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God Has No Favourites
When sharing the Good News of Jesus with those from other faiths we must do so with respect and sensitivity and in a spirit of love. The question of course is how do we do that? Basil Scott has produced an excellent book that not only gives us a sound theological basis to underpin our approach but with his theological analysis has also provided a practical resource to help us develop such approaches. Ram Gidoomal CBE, Chairman of Traidcraft and the Lausanne Movement International Board. -‐-‐South Asian Concern.
Everybody engaging with people of other faiths should read this book! The writer examines what the New Testament teaches about other faiths and their followers -‐ Greek and Roman religions, Gentiles who met Jesus, and the Jewish faith. The results are surprising and challenging.... The book's message is summed up in the title; 'God has no favourites'. There is only one way to God's salvation. It is the way of faith complete dependence on God and his grace. We who have heard the good news of Jesus are privileged to know this truth clearly and simply. But God does not treat people of other faiths as second class citizens. He does not label them according to their religion, race, gender, education or wealth. As in New Testament days, there may be 'God-‐
fearers' in all religions.... You may not agree with every conclusion in this book. But you will be refreshed and encouraged by what the New Testament clearly teaches. And you will be challenged to deal with all people with love, respect and hope, confident both in the way of faith that we have received through Christ and in God's amazingly generous love for all. Robin Thomson. -‐-‐South Asian Forum Newsletter. -‐-‐South Asian Concern
What is the attitude of Christians to people of other faiths? Sometimes it is exclusion -‐ we simply do not know enough about them, so we steer clear. Sometimes it is superiority, especially when we meet them in our own country and neighbourhood. Usually it is puzzlement because we wonder why they have abandoned, or not embraced, the perfectly good Christian religion of their adoptive country. We cannot but admire some of the qualities they show -‐ but they do have their failings as well. We suspend judgement. But what is God's attitude to them? Are they loved by Him, condemned by Him, a problem to Him as they are to us? In this book, Basil Scott, who with his wife has spent a lifetime living among them, in Asia and in ministry in the UK, has produced a refreshingly clear case for a biblical approach to the problem of God and other religions, and how the believing Christian can move forward without abandoning his Bible or his intellect. Here is one of the most readable pieces of theology I have read in many a year. Highly commended!
Bishop John Taylor, Cambridge.
The book outlines an approach to other faiths which is both scholarly and generous. The author's close re-‐reading of key New Testament passages is vigorous and illuminating -‐ a challenge to all of us to examine our views carefully and above all, to avoid assuming a position of judgement. I hope this book will find a wide readership. It is commendably clear in its style and could do so much to inform those who know little about their own faith, never mind that of others. Bishop Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely.