Muslims Ask: Who Are You Really?
We sat in a damp, cold building in a very dangerous and poor area on the outskirts of Madrid with a new Moroccan friend. This area of the city is known for it’s drug selling and petty crime, yet in......
View ArticleWhat You Should Know Before Inviting A Muslim to Church (Reblog)
“Mark, I have wanted to visit a Christian church for some time” said my Palestinian imam friend. “I know there are Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant churches, maybe I could attend one of your...
View ArticleWishing Happy Ramadan to Our Muslim Friends (Reblog for 2014)
Ramadan mubarak! is an Arabic greeting that says “have a blessed Ramadan” which sounds kind of odd to non-Muslims in the West. Yet if you know Muslims personally this phrase is appreciated. Why would...
View Article4 Things I Learned From Breaking the Fast with Muslims This Week
Muslims are fasting Ramadan. This week I was invited to break the fast with two different groups of Muslims in our community. Both were unique environments and each had very different purposes. Yet,...
View ArticleAre Muslims Happier in Britain?
Have you seen the video of British Muslims dancing to Pharrel Williams “Happy” on Youtube? This video has been seen by almost 2 million people. I’ll admit that it is catchy and it definately shows a...
View Article10 Things to Know When Visiting A Muslim Home
“It’s our first time visiting a Muslim family,” said our Christian friends, “do you have any recommendations for us?” I hear this a lot. Let me give you 10 suggestions if you are a Christian who is...
View ArticleJesus’ Coming at Christmas for Our Muslim Friends
The purpose of this blog is to help followers of Jesus relate to Muslims. In this blog I try to share what it means to follow Jesus and explore ways to explain it to our Muslim friends. Over the last...
View ArticleHow To Avoid The Most Common Mistakes with Muslims in Spain [Podcast].
The other day I recorded a conversation about what it means to reach out to Muslims in Spain. My friend Dan, who also works a lot with Muslims in another part of Spain was visiting us in Madrid for a...
View Article[Part 2] What My Arab Muslim Friend Taught Me Reading The Geneology of Jesus...
This is the second part to What My Arab Muslim Friend Taught Me Reading The Geneology of Jesus (Matthew 1) [Part 1] As I talked to my Arab Muslim friend about the opening of the Gospel (Injil), he...
View ArticleHow Can Christians Help Muslims See Jesus Beyond the Quran?
If you ask a Muslim that you meet, “What do you think about Jesus Christ?” they will often respond that they “believe” in him and even may add “we love Jesus” (maybe even patting their chest). These...
View ArticleNo Faith to Hate
It takes no faith to believe in the bad in someone else. It’s easy and it can be fed like an all-you-can-eat buffet line. We live in a day of sound bytes that plays into the fears of people we don’t...
View ArticleIt Takes Faith to Believe the Prophets
Do You Believe in the Prophets? I am not in this post going to talk about the last prophet, but the prophets before the time of Jesus (Isa al Masih) My Muslim friends tell me they believe in all the...
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