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Its important to be respectful so that you can tell them them about the true God who lived perfectly for all people and died for all peoples sins winning all people a place in heaven with him.. so many christian today want to put strings attached to the salvation Jesus won for all. SUCH AS YOU HAVE TO BE BAPTIZED . baptism is not something we have to do.. its Gods means of grace Grace comes from God to us.. as Luther ruightly says GRACE is given to heal the spirtualy sick it is not given to decorate spirtual heroes Martin luther. There is not a word in the Bible which is extra cruem, which can be understood without reference to the cross. MARTIN LUTHER Acts 22:16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’

Just like any lost soul, the Muslim needs to first understand his sin nature like anybody else. Moving to the New Testamnet Jesus, expose the Muslim Jesus as a fiction, delicately. Follow with one's personal testimony and rush to conversion and the new life and regeneration. All cult members need to come to the end of 'their trail' before the Gospel has a chance. Conversational 'tap dances' never work.

Time to include in media studies the impact of propaganda etc during the Cold war. What worked and what did not. So when broadcasting, what is most effective. Example. for many years the ABC - Australian Broadcast Commission (like the BBC, possibly better(!) for $ invested) ran a program of the life, family politics and loves of a rural family ('Blue Hills' during the Country Hour, a daily hourly program which highlighted rural needs such market reports, weather etc etc. Incorporated into that long running an quite popular serial "radio soapie' were references to changes in farming technology, or problems such as farm succession with out a will etc. This assisted in changing farming practices and improving productivity. Yet very few listeners picked that up directly. Now that it the challenge, to provide entertainment which changes. Same technique is now being used in Ethiopia for rural health.

Presenting Isa of the Scriptures is all the stumbling block that is needed and the only onecommanded by Scripture. I am NOT criticizing this movie (I have not seen it) but I do know that while we are safe thousands of miles away from Egypt and other hostile nations (religiously speaking), our brothers and sisters in those nations are not and we better be careful that we don't cause a stumbling block that God does not intend into the way so non-Christians can fall on our brothers.

The Innocence of Muslims film is a very poor example and a very poor film. As an American, I have avoided the direct approach. I do not criticize Islam or use confrontational apologetics. While living in Central London I witnessed the negative consequences of confrontation when the goal is evangelism, church planting, and discipleship. I also note that the plethora of dreams and visions that have yielded a massive harvest are not confrontational. They are invitational. However, while living in the Middle East, people always wanted to talk about Fr. Zachariah and his deconstruction of Islam. Without a doubt, his method and ministry have been blessed by God. He is a good example of how Christian satellite networks have been an effective tool in the evangelization of Arab Muslims. To be honest, he and other "insiders" have credibility to use apologetics because they represent a persecuted religious minority. They are not crusaders.