Christ Made Ministries

When I tell people I live in the United States and do cross-cultural ministry I think many don’t really get the full picture. It’s hard to grasp without being here.

Clarkston is known for being incredibly diverse.
Rich in culture. Diverse in faith.

You easily have access to 10,000 people within a 10 minute walk.

This photo illustrates so many layers of diversity and cross-cultural ministry in one shot.

On more than one occasion we have talked to the gentleman pictured here.

He is a very devout Muslim who takes a firm stance on the Bible being corrupt, Jesus being only a prophet, Jesus never died, people should prostrate before God, and many more issues.

He doesn’t like that Christians believe the bible is authoritative.

He doesn’t like that Christians call Jesus – God.

Our first interaction was very combative over these issues. By Gods grace we saw him again and had the opportunity to continue our discussion on faith in Christ.

One thing we found really helpful was talking about how sin gets paid for. Most religions in the world believe that you can be “good”. Christians believe they are not good. We are all sinners. We all have sinned and continue to fall short before a Holy God. Through Christ Jesus we are forgiven for our sins and allowed to enter into Gods Kingdom.

Most religions don’t believe that eternal life can be known for certain. Most believe that you have to do enough good to out weigh the bad. This idea is typically referred to as “works based salvation”.

These discussions have been fairly fruitful and lead to wrestling through topics that prepare the way for the salvation of Christ. However, the enemy of this world has convinced so many that Christ is not King. He has convinced them that Christ is not a redeemer and Gods word is not trustworthy.

Pray with us that we will continue to run into this guy on the streets.
Pray that he will remain open to discussions about sin, payment, and trust in Jesus.
Pray that he will repent and believe in Jesus.