“The Devil’s singing over me an age
old song, that I am cursed and gone astray. Singing the first verse so conveniently over me. He’s forgotten the refrain: Jesus saves!�
-Shane and Shane (Embracing Accusations)
In almost each country
that we’ve visited so far, the people have put a hug
e emphasis on being a “born
again� Christian. In the U.S. we
generally just say that we are Christians, and either assume that people know
that we are born again…or don’t think they would understand this “church
lingo.� However, this phrase is
absolutely vital to our faith.
Without being born again which includes dying to ourselves and being
reborn in Christ…our faith is pointless.
In the Philippines I met
a woman named Bing. She was kind
of the caretaker of the hotel that we stayed in for the month. One night we got into a discussion
about “born again Christians� vs. “Catholic Christians� in that country. Although she wasn’t born again, she
still said, “Born again Christians� are the real Christians. She was absolutely right. Let’s begin to own that “born again�
part and be adamant about people knowing it and understanding why that is so
important to us!
