When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Christlike communications are expressed in tones of love rather than loudness. They are intended to be helpful rather than hurtful. They tend to bind us together rather than to drive us apart. They tend to build rather than to belittle.
Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That's soul killing!
When Christians say God has been talking to them about something, it simply means they have a strong inner conviction or feeling that God has made His will known to them.
We sometimes get so caught up in one or another aspect of the teaching, we forget that if a person hasn't been introduced to Christ, if a person hasn't embraced the risen Lord and the church that's an expression of that experience, what we're saying just sounds like a bunch of rules or negative statements limiting their personal freedom.
When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
At the time I perceived most religious men, particularly the pastors with all their talk about love, faith and relationship, as effeminate.
When I look at the Gospel, I see how it is speaking to me at this time. I see how to be to others and it helps.
I try to be a good guy and I fall short sometimes, but I use Christ as an example.
I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.
I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I am or what I'm about.