They're trying to convert me...
I went downtown for an event tonight (free Cosmos! woo-hoo!) and on the train back home a lady that was returning from the T.D. Jakes Mega conference downtown asked me if I wanted to come to the conference tomorrow. I told her I worked as a chaplain during they day, so I wouldn't be able to make it. So then she asked if that meant that I knew Jesus as my personal Lord and savior, and I said that I did. But she kept asking questions, and I'm not sure she was ever fully convinced I was actually a Christian. Or maybe I just wasn't the "right kind" of Christian for her. I mean, is there some code word that I need to be filled in on?
But that can be so frustrating and patronizing to me--and I'm like, I can't believe I used to think this was an appropriate way to share the Good News about Jesus. But who knows, maybe she just wanted to get a conversion in before bedtime.
But that can be so frustrating and patronizing to me--and I'm like, I can't believe I used to think this was an appropriate way to share the Good News about Jesus. But who knows, maybe she just wanted to get a conversion in before bedtime.
posted by bethany at 8:06 PM
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Its amazing how Christians don't believe that someone is Christian unless they are Christian in THEIR way... this is funny. And where religious religion comes in.
Being a Christian is more than being what you think a Christian is. It's based on what the Christian instruction book says. If you're not following the way of the Word, how can you be a Christian? If someone tells me they're a Christian, I don't push the issue. But, if they start off in left field with something that's obviously out of line with what the Bible says, I have to question whether or not they understand what a Christian is. Sounds like the lady wanted to debate.
"Do you know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior?"
"Yes, actually I do. In fact, he's staying at my house this weekend, which is really cool because I think we were going to be short one of the guys in our basketball game. He's really saving us."
These people are why God gave us a sense of humor.
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