After hearing Carl Medearis speak in Austin this past May, I decided to read his book: "Muslims, Christians, & Jesus." The book was such a breath of fresh air in a sometimes stale conversation (within some Christian circles) on Muslim-Christian relations. I truly appreciated both his insights and shared experiences from a life trying to live out every day not as a Christian... but simply as a follower of Jesus. I learned a lot from the book and hope that his perspective on Truth assimilates itself more and more into my life.At the end of his book, I read that he had a blog, which I started to follow. Last week, Medearis posted about the GLOBAL FAITH FORUM (of which I'd never heard). Here is his blog post about the event:
Global Faith Forum
November 11-13, 2010
NorthWood Church, Keller, TX
Featuring
HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal, HE Vietnamese Ambassador Le Cong Phung, Os Guinness, Eboo Patel, Ray Bakke, Bob Roberts, Jr., Ed Stetzer and others
Why the Global Faith Forum?
In case you haven’t noticed, the world around us is getting smaller. What used to be “on the other side of the world” is now in our own backyard.
As a result, we are rubbing shoulders with people of different cultures and religions who hold different values and beliefs.
In the midst of this shrinking world, we have three basic choices:
1. Live in fear of what we don’t understand threatening to burn, hate and denigrate.
2. Bury our head in the sand and play like none of this is happening (but you’d better turn off the evening news and try to not act too surprised when the globalized world lands on your front porch.)
3. Seek to engage in conversation, learning to respect and understand others while not compromising our core beliefs.
We believe option #3 is the best choice.
Join us at the Global Faith Forum as we learn how to join the conversation.
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