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The biggest issue I can see in America is the frequent confusion of Christian marriage and Governmental marriage (which hints at a greater confusion between America and God, but that's another topic for another day.) From a Christian perspective, marriage is defined as a covenant between a man and a woman to honor and love each other, and treat the other as ...

This question is very subjective as it appears you are trying to separate what Christianity is from what its adherents do, and that is very tricky. Jesus had a vision of God's message that he understood very well. Then he gave the pieces of the mosaic to his apostles, and taught some parts to his disciples. They then tried to recreate the picture that ...

I believe the word you are looking for is 'nondenominational', as in 'nondenominational Christian'. It refers to people who don't adhere to any of the subdivisions of Christianity, such as Lutheran, Catholic, Reformed etc. The answer is made slightly confusing because there are now churches that refer to themselves as 'nondenominational', since they do not ...

I'd have to chalk that us as a false dichotomy because: Christianity is a personal encounter with the person of Jesus Christ. Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction. Pope Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est The Church as a ...

In What I saw in America Chrsterton used the terms undenominational and unsectarian to describe such folks and to my surprise, it is a real word. Adj. 1. undenominational - not bound or devoted to the promotion of a particular denomination; "undenominational religious instruction" nonsectarian, unsectarian - not restricted to one sect or school or ...

There is a growing trend amongst certain Christians to eschew denominational labels in favor of the term "Christ-follower." The implication is that an ad fontes, "it's just about Jesus and me" religion trumps any group politics. There is more about this terminology in this question

I'm going to answer the main portion of the question from a purely Biblical perspective. I anticipate that this question as well as this answer is going to generate a lot of debate, so I'm framing my answer as one from an in-arguably Christian perspective - one that's based on Scripture. The presence of other religions is addressed in Romans 1. (Quote ...

There are so many bible verses that declare Jesus to be the only true Lord and that all other religions worship in vain that are too numerous to count. Here are three for example: 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From ...

Both. "Christianity" as a concept has fuzzy boundaries, and both the Bible and the adherents appear important to its nature, and so it seems most apt to meld both into one set and state that the religion(s) of Christianity corresponds to this set in some way(s). To try to define it more formally than that doesn't buy any clarity and isn't rooted in anything ...

Mike Horton has in the past year (2011) has frequently defined Christianity as God's acting on our lives and integrating us into His story of redemption. I realize this isn't one of the choices you gave, but I think this is the right way to view the Christian scriptures. If it is our actions, then we have a long history of failure. If it is actions described ...