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Genre: Biography/Autobiography
Book Summary: Bilquis, a wealthy Muslim woman living in
Pakistan in the 1960’s, has a spiritual crisis when she starts studying the
Qur’an and the Bible alongside each other and realizes their differences and
that they can’t both be true. She secretly meets with American missionaries,
who share the gospel with her. She is
still skeptical until Jesus comes to her in a dream and reveals to her that He
is the Messiah. She turns her life over to him, but is not immediately ready
for the conflict that it causes in her life and family.
Indulgent Book Talk: After taking a short day-long course on
basic Muslim beliefs, I was interested in this book and reading of God’s miraculous
work in one Muslim woman’s life. This book is a quick read and very straight-forward,
no literary show is put on here.
Glorifying Elements: This is a book about one woman’s journey
of faith, there is little that is not glorifying.
I think one of the main things that helps us grow as Christians, particularly
if we have been in the faith for longer than a year or two, is to remind
ourselves of God’s saving power and the beauty of the gospel. We should never “graduate”
from the gospel, and testimonies like this one should remind us of Jesus’ work
on the cross and infinite love for all who believe.
Worldly Elements: Sometimes Biliquis’s faith came across to
me as somewhat mystical or too Pentecostal, but there was nothing overly
alarming, and those elements may have been a result of cultural influence more
than anything.
General Recommendation: A resounding yes, especially if you, like me,
often feel the situation in the Middle East is hopeless. It’s not! God is
moving everyday in countless lives. And this is just the story of one of them.
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