How does the Quran, the Muslim Holy Book compare and contrast with the Bible?

What does the Quran teach about sin, salvation, Jesus, and the possibility of

knowing God personally?

And what can we learn by reading the Quran about of knowing God personally.

And what can we learn by reading the Quran

about how to better love our Muslim neighbors?

Our guest today, Dr Matthew Bennett,

has written a new book called the Quran and the Christian.

He's not only engaged in missions with Muslims, but also has done a lot of academic work and

hence we're really excited to get into his book.

I'm your host Sean McDowell.

I'm your co-host Scott Ray.

This is ThinkBibically, a podcast brought to you by Talbot School Theology

Biola University.

Matthew, let's just jump right in. Before we get to the book, where does your heart

for Muslims and your interest in Islam come from?

Yeah, well, first off, just let me say thank you for having me on the program here. It's a real joy and a privilege, but as it comes to thinking about Muslims and where my life intersected with the Islamic world, it really was part of the Lord calling

my wife and I to be open to missions and specifically kind of targeting the places where it seems as though the gospel has

had the least amount of traction and there's the least amount of access which

oftentimes does tend to put you right in the in the center of the

Islamic world and so that's where we found ourselves somewhere around 2011.

So I guess Matthew, tell us a little bit more, just specifically as a Christian, how do you approach trying to understand a book like the Quran.

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