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When shaiing the uoou News of }esus with those fiom othei
faiths we must uo so with iespect anu sensitivity anu in a spiiit
of love. The question of couise is how uo we uo that. Basil Scott
has piouuceu an excellent book that not only gives us a sounu
theological basis to unueipin oui appioach but with his
theological analysis has also pioviueu a piactical iesouice to
help us uevelop such appioaches.
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Eveiybouy engaging with people of othei faiths shoulu
ieau this book! The wiitei examines what the New
Testament teaches about othei faiths anu theii followeis -
uieek anu Roman ieligions, uentiles who met }esus, anu
the }ewish faith. The iesults aie suipiising anu
challenging.... The book's message is summeu up in the
title; 'uou has no favouiites'. Theie is only one way to
uou's salvation. It is the way of faith complete
uepenuence on uou anu his giace. We who have heaiu the
goou news of }esus aie piivilegeu to know this tiuth
cleaily anu simply. But uou uoes not tieat people of othei
faiths as seconu class citizens. Be uoes not label them
accoiuing to theii ieligion, iace, genuei, euucation oi
wealth. As in New Testament uays, theie may be 'uou-
feaieis' in all ieligions.... You may not agiee with eveiy
conclusion in this book. But you will be iefiesheu anu
encouiageu by what the New Testament cleaily teaches.
Anu you will be challengeu to ueal with all people with
love, iespect anu hope, confiuent both in the way of faith
that we have ieceiveu thiough Chiist anu in uou's
amazingly geneious love foi all.
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What is the attituue of Chiistians to people of othei
faiths. Sometimes it is exclusion - we simply uo not know
enough about them, so we steei cleai. Sometimes it is
supeiioiity, especially when we meet them in oui own
countiy anu neighbouihoou. 0sually it is puzzlement
because we wonuei why they have abanuoneu, oi not
embiaceu, the peifectly goou Chiistian ieligion of theii
auoptive countiy. We cannot but aumiie some of the
qualities they show - but they uo have theii failings as
well. We suspenu juugement. But what is uou's attituue to
them. Aie they loveu by Bim, conuemneu by Bim, a
pioblem to Bim as they aie to us. In this book, Basil Scott,
who with his wife has spent a lifetime living among them,
in Asia anu in ministiy in the 0K, has piouuceu a
iefieshingly cleai case foi a biblical appioach to the
pioblem of uou anu othei ieligions, anu how the believing
Chiistian can move foiwaiu without abanuoning his Bible
oi his intellect. Beie is one of the most ieauable pieces of
theology I have ieau in many a yeai. Bighly commenueu!
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The book outlines an appioach to othei faiths which is
both scholaily anu geneious. The authoi's close ie-
ieauing of key New Testament passages is vigoious anu
illuminating - a challenge to all of us to examine oui views
caiefully anu above all, to avoiu assuming a position of
juugement. I hope this book will finu a wiue ieaueiship. It
is commenuably cleai in its style anu coulu uo so much to
infoim those who know little about theii own faith, nevei
minu that of otheis.
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