You can be a follower of Jesus and not necessarily be a Christian.
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To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations.
To be a Christian means you become a part of the most significant story the world has ever heard. You don't become part of that without an ongoing questioning of what it means to become part of that.
To follow Christ is to become more like Him. It is to learn from His character.
Then, certainly, to be a Christian is to love God above all, and our neighbour as ourselves.
You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian.
To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need to be relevant, and to trust ever more deeply the Word of God.
The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is one who has found the right road.
If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.
What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
I don't even call myself a Christian.
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