A Muslim's Heart: What Every Christian Needs to Know to Share Christ with Musilms

by Edward J. Hoskins, Ron Bennett, The Navigators

Book Overview

In an age when Christians are often more fearful and suspicious of Muslims than warm and relational, A Muslim's Heart will help you understand Muslim culture and how to share Christ within the context. A practical, quick-to-read guide, this book is ideal for those befriending Muslims at home and abroad.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096724806X
• ISBN13: 9780967248066
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Building Bridges to Communicating with Muslims

Building Bridges to Communicating with Muslims Edward J. Hoskins provides concerned Christians with a positive approach for developing an understanding relationship with their Muslim acquaintances, neighbors, friends and co-workers. "A Muslim's Heart" approaches evangelism from an Eastern perspective and emphasizes similarities of our faith, thus avoiding barriers to developing genuine long term friendships. Hoskins presents biblical truth to demonstrate how to use culture friendly methods, the Qur'an, and Muslim traditions as a bridge to communicating the gospel. Some of the questions you may be asking are addressed in the book: What is Islam and who are Muslims? Is Allah God? What are the Five Pillars of Muslim? What is the Salot? Zakat? Sowm? Hajj, and the Jihad? I found the comparison and contrasts of cultural values between the Easter/Muslim society and Western society enlightening and valuable. The suggested relational tips are essential to anyone hoping to build bridges between the two cultures with the objective of ultimately communicating the gospel. Hoskins discusses common objections and questions the Christian may face when trying to witness or explain the Christian position to a Muslim inquirer. These may include questions on: A possible corruption in the translation of the Bible, the Christian belief in "three Gods", the position that Jesus is the Son of God, what you know and think about the Qua'an, and was Muhammad prophesied in the Bible? The reading list included for further reference and study is comprehensive and helpful. It includes biography, practical tools for reaching Muslims, and books addressing Spiritual Warfare. Dr. Hoskins genuine passion to see Muslims surrender their lives to Jesus Christ as their savior is evidenced in his writing. He writes with authority and has condensed practical the essentials, the basic questions, and many sensitive issues into this short user friendly resource guide.

Unique and insightful firsthand experience

I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Hoskins in person in 2003 and was impressed at that time with his insights into the Muslim worldview. Much of what he had to say went beyond what I had heard in other settings (e.g. the course _Perspectives on the World Christian Movement_) This book is filled with personal experiences and stories from Dr. Hoskins' years of making friends with Muslims in many different countries (including the US). He is very honest about his successes and failures in attempting to talk to Muslims about Jesus. I also appreciate that he does not take a dogmatic approach on what is most likely the most controversial issue regarding ministry to Muslims - "insider ministry" (or "highly contextualized" churches). Briefly, the question is whether a Muslim who comes to faith in Christ should be publicly baptized and change his religion, or should continue to live as an "insider" to be a witness for Jesus among his family and friends. Dr. Hoskins essentially says that each individual Muslim who decides to follow Jesus must make his or her own decision about these issues and should not pressured either way by Christians.

Jesus met people where they were at

Whenever someone would ask Jesus a question, he would go straight past that and answer what was REALLY on their mind, what was really in their heart. Dr. Hoskins knows how to do that, and has a way with people unlike many you'll meet in a lifetime. It is silly to try and have an impact on someone without trying to understand them, and this book will help you do just that.