Yesterday I was deeply moved by an interview I watched online. It was a webcast of an interview with Brother Andrew of Open Doors Ministry (http://opendoorsusa.org). He is the man who wrote the well known book God's Smuggler, which talks about his smuggling of bibles into Communist Russia back in 1955. He spoke in the interview of his encounters with head of terrorist groups in the Middle East, most specifically the Taliban in recent years, and how receptive they were to what Andrew had to say about Jesus. Muslims view Jesus as a Great Physician, but not the Son of God, yet there was a common ground and a bond that was formed. Andrew looks to be in his 80's now and is still very active in his ministry. He said the muslims pointed out that Christians main problem is that they don't live like Christ. They also pointed out that muslims problem was that they don't live like Mohammed. Their solution for both problems was to go to "the book". The book, of course, is either the Bible or the Koran. I have been seeking to be more like Christ for years. Too many folks do as they please in the name of Jesus and don't resemble Him as all in their words and actions. May God help us be more of a reflection of Him. rlkeller
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