Loving our Neighbour

The tenth in a series of articles examining how we can respond to Muslims in the West.

Law or Grace?

‘Why aren’t you a Muslim?’

Anyone working among Muslims will face this question before long. Often it is asked with genuine concern - a concern for your soul.

When a sincere Muslim asks me this question, I sometimes take them into the history of God’s dealings with mankind. Moses was given God’s law. He brought it to a nation which was given every advantage. They were separate from nations who worshipped idols. They had God’s prophets and priests. Yet even in perfect surroundings they could not keep God’s law. The law made it clear that they were sinful - that we are all sinful; that if we are to be good, we need something more than law.

But the law does something else: it helps us to ...

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