Comments on: I’m a Muslim

By: Concerned Individual

Concerned Individual — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:31:57 +0000

Respectfully, no one is asking Arab believers in Christ to give up their culture. However, a significant portion of that “culture” revolves around the actual faith of Islam. The music, the literature, the cuisine, the dress, the architecture, the art, all of that is fantastic and certainly Arab believers shouldn’t westernize, but the practices and traditions associated with the belief in Allah, one can’t claim that those are harmless.

By: guy hrushka

guy hrushka — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:35:13 +0000

My daugher just did a search on the net trying to find some dirt on my past. I told her I think it’s buried pretty good. Well she comes across your responce to my responce. I wasn’t refering to “Muslims in Culture”. A Muslim to me has always been a beleiver in Islam, not “just” submitted to God. So I’m not against the word Muslim in culture. Jesus is the Only name given amongst nen by which we must be saved. This TRUTH can be very ofensive to the Muslim culture.
Love you bro,
Guy

By: Mitzi Brumley

Mitzi Brumley — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:04:06 +0000

Carl, I am ecstatic about your boldness and the heaven-given ability you have to communicate Truth and offer us the opp to get OUT OF THE BOX. I want out of the box! Every thing you write teaches me. Thanks for setting up the blog. I pray LOTS of seekers and boxed-in people find it!

By: Carl Medearis

Carl Medearis — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:25:01 +0000

Wow Guy. I almost never even read the comments made about blogs I write, but since I know you and you’re a good and long-lasting friend, I can’t help but reply. I would have to say that your statement is unhelpful and really doesn’t clarify anything. Since I know lots of Arabs who would still consider themselves to be “Muslims in Culture” and yet follow Jesus as truly and passionately as I do, what you say doesn’t actually work. Since being “Muslim” is more like being “American” then it is a religion, we have to find new categories and terms that are helpful, true and that work in a given environment. That’s what Jesus did when he came to earth, became human and lived in our context. How can we help our Muslim friends see the beauty of following Jesus without giving up the parts of their identity they don’t need to give up? (Just like we wouldn’t ask Americans to stop placing their hand over their heart when they hear the pledge of allegiance – just to follow Jesus).

By: guy hrushka

guy hrushka — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:23:16 +0000

A Muslim who has heard the Gospel denies the Truth of who Jesus is plain and simple “if” he still calls himself a Muslim. Let’s not play with words. Love the Muslim hate the lie they live.

By: Do words really matter? « Death Nor Life

Do words really matter? « Death Nor Life — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:05:59 +0000

[...] common knowledge that words lose their meaning over the course of time (in fact, I recently read a great post on that very subject). So because words have the potential of having many different meanings and [...]

By: Solar Panel

Solar Panel — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:15:41 +0000

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By: The Identity Problem « The Glocal University Times

The Identity Problem « The Glocal University Times — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:30:03 +0000

[...] Medearis has written a very helpful post addressing this issue on his blog. I found these principles helpful in thinking through how I speak of who I am and what I’m [...]

By: The Difficulty of Words « HIS PEACE UPON US

The Difficulty of Words « HIS PEACE UPON US — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:23:27 +0000

[...] Medearis has written a short post about the need to be careful with our words so that our hearers actually hear and understand what we [...]

By: ~Katherine

~Katherine — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:17:42 +0000

Wow.. what a great conversation. I’m interested in what people think of Mohammad’s questions.