Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Summary

Interacting with other people is hard, but talking about Gospel to those who does not agree with the idea is a bigger challenge. In the modern world, there are people who would sit down and listen to the Gospel, but there are some who will completely disagree regardless of any logical proves that support the Gospel. In this case, in order for those who disagree to at least listen to the Gospel, understanding their point of view and culture are the best policy. In the book Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi, the author mentioned many times on the Muslims view of Christianity which gives subtle hints on how the Gospel could be share among those who disagree. The author, beside writing about how he was converted to Christianity, gave the readers a lot of information on how Muslims viewed Christianity. There are a few things they disagreed on. The Muslims believed that there is one and only

Forcing Christian ideas and beliefs on the Muslims is the wrong way to approach them. Islam is the core of the people’s life. If Christians just blantly walk up to them and declare that everything the Muslims had believed since the day they were born is wrong, the Muslims will not listen to anything. Instead of forcing, the right way to share the Gospel is to respect their belief and slowly talk to them about it. For example, conversations between David and Qureshi are how Christian should share. David never insulted or completely ignores Qureshi’s reasonings from his Islamic point of view. Along with this manner, David used lots of solid evidences that proved his point and disproved what Qureshi claimed. He did not say anything rude or point out that Islam is completely nonsense. If Christians want everyone to listen and respect the Gospel, they should respect and listen to others’ point of view