2. islam
questions

3. countercultural
you cannot live out the kingdom and not be counter-cultural,

4. Islam or MUSLIM

5. Syria Iraq Yemen Liberia Nigeria
Paris Brussels London
Syria [CLICK] Paris

7. fear
Especially when we are afraid, the mind becomes very intent on drawing connections,

8. fear leads to anger anger leads to hate hate leads to suffering
That fear can lead to stereotyping and categorizing and prejudice

9. fear
when you combine the suspicion and worry with the images of horror and shock

10. fear prejudice hate violence

11. Blaise Pascal
People never do evil so completely and as cheerfully as when they do it from religious convictions.

12. Islam is inherently violent

13. Christians and non-Christians alike need to eradicate Islam now while we can still do it

14. God has given Trump authority to take out Kim Jong Un

15. do not let yourself get SUCKED into FEAR

16. We are called to live in love as Christ loved us and gave His life for us.

17. 1 John 4:16-18
We know how much God loves us… God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect… Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear.

18. you can’t love somebody & be afraid of them
you can’t love somebody & be afraid of them. you can’t love somebody & be prejudiced of them. you can’t love somebody & hate them. you can’t love somebody & engage in violence against them.

20. no prohibition on violence
koran
no prohibition on violence

21. don’t get sucked into stereotyping

22. irrelevant
But actually, & this is where the rubber hits the road, that is actually irrelevant.

23. the love of God applies to people for whom it doesn’t make sense to apply people like you and me!

24. We are to be a people who live out His love

25. Matthew 5:43-48

26. Matthew 5:45
He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
God loves like the sun shines and like the rain falls.

27. LOVE your ENEMIES

28. Luke 6:27-28
Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,  bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

29. God & his kingdom is so beautiful because He goes beyond the normal defies the common sense

31. Matthew 5:44-45
But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. 

32. Do we look like our Father?
Mark of the kingdom
Do we look like our Father?
That is the distinguishing mark of a child of God. This is the central thing, the criteria, the essential mark of the kingdom.

33. LOVE drive out FEAR
You let that love drive out fear even when it makes sense to be afraid.

34. This is the bull’s eye

35. common sense Jesus Christ
who is Lord of your life?
common sense Jesus Christ

36. individuals made in the image of God
Individuals [CLICK] made in the image of God

38. Muslim … Christian Bible … koran
ABRAHAM Isaac Ishmael
Muslims & Christians [CLICK] for A, I, I

39. devout… but no relationship with God fear is the main motivation
Muslims
devout… but no relationship with God fear is the main motivation
…. [CLICK] fear is the main motivation

40. If you have a relationship with God
Motivated by love Drives out fear Transforms from the inside out Joy Offers hope

41. receive the love & give the love
we can never do that if we ourselves are not getting it.

42. put on display the beauty of God!

43. Pray