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I have been looking forward to this evening for a very, very long time.

It has been my desire to engage in a dialogue like this and when the opportunity came that I'd

be coming into this area, I contacted Dr. Coddy and I put out the call and the church here was

was so kind to respond and to join with us and providing a place for us to have our conversation

this evening. I want you to understand what our motivations are this evening in coming together.

This is not a debate. Some of you have seen debates that I have done around the world.

This is not intended to be a debate. We are going to of necessity discuss differences that we have.

The thing that makes this wonderful and the reason that I sought out Dr. Coddy,

aside from the fact that I have learned so much from him over the years that he's been a primary

influence in my study of Islam. I am a student of Islam and I've learned much from him.

But the reason I specifically sought him out is because I sense in him such a kindred spirit on

the other side of the chasm that divides us in regards to our theology and our beliefs.

He is a consistent Muslim. He believes what he says. He wants to seek for consistency amongst his

people and his own practice. And so when you have two believing people, one Christian, one Muslim,

come together and say, we need to discuss not only what divides us, but also where do we have

similarities? How can we live in the same community? And the most important thing is this.

If we do what I hope happens this evening, we're going to do something absolutely unique.

It hardly ever happens. And that is two communities where unfortunately there is a lot of fear

on both sides. There is a lot of misunderstanding on both sides. And as a Christian, I want to see

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