I recently had the experience of someone who reads and comments on my blog regularly – and who understands what it means to be a Christian and a variety of matters related to that differently than I do – acknowledge that they have no actual church connection.
I probably should not have been surprised by this as I was. The idea that being a Christian means believing certain things and defending those beliefs against challenges is widespread today, and it is an understanding of Christianity that allows one to consider oneself not only a Christian but a “defender of the faith” while interacting with like-minded people and challenging opponents from the safety and comfort of one’s own home.
Rather than comment at length, let me just ask whether the fact that one can be that sort of “Christian’ in a purely virtual, online fashion is in itself enough to demonstrate that that understanding of and approach to Christianity must be misguided?
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