A Matter of Public Record

In a recent comment string found here, you will see that I have made some very harsh statements concerning a Brother in Christ. Allow me to say that the comment calling Brother Paul Littleton a “wormy little man” was used as my reaction to his jumping into the middle of a disagreement between Brother Micah Fries and me. I should not have called him that and I in no way intended anything of harm toward him. In this comment thread you will also see where I called him a “liar”. That is another adjective that should not have been used. I do not believe that Brother Paul has a lifestyle of lying and the negative indication I leveled with that word I ask forgiveness.

I have spoken to Brother Paul Littleton about this issue and while he and I disagree on many other issues, I still believe him to be a Brother in Christ. I have placed this post here without allowing comments because two Brothers have spoken and we have agreed to now walk forth in Christ.

Stealth Christianity?

Many remember when the Stealth Bombers were the talk of Washington. It seemed that we had a plane that would now fly without being seen on radar. This plane was the rave of all the intelligence world. From the intelligence that created the Stealth Bombers came more ways to get into the enemy’s world without being discovered.

Which brings me to an evangelistic tool, and the only one I have knowledge of, authorized by the IMB to present Christ to Muslims. This tool is known as “The Camel Method“. Some have given great reviews of the method here, here, and here, while others present this method as less than adequate to accomplish its goal–presenting a clear Christian Gospel to a lost world of Muslims here.

And this brings me to the reason for the post. Jeremy Green has made a tremendous contribution to the blog world by posting Dr. Malcom Yarnell’s, seemingly, email correspondence with Brother Kevin Greeson and Dr. David Garrison. These two men are author and sponsor respectively of The Camel Method. It is interesting that when you go to the IMB resouce search link to The Camel Method they show it is not available. Maybe it is out of stock and the IMB needs to update their stock.

However, Dr. Yarnell does a tremendous job of presenting a clear reasoned response to the huge failure of The Camel Method of presenting a clear gospel message to the Muslim world. I will say one thing and then ask that you read Dr. Yarnell’s memorandum in its entirety, before responding. No one should ever ask a Muslim to change their culture any more than one should ask a Jew to change their culture. However, the Gospel clearly is in opposition to the mind set of a Muslim. Just like the Gospel is in opposition to the Jewish view of the Messiah. However, Christianity was born out of the Jewish culture and Scriptures. Christianity was not birthed from the Muslim culture or the Koran. Using the Old Testament in order to evangelize the Jew is not the same as using the Koran to evangelize the Muslim. Why? The Old Testament is the Word of God, the Koran is not. Using the Koran to evangelize a Muslim would be much like using the Baptist Faith & Message to convert a lost redneck. I compliment Dr. Yarnell on a great analysis and clear presentation of the deffiencies of this Stealth Evangelism.