“You know how you’re
always saying we can learn a spiritual lesson when bad things happen to us?
Well, you’re about to get a spiritual lesson from Herb’s Towing and Collision
and the Able Auto Insurance Company.”
In this part...
In Part IV, you
discover what it means to live a Christian life in this busy, ultra-modern,
wireless world that you and I live in. You find out what transformation a
person experiences after deciding to become a Christian. You also examine how a
Christian’s faith should go beyond Sunday morning and impact how he or she
views life and lives from day to day.
Part IV also
helps you navigate through some of the prickly issues that people bring up when
considering Christianity, so put on some gloves! Building upon what I discuss
in previous sections, I tell you why Christians believe God allows bad things
to happen in a world he created, why “being good” isn’t good enough, why some
Christians seem to be hypocrites, why Christians believe that Jesus’ salvation
is the only way to heaven, and why Christianity isn’t anti-science.
I’m a Christian –
Now What?
In This Chapter
Experiencing a
transformed life
Getting involved
with a church
Spending quiet
time with God
Surrendering everything
to the Lord
Living by faith
Taking on a
Christian worldview
My middle son is
a Tennessee Titans fan, in spite of the fact that I’m a diehard Denver Broncos
nut and that we live in the heart of New England Patriots territory. Because he’s
vastly outnumbered on this side of the United States, my son decided last year
to sign up with the Tennessee Titans Kids Club, so he could team up with
like-minded youth. With the membership, he receives his official membership
card, a few player posters, a calendar, and, on his birthday, a card in the
mail from the team. This year, however, when he received the nonpersonalized
birthday card, my son took a look and said, “Dad, that’s the exact same one
that I received from them last year.” But, ever the optimist, he spun it into a
positive, smiling, “Oh well, at least they thought of me.”
Some people think
that when you become a Christian, you’re joining a glorified fan club. Say you
go to a Christian crusade or a local church rally, hear the gospel message, and
make a sincere decision to follow Jesus Christ. When you go home that night,
your life looks pretty much the same as you left it, and so you carry on
business as usual. Oh, to signify the change, you may add one of those fish
emblems to the back of your car and buy a new Bible, but your level of
commitment remains at the fan club level, because you’re not sure what to do
from there. Perhaps someone tries to contact you from the church or ministry,
but because you’re never home, you end up just getting occasional letters – and
perhaps even a birthday card – from them.
A genuine decision to follow Jesus Christ, however, is
much different from joining the Titans Kids Club. In fact, it’s a life-changing
experience! This chapter explores what exactly this transformation is and what
it means to live out the Christian faith.
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