Reflections on My Islam Class

A few weeks ago I started a class at Trinity on Islam. It is absolutely fascinating and I'm loving it. The professor was raised in a Muslim family in Saudi Arabia, but as a young man came to faith in Christ. Needless to say, he has tremendous knowledge on the subject. The biggest encouragement I've gotten from studying so far has been the realization that there are substantial bridges between Christianity and Islam. Even though Muslims have enormous mental, spiritual, and emotional obstacles to faith in Jesus, there is common ground to build upon.

Also, I'm not sure if any of you are following this, but currently there is a man in Afghanistan who converted to Christianity and is now being tried for apostasy. If he's convicted, he will face death by beheading. It's making international news (even though this happens frequently in many Muslim countries). Pray for this man. His name is Abdul Rahman. You can check out more about it on CNN and BBC.