Before Eid Al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, the majority of our neighbors will have purchased a sheep to slaughter. In doing so, they commemorate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son and God’s provision of a sheep in his place. But on the day of Eid Al-Adha, more than any other […]
The Hajj: A Pilgrimage to Mecca
Every year, millions of Muslims converge on the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca for a four-day Islamic pilgrimage. The pilgrimage, called the hajj, begins about two months after the end of Ramadan and is one of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims who can afford it and are physically able […]
When Families Forgive
How amazing that what started from a handful of frightened disciples over 2,000 years ago has now spread across time zones and cultures. The Gospel continues to transform the hearts of people around the world. It’s beautiful and miraculous, and it’s happening among Muslims in my neighborhood! My local […]
Making Christ Known in South Asia
In the South Asian countries of India and Bangladesh, there are more Muslims than in the Middle East and the entire continent of Africa combined. This region has some of the world’s largest concentrations of unengaged Muslim people groups that have no effective long-term Gospel witness in their midst. With […]
Market Day
Most days, my little town’s square looks like the perfect setting for a gunfight in an old Western film: barren, dusty, and a little rough around the edges. When the market arrives on Tuesdays, however, the place fills with life. Hundreds of merchants from Muslim villages near and far set […]
A Truth That Disrupts
“You’re a Muslim, right?” my colleague Jamila asked me. “I’m a follower of Jesus,” I replied. “But you seem so much like a Muslim,” Jamila insisted. She stared at me with intelligent brown eyes. “I love God, and I also pray, fast, and serve the poor—just as Muslims are instructed […]
The Face of the Unengaged
Meet Ahmed. He’s quite the normal young man. Every day, Ahmed rides his motorcycle through crowded streets to his university where he studies accounting. He hopes his degree will land him a good job to pay off his motorcycle and help support his parents and two sisters. He wonders about […]
A Joke for Abu Belal
Abu Belal is from the south of Syria near the Jordanian border. He was inside his home the day that a rocket hit it, and the house collapsed on top of him. Badly injured, his family brought him to a nearby country for medical care. Now he’s paralyzed. When my […]
Waheeda and the Word
In their first years of ministry, James and Kristin were part of a team that had the joy of leading Muslims to Christ and helping them start fellowships that were beginning to multiply. But most of the new believers were men. Few Muslim-background women had begun following Jesus. James and […]
Friends in the Valley of Enemies
From our kitchen window, there’s a valley stretching just beyond the outskirts of the large Asian city we live in. It’s more like a village than a suburb, with simple houses lining dirt streets. Many of the people who live in the valley belong to a Muslim tribe called the […]