How do we partner well with others when our convictions don’t align?
Reading the Bible with Muslim friends has been one of the greatest joys of my life. They ask questions I’ve never considered. Sometimes, their inquiries have forced me to re-examine a text of Scripture. But in every case, behind their questions are experiences very different than my own.
Our backgrounds inevitably shape how we process the truths of God’s Word. After my Muslim friends became Christians, we planted a church together. I realized early on that the challenges they had following Jesus were different from the ones I experienced as a young Christian. I grew up the son of active church members, and my earliest memories were with the church. I was familiar with Christianity long before I became a Christian. My recently converted Muslim friends, on the other hand, were learning everything about how to follow Jesus while simultaneously planting a church!
Some aspects of church made sense to them, like serious accountability or corporate prayer. Other aspects, like biblical discipline or elder plurality, were going to take time for them to learn and implement. During those years of forming a
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