"Then departed Barnabus to Tarsus for to seek saul: and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the discipes were christians first in Antioch."
Let us consider the word "christian" in two areas of modern thinking, first as it applies to the church of today and then as it is applied to our culture. Sometime's great truths are lost to the interpetations of men in their pursuits of even greater truths which I believe is the sad plight of the Biblical term "Christian". I contend that the word Christian was first applied to those born again believers who had experienced the blessings of the teachings of Jesus Christ. However in todays society their is another concept of the word Christian which applies only to those of our christian culture. I fear that there are many who are culture christians only and who have never experienced the effects of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So it is at this juncture of our christian lives where we must examine the meaning of the word "Christian" as it applies to each of us personally. Are we christian only as it applies to a christian culture or are we christians because of our experience with the man Jesus Christ. Let us examine ourselves to see whether or not we are of the faith embracing the true concept of the biblical term "Christian".
Dwain Houston
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