What kind of Christian Are You?

The vast majority of religious people, rely on the bible to measure the world. We try to interpret the word of God in different ways. I have been studying the canonical books for over twenty years from different perspectives, including the secular study of those that approach it as a work of literature and it’s historical accuracy. One of the things that experience have taught me , is to never get into a philosophical discussion with a religious person . No matter what denomination. Big no no ! I respect everyone believes. But unfortunately this is something that I have not come across very often.

We try to find God in our own way, even when it’s through limited exposure to scripture. It’s my experience that those that claim to know God’ law and church, pick and choose the passages of Scripture that fit their thinking and life style. I know this, because I see it everyday. In my quest to understand how we fit into God’s plan and how we as faith full ( or non believers) perceived these teachings.

How can we as human beings can pick and choose doctrine within doctrine? Like a buffet of rules and laws people hand pick what suites their view of the world. That’s why there are so many denominations. This country was founded as the result of pursuing religious freedom. They wanted to have a say in choosing how they worship.

Instead of finding God, we encountered a mega store of dogma. I really mean store, according to public records and Forbes Magazine, Super churches average of 8.5 BILLION a year in revenue. I had no idea how lucrative was to run a ministry! It boggles the mind to think that there are churches that have cafeterias, bookstores and ATM machines in the premises. But to each their own.

Prov. 10:11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. 12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs. 13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

It’s not my place to judge others believes. I have seen too much of that already. I could count with the fingers of one hand, the number of Christians that harbor judgement toward others. It baffles me how proud they feel of this fact. Sadly as I got to know them better, it only reflects their own sin and hate toward themselves. There are thousands of websites , forums and even videos on the web that criticize water down religion and the business of having a ministry in today’s America. Attacking each other and spending time and money to discredit everyone that's is not in alignment with their views.

12 Thus, sinning against your brothersand wounding their conscience when it is weak,you sin against Christ. - Corinthians 8:12

What are we fighting for? God? The church? You tell me because it does not make any sense. Seven out ten people have stated that they follow the true gospel of Jesus Christ. All from different denominations and different dogma. They all say that God favors them over others. Mercy is something that rarely is followed. It breaks my heart to hear a person humiliate and condemn others just because some pastor, or priest, or teacher told them that there not worth of mercy.


Jesus walked among us and surrounded himself with thieves, prostitutes, tax collectors, “sinners and the forgotten” - They followed him until the day he died. The Church leaders and the “ Godly people” where the ones that conspired to kill him. They did not recognized the light of God in him. They though of themselves infallible and above the common man. Politics and vanity blinded these men. But those who followed Christ knew that his sacrifice was needed, even more so for those that say they serve and love God , He has come to them many times, and was turned away by appearances. In one of Jesus most famous encounters with “ The Law of Church” he asked the question- “Who ever is without sin, cast the first stone”

I threw away my stone a long time ago, along with my pride and judgement of others. It’s not my place to judge you or anyone. I want to learn how to love , respect and learn from others. I see myself as a student of compassion and a servant of mercy. Who ever you are, what ever you believe and what ever you have done, I can only hold your hand and weep with you. So then we both can ask for forgiveness and be truly free.




32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, 33 just as I try to please everyone in everything I do,not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.- Corinthians 10:32-33

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. -Corinthians 11

The Way of Love
13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith,so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3If I give away all I have, andif I deliver up my body to be burned,but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient andkind; lovedoes not envy or boast; itis not arrogant
5 or rude. Itdoes not insist on its own way; itis not irritable or resentful;
6 itdoes not rejoice at wrongdoing, butrejoices with the truth.
7Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,endures all things.
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
9 Forwe know in part and we prophesy in part,
10 butwhen the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
12 Fornow we see in a mirror dimly, butthen face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even asI have been fully known.
13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.