Saturday, March 21, 2009

… to be better Christians…

Once in a while I heard people pray the phrase “that we can become better Christians”. Is it just that my German ears hear that sounding “holier-than-thou”? I am sure those people don’t want to be or sound arrogant, but for me this assertion is suggestive of different categories of Christians or rather different kinds of categories of people generally. For example
  • bad people/sinner/non-Christians
  • just some kind of Christians
  • good Christians
  • better Christians
Even if that phrase never had that meaning – can we become “better” Christians at all? What do you think? I’ve thought about this question for a couple of weeks and I’ve come to a personal conclusion. I’d really love to know your idea about that (no matter if you are Christian or not) and will come back later to make my statement.
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Damaris said...

I once heard/read someone talking about two categories: the saved and the followers.
And I think I can agree with this.

The question is, am I just saved (a "cheap grace", as Bonhoeffer puts it) or am I really following Christ and trying to hear his voice and do what he says?

I often find myself in the first category. Want to be a follower instead of "just saved", though.

March 22, 2009 at 11:33 PM

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