Dream & Visions

Dreams and Visions:  Is Jesus Awakening the Muslim World?  By Tom Doyle with Greg Webster

I like stories (I loved my anthropology classes at A&M).  You might think I read a lot of fiction (and you would be right) but nothing, not even a vampire-werewolf-love triangle, can hold a candle to real life stories of faith, forgiveness and finding your way.  They are my favorite type of stories and Dreams and Visions by Tom Doyle is full of these types of stories.  I love that he begins but stating that these are NOT fairy tales, but that he himself or someone trusted close to him, know these people and know these stories are in fact true. 

The stories are grouped by location in the Muslim world:  Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Israel-Gaza-West Bank, Afghanistan and America.  A brief history or other important information about the country is given but the focus is on a person and how their lives were changed by a vision or dream by Jesus Christ.  I was surprised by how many Christian background people also received these and how the dreams also promoted them to fully surrender to Christ and live for him whatever that meant in their situation.  And that is a serious undertaking for these no matter their background; the only story I had previously know was of the Saudi martyr, Fatima, whose amazing poem I had read.  After the inspiring and encouraging stories, the book ends with a little ‘preaching’ or as I would call it, a call to action especially for American believers.

This is an excellent book, both entertaining and convicting and I highly recommend it to anyone, whether you already have Muslim friends or are in the group that is still a little nervous about them. 

I got this book free from BookSneeze, Thomas Nelson Publishing by agreeing to review it on my blog.