Define Christianity in one word

[Bob Moore]

That word would be FAITH.

See Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, and Hebrews 10:38.

 

[HotRhymez]

confusing.

 

[Bob Moore]

What is confusing?

 

[Bonhoffer]

coffee

 

[Adstar]

I don't see how it can be broken down into one word. But the closest for me is:

Forgiveness.



All Praise The Ancient Of Days

 

[hlaltimus]

Representation

 

[FireOfGod]

Christian/Christianity = Christlike

 

[BrotherAtArms]

I agree with fire, since that's what it really means XD

But to be Christlike, and the Bible says that God is love, and love is in us, and Christ was the Son of God... I'll sum it up all into one word... LOVE!

 

[ps139]

Love.

 

[wiggsfly]

Life

 

[babybee]

salvation !!!

 

[DiscoFrank]

grace, it's gotta be grace

 

[ephraimanesti]

The answer to how Christianity can be defined in one word is, of course, by using the word "LOVE". In this, of course, Christianity--AS TAUGHT AND DEMONSTRATED BY OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST--is made unique by God the Father, because out of His completely unwarranted and undeserved LOVE for us, He gave us His only begotten Son as a demonstration of His LOVE for His unworthy creatures. The problem, of course, is that if we use LOVE as a definition, there are precious few Christians out there today--just as there were precious few Children of Abraham when Jesus was on earth. Thus, Ghandi loving Jesus and not being real thrilled about His "followers" is a logical reaction to the form-without-substance shadow which masquarades as "christianity" today.
Ghandhi arrived at his conclusion when he was in South Africa and was seriously considering conversion to Christianity. He went to a "church" one Sunday and was refused admittance due to his color and was referred to another Church down the road "where his kind could worship." It was probably at that moment that he became a Hindu.
Still and all, by the definition of Christianity as being "LOVE", Ghandi, as a Hindu, was still one of the greatest Christians of the last century. i look forward to meeting him in heaven.

LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS OUR LORD HAS LOVED US!
ephraimanesti

 

[JJM]

Logos-getting


hyphens count

 

[michaelmonfre]

Forgive

 

[strikerchris0411]

If there would be one word which for you represents the essence and spirit of the Christian teaching - which word would it be?

man-made-religion

 

[thepianist]

Grace

 

[Sabra]

Rochir:

If there would be one word which for you represents the essence and spirit of the Christian teaching - which word would it be?

If I were to describe Christianity in one word, it would have to be: "grace."

God graciously took the punishment for our sins upon Himself so that we could spend eternity with Him through our faith in what His Son, Jesus, did on the cross. But God didn't stop there, He also deposited the righteousness of Christ into our "account" and gave us His Spirit to live inside of us when we accept Christ!

In an "everyday" scenario, think about a bloke who's name was Jim. Jim gets his monthly bank balance and finds out that he's in debt. And when I say debt, he's really in debt. Millions of dollars in debt. Anyway, Jim's starting to fret and get really nervous wondering how he's going to pay back this massive amount and then he suddenly get's a call from Bill Gates.

And Bill tells Jim, "I heard about your situation. Do you know that massive debt that you have?"
"Yeah Bill, I know that," replied Jim.
"Well, I've just paid the whole thing for you."
"Wow, thanks a lot Bill!" Jim replied, estatic about what he heard.
"In addition to that I've also deposited two million dollars into your account to get you started again."

Needless to say, Jim was pretty stunned. This is grace.

Grace is getting something that we don't deserve (in this case, Bill paying Jim's debt) and even more (Bill depositing two million dollars into Jim's account). God has similarly erased the debt of sin that we owe Him by having His Son's blood shed on the cross and when we accept Christ into our lives, He gives us Christ's righteousness and His Holy Spirit comes and lives inside of us. The whole biblical message can be summed up in this word of "grace." Or more accurately, two words: "Amazing grace."

Sabra.

 

[Gwenyfur]

Rochir:

If there would be one word which for you represents the essence and spirit of the Christian teaching - which word would it be?

If I were to describe Christianity in one word, it would have to be: "grace."

God graciously took the punishment for our sins upon Himself so that we could spend eternity with Him through our faith in what His Son, Jesus, did on the cross. But God didn't stop there, He also deposited the righteousness of Christ into our "account" and gave us His Spirit to live inside of us when we accept Christ!

In an "everyday" scenario, think about a bloke who's name was Jim. Jim gets his monthly bank balance and finds out that he's in debt. And when I say debt, he's really in debt. Millions of dollars in debt. Anyway, Jim's starting to fret and get really nervous wondering how he's going to pay back this massive amount and then he suddenly get's a call from Bill Gates.

And Bill tells Jim, "I heard about your situation. Do you know that massive debt that you have?"
"Yeah Bill, I know that," replied Jim.
"Well, I've just paid the whole thing for you."
"Wow, thanks a lot Bill!" Jim replied, estatic about what he heard.
"In addition to that I've also deposited two million dollars into your account to get you started again."

Needless to say, Jim was pretty stunned. This is grace.

Grace is getting something that we don't deserve (in this case, Bill paying Jim's debt) and even more (Bill depositing two million dollars into Jim's account). God has similarly erased the debt of sin that we owe Him by having His Son's blood shed on the cross and when we accept Christ into our lives, He gives us Christ's righteousness and His Holy Spirit comes and lives inside of us. The whole biblical message can be summed up in this word of "grace." Or more accurately, two words: "Amazing grace."

Sabra.

amen

 

[calidog]

Define Christianity in one word

Christlike.

One word is inadequate. Thank God for the bible.