“How can Christians say their religion is the only true one?”
Over fifty years ago, a Muslim who happened to hear my father preaching asked him a question very much
like this one. After listening to Dad for a time, he inquired, “Are you
actually telling us that Jesus is the only way to God?”
Ouch.
In a Bit of a Bind
My father was in a bit of a bind in that he was at the time a guest in a foreign country. His ability
to continue freely preaching and teaching there depended to a certain extent on
not rocking the boat unnecessarily. However, this was one of those questions
that cannot be evaded, ignored or put off to a more convenient time when there
might be fewer witnesses or a less potentially hostile environment.
Faithfulness to his Master demanded a straightforward answer, and Dad gave one.
