This morning at church my pastor (Andy Stanley) gave a sermon on the label "Christian". From the time I went in to the time I left my whole view point changed. He talked about how the "Jesus followers" referred to themselves as Disciples not Christians. The pagans were the ones to come up with the label Christian. It was a derogatory word. Now don't get me wrong Christian is a very powerful word, but everyone's definition is different. The word Christian is only referred to 3 times in the new testament, but the word disciple is said countless times. Jesus called his people disciples. How powerful is that!!!! The world's view of Christian is a person who claims to be a follower of Christ, but to be referred to as a disciple is an honor. Below is the link to the sermon:
http://northpointonline.tv/
Blessed,
Mal
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