending a lot of time explaining the basics of Islam, the book dives right into the more in-depth issues such as understanding the Muslim worldview and how terminology/thoughts/concepts have totally different meanings to Christians and Muslims.

This book is best understood by someone has already spent some time in dialoguing with Muslims. It helps the Christian to understand the problems in communication between us both. Unlike many other books, at no time do the authors go into a "bashing" session of Islam, but present it as fairly and accurately as possible. They DO NOT hide the fact that they do not believe Islam to be "the true religion", but they do not disparage Muslims as a whole or their prophet.

Questions for reflection & meditation are at the end of each chapter which are very useful in preparation for ministry to Muslims and an extensive list of sources is given in the book, as well, for further study.

Overall well-written and very informative.

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Experienced author!, June 21, 2000

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This review is from: Reaching Muslims For Christ (Paperback)

I have only used this book in research. I hope to read this book before I leave for the Middle East. What appears to make the book great is that it's author has been active in the field for a while. I liked the sample Bible study in back. READ IT! Or use as a resource.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good book for beginning to understand Muslims, November 27, 2002

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Ruth Sprague (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reaching Muslims For Christ (Paperback)

This book is very good at detailing some of the misconceptions Muslims have about the Christian faith, and then showing the fallacies in their concepts. One of the major concepts that Muslims have is that many of them think that the Trinity, when used by Christians, refers to the father Joseph, the mother Mary, and the child Jesus. That is one of the reasons they consider the Christian faith to be heretical. They do not understand that when orthodox Christians talk about the Trinity, Mary and Joseph aren't even in the picture, and that Mary was only a vehicle that God used to become incarnate, the second person of the one God clothed in human form. There are many other misconceptions also, but you need to read the book.
This book does try to refute some of these misconceptions, and it is very helpful in educating others as to the common misplaced notions about the Christian faith by Muslims. However, as a witnessing tool, another book is much better, "Reasoning from the Scriptures with Muslims" by Ron Rhodes, where there are some actual witnessing questions a person can ask, that cuts "right to the quick" of the matter, instead of getting bogged down.
To be fair, this book was very helpful in educating me as to some of the misconceptions of Muslims, and I would recommend it more as an educational tool for private reading by non-Muslims (and Muslims, too, although it is written for a Christian audience). There are questions in the appendix of the book for study, but the questions are meant more for study for Christians for educating them about the differences between Islam and Christianity, unlike "Reasoning". Buy this book as for your own education on Muslims, as I did.
Another book that I would recommend for private Christian study is "Answering Islam", if you want a deep, thorough theological read.