Do the words that Christians and the Christian churches use sound foreign to you? Then try these word definitions and maybe you'll find them to be even stranger.... :)
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A great blog entry on speaking in
Christian-specific language is at
David Cho's blog. Many of the terms above are
technical words which, as he points out, are needed
when among technicians. Others are a form of Christian slang - which like all slang is useful, to a point. I hope these church-word web definitions can help people find what Christians mean by those words, because so much truth is behind them. But many of these words
set up the feeling of being trapped in a mysterious parallel
universe. (I get such thoughts when someone says "God told me" (X-Files) or "The Spirit will convict you" (Law & Order).) The trouble is, non-Christians are not a
part of that universe, so how can they come to grips with the
Savior and His followers if we speak like that? How
can we even know what we're really saying?
I ask any Christian who reads this to please think before you use church words.
It's better to use terms that others won't have to look up on sites like this one.
Is your prayer life in a rut? Ask yourself some
questions.
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