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Show DR. VANCE'S DAILY ARTICLE i - 11 There are as many answers to the question What Is a Christian? as there arc zones of life. Nationally, a Christian is a citizen of a nation in which Christianity Is the majority religion. Theologically, a christian is one who' ac 1 pis the dogmas built on the teach-! ing.-i of Jesus, Philosophically, a Christian is one ( who a: sent.-, to that conception of life1 prompted and expounded by Christ j and His appsj les. Intellectually, a christian is one who' believes In the hlstorl. ChrHt without necessarily yielding his life to Christ's control. Ethically, a Christian is one who aci , ptg Christ's code of morals without with-out thereby subscribing to His creed. Ecclesiastically, A Christian is one who Is a member In good and regular Btandlng In some Christian church. Evangelically, a Christian Is ono who claims to have undergone the spiritual i hangfi known as regeneration regenera-tion and who adheres to the Christian doctrine of the atonement. Experimentally, a Christian is on who conns to know ('hi 1st in the Inner processes of the soul, having believed in Him with the he;irt as well as the head, and who dally strives to embody Christ's precepts ln his life. Practically, a Christian is one who attempts to apply the teachings of Jesus lo real life Savingly and acrlpturally. a Christian Chris-tian Is one who confesses wiih hi. mouth the Lord Jesus, und believes in his heart thai God has raided Him from the dead." And so there are all kinds of Christians Chris-tians The word has widened out It Is hard today to go anywhere, to do anything, to think anv thought, to read airy book, to make any plan, to start any movement, without running Into the Man of Galilee. Tho world Is saturated with the Influence of tho gentle Nazan-ni He is tin- unavold ablo Christ. |