Question:  Dear Greg,

I know this is a BIG question, but what is the major difference between the Islamic and Christian views of life?  Can you boil this down?

            Thanks,

            Bob

Answer:  Dear Bob,

            Yes, here’s a “boiled down” version.  First, there are three of the major world religions that are generally regarded as similar in that they are monotheistic—i.e. they believe in one God.  All other world religions are polytheistic—believing in more than one god.

            The three are Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.  How are these three different?  Many ways, but critically—Christianity is the only one of these three, or any religion at all, for that matter, that insists that God came down to this earth in the person of Jesus to save us.  God became one of us, because of his love.

            The difference?  Jesus Christ, his death on the cross, his victorious resurrection, his life now lived in those who believe in him and accept him.

            In Christ,

            Greg Albrecht