{"id":643,"date":"2010-05-19T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T10:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2010\/05\/between-allah-jesus-part-1.html"},"modified":"2010-05-19T10:01:35","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T10:01:35","slug":"between-allah-jesus-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/05\/between-allah-jesus-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Between Allah &amp; Jesus:  Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><i>(Today we begin a three week conversation between myself and my fellow Beliefnet blogger<\/i><\/div>\n<p><i>Aziz Poonawalla. &nbsp;We are discussing excerpts from Peter Kreefts new book, &#8220;Between Allah &amp; Jesus. &nbsp;This week we are interacting around chpt. three: &nbsp;On Jesus and &nbsp;Muhammad. <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Faiths\/Christianity\/2010\/05\/Between-Allah-and-Jesus-Part-1.aspx\"><i>&nbsp;To get the most out of these conversations please read the excerpt from Dr. Kreefts book.<\/i><\/a><i>)<\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n<div>Brother Aziz,<\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;ve been looking forward to our dialogue. &nbsp;In order to give our readers some time to read the excerpt why don&#8217;t we share some personal information.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Who am I? &nbsp;I&#8217;m a follower of Christ. &nbsp;Married for sixteen years with six children between the ages of five and twelve. &nbsp;I&#8217;m privileged to be the Lead Pastor of Colorado Community Church, an inter-denominational, inter-national church in the Denver area. &nbsp;I&#8217;m also an author, adoption advocate and jazz theologian. &nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazztheologian.com\/about_robert.php\">My full bio is here<\/a>)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><i>Aziz, tell us about yourself. &nbsp;Who are you? &nbsp;What do you love?<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/\">You can see Aziz&#8217;s response on his blog, City of Brass<\/a>)<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Today we begin a three week conversation between myself and my fellow Beliefnet blogger Aziz Poonawalla. &nbsp;We are discussing excerpts from Peter Kreefts new book, &#8220;Between Allah &amp; 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