The One Year Bible - Day 227

We notice some language that is unusual for us, "You handed them over", which again implies that God is pulling more strings than we perhaps realise. This makes me realise how much of our language is unhelpful and sometimes downright heresy. When we say, "are you going to church", we are misrepresenting what church is (in my opinion this is very serious). If we say, "are you a Christian" we are using a term that is not particularly well defined and does not equate directly with people who are born-again believers or not. It depends on the person as to whether they call themselves a Christian or not. We must not be too afraid of strong words but it is more useful to use phrases like "on a journey towards Christ" which is helpful for people who do not know whether they are allowed to call themselves things like "born again" or a "Christian". Just be careful with your words, that's all I'm saying.