Thabiti Anyabwile's profile says, "I was once a Muslim, and by God's grace I have been saved through faith in Jesus Christ." He has a series on things to do/say/etc. "when witnessing to Muslims."
- When Witnessing to Muslims ... Know the Gospel.
- When Witnessing to Muslims ... Renounce Fear.
- When Witnessing to Muslims ... Defend the Bible.
- When Witnessing to Muslims ... Get Personal.
- When Witnessing to Muslims ... Get to Jesus, part 1.
- When Witnessing to Muslims ... Get to Jesus, part 2.
- When Witnessing to Muslims ... Be Hospitable.
- When Witnessing to Muslims ... Remember...
Thabiti Anyabwile has also done an interview on The Gospel and Islam.
John Piper summarizes an illustration from that interview. The illustration concerns whether Muslims and Christians worship the same God under different names.
He said that we should picture two old classmates from college discussing a common friend from thirty years ago. They begin to wonder if they are talking about the same person. One of them is convinced they are, and the other keeps thinking this is not quite the way he remembers the friend. Finally, they decide to dig out an old yearbook and settle the issue. They open the book, and as soon as they see the picture of their classmate, one says, “No, that’s not who I am talking about.” So it was not the same person after all.
Mark said that Jesus, as he is revealed in the Bible, is the picture in the yearbook. When a Muslim and a Christian, who have been discussing whether they are worshiping the same God, look at God in the yearbook, it settles the matter: “No,” says the Muslim, “that’s not who I am talking about.”
But that is who the Christian is talking about. John 1:18 says, “No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.” Jesus makes known the invisible God for us to see. In John 14:8, Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” To this Jesus responded, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’” And Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:6, “God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
In other words, Jesus is the yearbook picture that settles the issue of who is worshiping the true God and who is not. If a worshiper of God does not see in Jesus Christ the person of his God, he does not worship God.
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