What Is A Christian.

A Person who quitely goes about their way doing good for others for no self gain.

Most REAL Christians you never here about.

I guess that cuts us lot out ah!
He He He.
Sorry Boaz- Couldnt resist

What or who is a Christian? Anyone who assumes the appellation. The word ‘Christian’ no longer has any meaning whatever. It’s merely an ‘umbrella’ term that forces 'moderates' to give tacit support to fundamentalist murderers as long as they call themselves christians. Decent people would be ashamed to call themselves Christians.
To achieve credibility, worshippers of supernatural supermen should create new, descriptive terms for their associations. Instead of calling themselves christians, Catholics could rename themselves “The 8 billion dollar, tax-dodging, profiteering, child indoctrination society”. Or Brethren could become the “We hate everyone who enjoys themselves and isn’t exactly like us” society.

I have sent the following to the Idris Mosque in Seattle which, I think, is the Mosque Rev. Redding attends.

Dear Sir,

I refer to the following item in the Seattle Times:

"I am both Muslim and Christian," June 17, 2007.

See:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003751274_redding17m.html

Just one question.

What would Rev. Redding's Imam have to say to Bishop Robinson?

Yours sincerely,

Steven Meyer,

You can contact the Idris Mosque here.

http://idrismosque.com/contact/contactus.html

Hey C.J.,

In ancient times resinning after Baptism was an issue. Many waited until their deathbed. Original sin on otherwise blameless infants is also problematic for Christian theology. Paul, Nicaea, Eusebius, Augustine, the Council of Trent, probably had more to do Christian creed than Jesus. Also, their was the Jewish Diaspora created by Roman persecutions, afterwhom the Christians followed. The Gentile thing was more complicated foreskins. Practising Jews were expelled from the Holy Lands and could not follow their dutiful observations. Some Pella had feign not being Christians to return to prey.

Holywood is wrong. Early Christians were not male slaves under the yoke, rather, primarily underclass free women [could have been marries]. They didn't live a ancient version of a nuclear household like the Flintstones. People in their situation in the cities would have rented an eighth of room to live. Most of Rome was not the magnificant buildings, rather hovels.

Sells [different thread] and Boaz would deny these matters. But it history

And this all tells me that we are all living in a society of inequity, typical of a form of anti-social behaviour, between christians and non-christians... and this is 2007. Will somebody please shoot me or awake me from this nightmare. ye will all be smited from above and strucketh by lightening, the earth will openeth upeth and swalloweth alleth you heathenth.

Dear Oliver,
I noticed the question this time, and am actually able to decipher it :)

The TWO things which set Jesus apart from all other persons is:

a) His sinless life.
b) His signs and wonders.

A lot of what Jesus taught, is contained in the Old Testament, or, is based on it. You may wish to research the issue of "If your enemy is hungry, feed him" from verse 8 on is good.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=12&chapter=6&version=31

The above 2 points are due to and based on the reality of "Behold, my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased"

CJ, thanx for the feedback re my poor communication, perhaps I used too much Christian Jargon, I'll try to do better.

You raise a good point. Why 'repent' if we can never attain perfection.?
This issue was put another way by some contemporaries of Paul "Why not sin more so that more grace may come" ?

The key issue in repentance and faith is the 'transaction' of being born anew in our hearts. While our lives seldom go from black to white, they would normally make a substantial leap in the white direction. The other point is that when we are 'in Christ' spiritually, and are prompted by His Spirit in our daily lives, our moral and spiritual centre of gravity alters.
The process of sanctification has begun.
James and John would have finally 'got it' I think, but we don't hear a lot about them after Pentecost, so I'd just be speculating.

PALE ..duely noted and smiled at :)

Steven, your doing a great job of exploring these things. Keep it up please.

To all, I refer you to John 20:31 "These things are written.....
Please look it up individually.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=20&version=31

You may also wish to backtrack to chapter 1 to see what the 'these things' actually are :)
blessings.