{"id":646,"date":"2010-05-27T00:37:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T00:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2010\/05\/between-allah-jesus-part-2.html"},"modified":"2010-05-27T00:37:19","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T00:37:19","slug":"between-allah-jesus-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/05\/between-allah-jesus-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Between Allah &amp; Jesus:  Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>(We are discussing excerpts from Peter Kreefts new book, &#8220;Between Allah &amp; Jesus. &nbsp;Another excerpt has been posted. &nbsp;(<\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Faiths\/Christianity\/2010\/05\/On-Jesus-and-Muhammad-Part-Two.aspx\">I invite you to take ten minutes and read it here<\/a>)<\/i><i>&nbsp;Feel free to join the conversation that I&#8217;m having with fellow beliefnet blogger Aziz Poonwalla)<\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Aziz,<\/div>\n<div>We have a long excerpt covering a number of topics. The first item that stood out to me was the exchange about Christians, Jews and Muslims having the same God. &nbsp;Here&#8217;s a couple of quotes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p>&#8220;But if the God of the Christians is the God of the Jews, then the God of Muslims is the God of the Christians because he is also the God of the Jews. &nbsp;If two things are both equal to the common third thing, they are equal to each other. &nbsp;That is a basic rule of logic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because both Christians and Muslims learned who God was from the Jews, from the people of Abraham. &nbsp;Both received the truth about God from the same source. &nbsp;Even though they disagreed about many things later, they still have that common source. &nbsp;If a river forks into two or three streams downstream, it&#8217;s still the same water.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As Christians this is not something that we think about often and, when we do, it makes us a bit uncomfortable. &nbsp;I think the reason is that we are caught up in the differences that have arisen between our two religions that to admit a common source feels like we are conceding our differences.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><i><font><font><font>Aziz, Do these quotes accurately convey the way you view things&#8211;that even though we have differences, we still have a common source? &nbsp;Is that why Muslims call Christians &#8220;Associators?&#8221;<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(Be sure to check this blog and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/\">Aziz&#8217;s blog, City of Brass<\/a> often to participate in our dialogue)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(We are discussing excerpts from Peter Kreefts new book, &#8220;Between Allah &amp; Jesus. &nbsp;Another excerpt has been posted. &nbsp;(I invite you to take ten minutes and read it here)&nbsp;Feel free to join the conversation that I&#8217;m having with fellow beliefnet blogger Aziz Poonwalla) Aziz, We have a long excerpt covering a number of topics. 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Author of Finding the Groove: Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith (Zondervan) and the upcoming, Strange Fruit: The Cross as a Way of Life (2011). Founder of Project 127, a ministry dedicated to seeing the day when there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado's foster care system. Robert deeply desires to see the body of Christ mobilized to serve the least of these. The poor, the down and out, the disenfranchised and disabled, those deemed unimportant and the unborn. He believes that God loves all people yet he has a special heart for the poor and the poor in spirit, the miserable and the marginalized. A Contributing Editor for Leadership Journal and Urbanfaith.com. He acquired a B.A. in Bibilcal Studies from Colorado Christian University and a Master of Arts in World Christianity (Missiology) from Denver Seminary. Robert is married to the love of his life, Barbara, and they have six energetic children (3 boys &amp; 3 girls--one bio, five adopted--two from Ethiopia). 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