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hopefulA Stirring Account of the Church Caught in the Middle East Crossfire
Brother Andrew and Al Janssen
Fleming H. Revell, 2004, 319 pp.
ISBN 0-8007-1872-0
"My call was to strengthen the Church in the Middle East. Could I do it without getting caught in the cross fire of deeply held conviction? Was it possible for believers to rise above their differences and experience unity to stand against the evil darkness?" (25)
"The Church is also supposed to be a light in the darkness, but it’s hard to fulfill your mission when you are fighting for your very survival. ... I want to help Christians escapes their victim mentality. I wanted to see them trained, ready to advance and get on with the job of winning people to Jesus." (27)
From a meeting with Ayatollah Fadlallah, the fundamentalist spiritual leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon: "Brother Andrew, you Christians have a problem ... You Christians are not following the life of Jesus Christ anymore." ...
I asked him, "What do you think we should do about that?"
He said, "You must go back to the Book." (196)
- What kind of people does the Quran produce?
- What kind of people does the Bible produce? (197)
"The Hamas are reachable. Anyone could have gone to see those men at Marj al-Zohour. I did what Jesus did in His ministry—I met them at their point of need." (229)
A Palestinian Pastor: “I wish the Church would understand the struggles Palestinians have. We have to deal with Judaism. We have to deal with Islam. And we have to deal with who we are, with our nationalism. Plus we have to deal with Western Christianity.” (referring to organizations that automatically approve of any actions by Israel over any claims made by Palestinians) (312-13)
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