Timothy Harris

And I remember Brandon when I heard about this, I was just really incensed. I was really.

And I remember Brandon when I heard about this, I was just really incensed. I was really.

i feel like i had a really righteous anger because you know i want all your listeners to know and hear that obviously i'm not a muslim i don't believe in the message of the quran absolutely yeah so i want to make that unequivocally clear but i also want to say that um to what he was doing to me was reprehensible and

i feel like i had a really righteous anger because you know i want all your listeners to know and hear that obviously i'm not a muslim i don't believe in the message of the quran absolutely yeah so i want to make that unequivocally clear but i also want to say that um to what he was doing to me was reprehensible and

We talked earlier last week and the week before about adhering to cultural differences and trying where we can to be kind and gracious and generous to Muslims. Well, the idea of burning their book creates so much anger in them. And, you know, this was such a big deal that this little pastor became famous overnight.

We talked earlier last week and the week before about adhering to cultural differences and trying where we can to be kind and gracious and generous to Muslims. Well, the idea of burning their book creates so much anger in them. And, you know, this was such a big deal that this little pastor became famous overnight.

And our president, a vice president at the time, our president, our secretary of state, the pope, even all of them weighed in on this and begged this man not to do this. He held off.

And our president, a vice president at the time, our president, our secretary of state, the pope, even all of them weighed in on this and begged this man not to do this. He held off.

uh for a little while but eventually he did burn some copies of the quran publicly and sure enough it stirred things up in different countries around the world and sure enough people were killed as a result of it and so i remember when i heard about him getting ready to do this i was having um Lunch with my accountability partner.

uh for a little while but eventually he did burn some copies of the quran publicly and sure enough it stirred things up in different countries around the world and sure enough people were killed as a result of it and so i remember when i heard about him getting ready to do this i was having um Lunch with my accountability partner.

I'll call him Solomon because he's very wise And I told him about this and he said to me. Why don't you why don't you counter this guy? Why don't you do something positive? for the Muslim community and so he said why don't you have an I love Muslims day and So it was really from the boy, you know, the Holy Spirit through him that gave us this idea. So I

I'll call him Solomon because he's very wise And I told him about this and he said to me. Why don't you why don't you counter this guy? Why don't you do something positive? for the Muslim community and so he said why don't you have an I love Muslims day and So it was really from the boy, you know, the Holy Spirit through him that gave us this idea. So I

We went to the leader of the Muslim Student Association at a large university here in Michigan. And we told him about our idea that we just wanted to have an event where we would gather Christians and Muslims together at this students from this university and just have a time of breaking bread and friendship. And we wanted to show our love for them.

We went to the leader of the Muslim Student Association at a large university here in Michigan. And we told him about our idea that we just wanted to have an event where we would gather Christians and Muslims together at this students from this university and just have a time of breaking bread and friendship. And we wanted to show our love for them.

I had to send it to him by an email because he was out of town. And we had built some relationship actually with him, built a friendship with him. And I still remember his email. He said, when I saw your email wanting to do an I Love Muslims Day for us, he said it brought tears to my eyes. Nobody's ever done something like this for us. And so we began to train him.

I had to send it to him by an email because he was out of town. And we had built some relationship actually with him, built a friendship with him. And I still remember his email. He said, when I saw your email wanting to do an I Love Muslims Day for us, he said it brought tears to my eyes. Nobody's ever done something like this for us. And so we began to train him.

some Christian students on campus about cultural differences, as we keep talking about, and said, hey, guys, we're going to have a night where Miriam's going to put together a super meal. It's going to be halal, which means the meat will be something that the Muslims feel that they can eat, kind of akin to or similar to kosher for Jewish people.

some Christian students on campus about cultural differences, as we keep talking about, and said, hey, guys, we're going to have a night where Miriam's going to put together a super meal. It's going to be halal, which means the meat will be something that the Muslims feel that they can eat, kind of akin to or similar to kosher for Jewish people.

and so it wasn't big it wasn't a big event we had about 55 christian students and about 55 muslim students but brandon it was the neatest night i mean we we ate together had that excellent meal we got the students together christians and muslims in small groups where they could meet each other we had icebreaker questions they were sharing getting each other's phone numbers

and so it wasn't big it wasn't a big event we had about 55 christian students and about 55 muslim students but brandon it was the neatest night i mean we we ate together had that excellent meal we got the students together christians and muslims in small groups where they could meet each other we had icebreaker questions they were sharing getting each other's phone numbers