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[quote=Anonymous]OP, these issues have been on my mind a lot lately, as I have observed the definition of "Christian" changing.  I was at a church bible study recently where half the group said they do not believe you have to believe Christ was the son of God and died to save our sins to be a "devout Christian."  When I was growing up as a pastor's child, this was the definition of "Christian."  But to the bible-study members, the definition feels "exclusionary" and and even mean-spirited.  I can see that.  Borrowing the words from Nichole Nordeman's song ("What If"), some believe that Jesus  is "just another nice guy" who "takes His place in history with all the prophets and the kings who taught us love and came in peace... but then the story ends.  I could talk about this topic at some length -- and probably get myself in big trouble on this site because I'm not the most articulate or precise -- but I will say this:  I try to leave the judgment to God and not opine on who will be in heaven.  I've had my own doubts, and at times, have felt zero connection to anything spiritual. But at the core and putting aside "theology" or how people interpret the Bible, to me being a Christian is about a relationship -- a real, current, "not-the-end-of-the-story" relationship with Jesus.   [/quote]

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