Irking Henry's Nerves

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1. Drew says:
   January 30, 2009 at 6:15 pm

   Redundant labels irk me also. Similarly, I think the people on Facebook are silly who describe their Religious Views as “Jesus forgave me” or whatever, as opposed to simply calling themselves “Christian.” Obviously, the people with the creative labels are more likely to have legitimate faith, but they still look silly to me.

   Of course, such creative labels may be silly, but there is reason for them. The currency of traditional terms has been debased. That is, people have tolerated too long the idiocy of their fellow “believers” who don’t accept even basic Christian doctrines. For example, many phony-Christians reject salvation by faith (“born-again”) or don’t believe in the Bible (“biblical Christian faith”). The term “Christian” has therefore lost its meaning. For that reason, legitimately saved souls come up with terms like “born-again Christian” or “Bible-believing Christian.”

   The answer, however, isn’t to invent new, redundant labels while surrendering traditional labels. Rather, we have to stop the debasement of our identity. We have to start rejecting the phony Christians. Don’t even pretend that the phony Christians are part of your church. Treat the phony Christians the way you would treat a Mormon, a Jehovah’s Witness, or a Gnostic.

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2. Foxfier says:
   January 30, 2009 at 6:27 pm

   I believe that “Bible believing” Christian came about because of the slamming that “Sola Scriptura” has taken– All Christians (that is, followers of Christ, the Anointed One, the Son of God) believe the Bible– just some think that there is only Bible, and no Church.

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