Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: kent@blake.u.washington.edu (Kenneth Antiporta) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Who is a Christian? Message-ID: Date: 17 Sep 90 07:42:55 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 33 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article > kilroy@mimsy.umd.edu (An Appalachian Hillybi writes >partake of the Supper with us." (Note that the exact definition of >`Christian' is left to the individuals themselves.)... The Bible tells us quite clearly who is a christian. A Christian is a disciple or follower of Christ. What does it mean to be a disciple? Jesus says that those who follow His teachings and love Him more than anything else are His disciples or Christians. > >Criteria for distinguishing Real Christians (tm) from Cheap Imitations: ... Only God knows... >I have in my head the idea of `mistaken Christians': when I encounter >a person who accepts Christ's Lordship but who has theological or >historical beliefs that I consider erroneous, I do not doubt her >Christianity -- I simply consider her a mistaken Christian. > This is the beauty of Christianity, one can become a Christian without knowing how to explain the Trinity, virgin birth, etc. >kilroy@cs.umd.edu Darren F. Provine ...uunet!mimsy!kilroy >"Christianity isn't about `us' and `them' -- that's the whole point." > -- Larry Dungan Sincerely, An-Jag Hwang