world religions

Have preached on two of the four religions Adam Hamilton discusses in his book, Christianity and World Religions. We know now that Buddhism was birthed from Hinduism. The overarching theme from Adam's viewpoint is that these two religions have a lot to offer in the way of introspection, Hindus are seeking God, while Buddhists are seeking deliverance from suffering. We can start there and then offer them Christ which is the answer to both questions.
The sermons are longer than they are used to and I'm using a manuscript, there is no way I could keep all this information straight if I spoke straight up, but the interest appears to be there. We'll see after we do Islam this week, I've only briefly scanned the information so far, will be digging in later today.
ps I read to the congregation the paragraph where Adam Hamilton talks about the courses he took, the books he read, the sacred texts he read, the interviews with church leaders he conducted and we praised God for large churches with large staffs and time off for senior pastors to do sermon prep and study -- then settled in to use his material; properly credited!!