Quick Question from the Road
July 2, 2007
So much of what we think about at Christianity is basically a generic theism with Jesus slapped on. I’ve often said that, if “forced” to choose, I’d rather be a pagan who follows Jesus than a generic theist. I usually say this simply to shock people into dialogue, because many people think of Jesus simply as a theism “add-on” or think that our energy in proclamation of the Gospel should be in convincing people of God’s existence. I’m curious about what you think: Do people need to be “converted” to theism before becoming Christians? How essential is theism to Christianity? How essential is Christ to theism?
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