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SignUp Now!I would not take this as a model for evangelising muslims or a person of any other faith. Here are my reasons:
- In the encounter, the preacher has all the clever, witty lines. He has complete control of the conversation. Reality is not like that. Our evangelism should not depend on us being the smartest and best informed person in the conversation.
- He takes a combative approach from the outset. Where is the human compassion? What if the man reading his Quran was in the airport because he was returning from a family funeral, or a painful court case? There appeared to be no room for the human element in the conversation.
- On some points his arguments are just wrong. Allah is the Arabic name for God. Arabic-speaking Christians pray to Allah. No Muslim worships a moon god and they never have.
- It does not pass Jesus' 'do unto others' test. If anyone spoke to me like that when I was minding my own business reading the Bible in an airport, I'd be horrified.
Compare this with the way Jesus reveals the Father in conversation. See the difference