Resources
A Christian Theological Introduction to Islam
This video course, consisting of five 15-minute video lectures, was produced by Dr. Don Little in 2021, during the COVID pandemic. This was done in partnership with Wesley Biblical Seminary. LTC recorded the lectures, and WBS edited them into a finished format.
Books
Miriam Huffman Rockness’s books, Lilias Trotter: Passion for the Impossible, and the gorgeous devotional, A Blossom in the Desert: Reflections of Faith in the art and Writings of Lilias Trotter, are available to purchase from your local bookstore or any online retailer.
Don's book, Effective Discipling in Muslim Communities: Scripture, History and Seasoned Practices (InterVarsity Academic), is based on his doctoral study of discipling at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and was published in 2015. The print edition can be purchased from IVP, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.
The audio version can be listened to below.
From the Back Cover:
Muslims who come to Christ face momentous spiritual, psychological, and social obstacles that drive many to abandon their faith. Often, conversion and discipleship are framed by individualistic Western models that do not acknowledge the communal cultural forces that constrain and shape new believers. Effective discipleship requires a more relational, holistic process of Christian identity development and spiritual formation in community.
In this comprehensive resource, missiologist Don Little engages the toughest theoretical and practical challenges involved in discipling believers from Muslim backgrounds. He draws on New Testament principles, historical practices, and interviews with seasoned disciplers ministering in a dozen countries across the Muslim world. Addressed here are key challenges that believers from Muslim backgrounds face, from suffering and persecution to spiritual warfare and oppression. Also included are implications for the role of disciplers in church planting among Muslims.
Narrator: Nelson Wolf is the Director of Salaam Ministries. Salaam Ministries published the Audible audiobook version in 2024, and it is available on Amazon. Nelson, a long-time friend of Don Little, has permitted us to make this book available for free on the LTC Website.
Film
Many Beautiful Things
From the film’s website:
Many Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of Victorian England to meet Lilias Trotter, a daring young woman who defied all
norms by winning the favor of England’s top art critic, John Ruskin.
In an era when women were thought incapable of producing high art,
Ruskin promised that her work could be “immortal.” But with her legacy
on the line, Lilias made a stunning decision that bids us to question the
limits of sacrifice. As Lilias journeys to French Algeria in the late 1800’s
to pioneer work with women and children as a single missionary,
viewers are left to wonder, “Could you abandon a dream to pursue
your true calling?”
Featuring the voices of Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey)
and John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones).
Purchase the film at Amazon.com.
Click on the icon to listen to Lilias Trotter's biographer, Miriam Rockness, in conversation with Renovare's Nathan Foster and Mimi Dixon (February 2023).
Websites
Check out this website created for collecting, protecting, and preserving "the written and pictorial work of Lilias Trotter; and to present to the widest possible public the person of Lilias Trotter: her life, her works, her enduring legacy ultimately to convey the light and life and love of Jesus." It's a treasure trove of all things related to Lilias (including links for purchasing her artwork).
Miriam Rockness's blog is also worth a visit!
Check out Pioneers’ Arab World Media site to see how they are connecting young people of the Arab world with the gospel of Jesus Christ though online and social media.
Missio Nexus is another great resource. While membership-based,
it’s well worth the investment.
Articles
Download Dr. Hegeman’s helpful material comparing Allah and Isa.
Dr. Hegeman's booklet on the diplomatic questions you can ask your Muslim friends.
La brochure du Dr Hegeman sur les questions diplomatiques que vous pouvez poser à vos amis musulmans.
Free: Advancing the Impossible Seminar
In June 2015, in partnership with Life Challenge, we gave a week’s worth of lectures in Nairobi, Kenya. You can access and watch these lectures in whatever order you like at your own pace. There are no required readings/assignments, but plenty of extra materials are included. Topics include:
1. Qur’an, Hadith and Shari’a
2. Islamic History
3. Islam in the 20th and 21st Centuries
4. Ministering to Muslims & Missionary History
5. Conversion, Discipleship and Church Planting
(Please include your full name, what country/city you're in, and a bit about yourself.)
“God only knows the endless possibilities that lie enfolded in each one of us!”
- Lilias Trotter, Parables of the Cross