Can a person be a Christ-follower without falling in lock-step with the institutional church?

[GodsGrace]

Songwriting doesn't pay either. - LOL

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Well, For some persons it certainly does.

 

[MatthewG]

Hello @GodsGrace,

It’s Faith and love from my point of view.

 

[quietthinker]

Can a person be a Christ-follower without falling in lock-step with the institutional church?​

lock-step is the sister product of thread lock. The hardware store has it but using it on soft ware....like my heart makes this brown duck a dull duck.

 

[Skovand]

Guess it depends on how you define those terms.

Can someone be a Christian without being part of the dominate form of Christianity in their area that claims to be the traditional version? Yes.

 

[Berean]

What are the limits of individuality for persons in the church?

Let me ask, is salvation in Christ or your denominational affiliation?

 

[St. SteVen]

Let me ask, is salvation in Christ or your denominational affiliation?

Christ.

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[Lambano]

Songwriting doesn't pay either. - LOL

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"The Perfect Country and Western Song"
Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got run over by a damned old train
- Steve Goodman, You Never Even Called Me by My Name, as sung by David Allen Coe
(It mentions his mama, prison, drinking, pickup trucks, and trains. His problems with the woman in his life is covered in earlier verses.)

 

[Verily]

Let me ask, is salvation in Christ or your denominational affiliation?

That's sort of like asking, what is more important, your name written in heaven or just chicken scratched into the membership roll of whatever local church.

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

 

[Verily]

Christ.

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Good answer

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[St. SteVen]

New topic:

The Got Jesus? T-shirt - Surprising response

I encountered a couple this week. The man was wearing a Got Jesus? T-shirt. My wife and I had just been to a Rend Collective Christmas concert the night before. So I asked the man if he had heard of the Rend Collective. He said, "No." I pointed to his Got Jesus T-shirt as an explanation for why...

www.christianityboard.com

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[Lambano]

Actually,,,,this would be a good title.

Nah, @St. SteVen's is better. He has a real talent for clickbait.

 

[St. SteVen]

Good answer

Ultimately, it is our relationship with God, not our relationship with a church that matters most.

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[St. SteVen]

Nah, @St. SteVen's is better. He has a real talent for clickbait.

New topic:

The Got Jesus? T-shirt - Surprising response

I encountered a couple this week. The man was wearing a Got Jesus? T-shirt. My wife and I had just been to a Rend Collective Christmas concert the night before. So I asked the man if he had heard of the Rend Collective. He said, "No." I pointed to his Got Jesus T-shirt as an explanation for why...

www.christianityboard.com

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[Behold]

- Daily Bible reading and prayer.
- Regular church attendance and tithing.
- Sharing the Gospel.
- Discipling others.
- Good works.

Your list can be completed, performed, by an unbeliever, and they are not going to go to heaven.

These are "ministers of righteousness" who belong to the Devil.

Also, Here is how Jesus explains your list, regarding a religious person, who is trying to "be like Christ".

"Depart from me, i never knew you".......and they were casting out demons in "Jesus's Name"....

 

[St. SteVen]

Nah, @St. SteVen's is better. He has a real talent for clickbait.

IMHO the importance of a good title cannot be overemphasized.

It needs to beckon you to engage. Like a good book cover.

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[St. SteVen]

IMHO the importance of a good title cannot be overemphasized.

It needs to beckon you to engage. Like a good book cover.

Case in point.
I think this title and intro creates interest to find out what the surprising response was.
We love stories. Once we are drawn in, we want to know the full story.

The Got Jesus? T-shirt - Surprising response

I encountered a couple this week. The man was wearing a Got Jesus? T-shirt. My wife and I had just been to a Rend Collective Christmas concert the night before. So I asked the man if he had heard of the Rend Collective. He said, "No." I pointed to his Got Jesus T-shirt as an explanation for why...

www.christianityboard.com

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[GodsGrace]

Nah, @St. SteVen's is better. He has a real talent for clickbait.

Well, I see @St. SteVen gave you a LIKE.
Guess he agrees with you that he's better at titles than you are.
But where's his humbleness
His humility

Should we add humility to the list of questions??
Can a person REALLY be a Christiian,
and yet think he's better at creating titles?

 

[RedFan]

Well, I see @St. SteVen gave you a LIKE.
Guess he agrees with you that he's better at titles than you are.
But where's his humbleness
His humility

Should we add humility to the list of questions??
Can a person REALLY be a Christiian,
and yet think he's better at creating titles?

I'm still wondering why baptism didn't make @St. SteVen's list. I guess because it's something one sees occurring withing a given congregation or church denomination?

 

[St. SteVen]

I'm still wondering why baptism didn't make @St. SteVen's list. I guess because it's something one sees occurring withing a given congregation or church denomination?

The topic is intended to be a bit of a spoof on what too many Christians want to prioritize. (not a serious list)
But, what would be on your list? (spoof, or not)

Oops... wrong topic.

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[GodsGrace]

I'm still wondering why baptism didn't make @St. SteVen's list. I guess because it's something one sees occurring withing a given congregation or church denomination?

I think we're just kidding around.

But seriously.....
Baptism.....

brings up this question:
What if a person comes to believe but isn't baptized yet?

But he believes all the proper doctrine...

Can he be defined a Christian?

What say you?