Source: Anglican Frontier Missions, August 12, 2019
Jesus never raised a sword against anyone!
If that statement sounds unremarkable to you, consider how it might strike a Muslim fleeing war in his native land. It’s the message that Rev. Dr. Duane Miller, took to Korea to train Koreans to witness to Yemenis.
About 3 million Yemenis have fled the war ravaging their country. Many of them have found their way to Indonesia, another Muslim-majority nation that admits Yemenis with no visa requirement. For some of those, Indonesia has proved a jumping-off point for South Korea and its bustling economy.
The refugees among them, Miller told his Korean hosts, are living in turmoil. Many of them have lost loved ones to the violence back home. In such troubled times, far more than in tranquil ones, people tend to re-examine big questions and foundational beliefs.
One of Islam’s abiding teachings, set out in the Quran, is that Muslims are the best people in the world.
The Yemenis who have fled know that Muslims have been killing Muslims in Syrian and Afghanistan. They know too well the same has happened in their own country. They can hardly avoid a searing question: If we are so bent on slaughtering each other, can we be the best people in the world?