Storytellers: Bringing Muslims Home - Bernie Power
The idea of using stories as a key to sharing the truth of the Gospel is cleverly presented in this book. It is a collection of stories and ways of presenting Christian truth entwined within its own story.
The book recounts the journey of a young couple as they go out into a Muslim country to live for Christ. At every opportunity they use stories to present truth and make their listeners and friends think about what God did through Jesus and how the work of Jesus contrasts with the teaching of the majority community around them. They often seem to get into situations where a story calms the atmosphere and presents truth in a less threatening way.
The stories they use are very useful and could be used in your own conversations with your Muslim friends. I have often been told that it is best to tell a story and let it hang and allow the truth to do its work in prepared hearts. This couple, however, seem to like asking questions and explaining the underlying truth after they have told the story, that also seems to work for them
As well as stories the book contains some answers to the challenges that Christians face from Muslims about the Bible and the Qur’an, Jesus and Muhammed, and mercy and forgiveness. Again, these presentations are helpful and you could easily use them in your own conversations. My overall impression is that this couple were a bit more polemic and confrontational than I would be comfortable with, but that leads to a good story!
The stories and presentations can be adapted to your own sharing style and will definitely add tools to your belt as you meet Muslim people.
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