Teaching 'Jonahs' to Reach Modern Nineveh

2013 Vol. 4: July/Aug

Many Christians seem paralyzed and unable to go to Muslims with the gospel. Others focus on Islamic extremism and believe Muslims cannot, or should not, be reached. We are often like Jonah, unwilling or afraid to preach salvation or even express the love of Jesus to people we perceive as dangerous or our enemies. A Greek gentleman succinctly described this form of spiritual paralysis when he said, “We hate people we don't even know, and we don't get to know them because we hate them.”