Missions Talk — A podcast by 9Marks and Reaching & Teaching International Ministries
Sep 24, 2026 · 43 min · 14 segments
How should Christians think about evangelism among Muslims? This episode explores faithful gospel witness, contextualization, discipleship, and the hope of Christ in hard places.
Matt BennettGuest
Mack StilesHost
Joe O. HenryGuest
Ryan RobertsonHost
So, Matt, the doctor of God is one of, if not the deepest divides between Christians and Muslims.
How do you discuss the Trinity and the deity of Christ without losing the conversation to your Muslim friend in the first 10 minutes?
Honestly, it's very different than what we might think about in terms of losing somebody because of discussing the Trinity, like in a context here in the West where you're talking with an atheist or an agnostic.
They don't care enough or it just seems so esoteric and kind of out there that they're like three and one, one and three, like whatever.
Our Muslim friends are going to be much more prone to actually get animated and to press
And then when we start unpacking some of those things, those claims actually change.
tend to draw out some of the ire of our Muslim friends because they're adamantly committed to the fact that God is one.
There is no other way in which this oneness is to be understood, but he is a monadic absolute oneness.
And so to say that there's a one God who is three persons is something that is actually going to press them into the conversation, but not receptively typically.
Just because the volume and apparent intensity of the conversation is being ratcheted up is not necessarily a reason to back off of the conversation.
In the Middle East, a good conversation tends to have the volume elevate throughout it.
And so what we are used to as something that might be like a relationship ending trajectory for a conversation where the tones are going up is not the case with our Muslim friends.
But I would say the number one most important thing for this is to bring your Muslim friend into the scriptures that reveal God to be triune.
So, Matt, the doctor of God is one of, if not the deepest divides between Christians and Muslims.
How do you discuss the Trinity and the deity of Christ without losing the conversation to your Muslim friend in the first 10 minutes?
Honestly, it's very different than what we might think about in terms of losing somebody because of discussing the Trinity, like in a context here in the West where you're talking with an atheist or an agnostic.
They don't care enough or it just seems so esoteric and kind of out there that they're like three and one, one and three, like whatever.
Our Muslim friends are going to be much more prone to actually get animated and to press
And then when we start unpacking some of those things, those claims actually change.
tend to draw out some of the ire of our Muslim friends because they're adamantly committed to the fact that God is one.
There is no other way in which this oneness is to be understood, but he is a monadic absolute oneness.
And so to say that there's a one God who is three persons is something that is actually going to press them into the conversation, but not receptively typically.
Just because the volume and apparent intensity of the conversation is being ratcheted up is not necessarily a reason to back off of the conversation.
In the Middle East, a good conversation tends to have the volume elevate throughout it.
And so what we are used to as something that might be like a relationship ending trajectory for a conversation where the tones are going up is not the case with our Muslim friends.
But I would say the number one most important thing for this is to bring your Muslim friend into the scriptures that reveal God to be triune.
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