Timothy Harris

So he was giving away like more than a carpenter, that great book about the identity of Jesus.

So he was giving away like more than a carpenter, that great book about the identity of Jesus.

Oh, that Josh McDowell. Okay.

Oh, that Josh McDowell. Okay.

Yeah. He was giving that away for free in English and Arabic, you know, and he was so winsome when he talked to Muslim people. Now, going back to that first group that came in and wanted to distribute the tracks and took Dearborn to court. Hey, why didn't they just do it like Josh? Why didn't they just do it like the Arab Festival asked people to do? Rent a booth. Rent a booth.

Yeah. He was giving that away for free in English and Arabic, you know, and he was so winsome when he talked to Muslim people. Now, going back to that first group that came in and wanted to distribute the tracks and took Dearborn to court. Hey, why didn't they just do it like Josh? Why didn't they just do it like the Arab Festival asked people to do? Rent a booth. Rent a booth.

Give away as much as you want. But they didn't. And so Josh was just such an amazing example in that case.

Give away as much as you want. But they didn't. And so Josh was just such an amazing example in that case.

Being a lover instead of a hater and it and it bore so much more fruit and so Yeah, and then our friend John a friend John Oh a delightful assembly of God Guy he was just he just got cold water and he was passing out cups of cold water because it was just sweltering humid at that time of the year and he was just passing out cups of cold water to Muslims and he had tracts available and

Being a lover instead of a hater and it and it bore so much more fruit and so Yeah, and then our friend John a friend John Oh a delightful assembly of God Guy he was just he just got cold water and he was passing out cups of cold water because it was just sweltering humid at that time of the year and he was just passing out cups of cold water to Muslims and he had tracts available and

and uh so yeah one of our chapters uh subtitle is lovers haters and a man named john and so the dearborn international arab festival was was quite an event sadly it doesn't exist anymore at least not like that because these outside groups of so-called christians ruined it and god it got shut down the the city just said this is too much of a hassle because these christians come in and

and uh so yeah one of our chapters uh subtitle is lovers haters and a man named john and so the dearborn international arab festival was was quite an event sadly it doesn't exist anymore at least not like that because these outside groups of so-called christians ruined it and god it got shut down the the city just said this is too much of a hassle because these christians come in and

they're just so they're stirring up so much trouble though so they stopped it so man man and you see that was a prime place where the gospel could have reached thousands of people oh and it and it did through people like josh and others but then these outside groups man that that came in with ulterior motives and terrible terrible methodologies and and lack of love you know they they messed things up and so

they're just so they're stirring up so much trouble though so they stopped it so man man and you see that was a prime place where the gospel could have reached thousands of people oh and it and it did through people like josh and others but then these outside groups man that that came in with ulterior motives and terrible terrible methodologies and and lack of love you know they they messed things up and so

Yeah, we quote in the beginning of that chapter that this is from the message. And I know the message is not, you know, it's not ESV, but I think some scriptures are done well in it. In Philippians 1.11, it says that we should make Jesus Christ attractive to all. In verse 20, it says we should make Christ more accurately known.

Yeah, we quote in the beginning of that chapter that this is from the message. And I know the message is not, you know, it's not ESV, but I think some scriptures are done well in it. In Philippians 1.11, it says that we should make Jesus Christ attractive to all. In verse 20, it says we should make Christ more accurately known.

And in verse 27 of Philippians 1, it says we should be a credit to the message of Christ. And so let's don't be those kind of Christians. that give Christianity a bad name to Muslim people.

And in verse 27 of Philippians 1, it says we should be a credit to the message of Christ. And so let's don't be those kind of Christians. that give Christianity a bad name to Muslim people.

Absolutely. I agree. You know, and right before we close, one of your questions in this chapter says, if you had the occasion to speak to one of the haters mentioned in this chapter, one of the Bible believers, what would you say to them? I would literally say to them, shame on you. Shame on you for trying to tarnish the very thing God told us to share.

Absolutely. I agree. You know, and right before we close, one of your questions in this chapter says, if you had the occasion to speak to one of the haters mentioned in this chapter, one of the Bible believers, what would you say to them? I would literally say to them, shame on you. Shame on you for trying to tarnish the very thing God told us to share.