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“Bulk of Christians Seek Salvation”—Not Me!

October 27, 2017 by Bil Aulenbach

A friend emailed me this statement from a seminary professor: “The bulk of Christians seek salvation.” My friend likes to bait me, and he did so again. In a return email, I used a form of teaching that Jesus used often called didactics, which means one answers a question by asking a question. My questions … Read more

Am I a Christian?

April 30, 2017March 31, 2017 by Bil Aulenbach

My father was an Episcopal clergyman. He thought he was a Christian. My mother was born and baptized a Methodist but became an Episcopalian when she married my father. She, too, thought she was a Christian. I was baptized when I was three weeks old in the Episcopal church, but my parents said later it … Read more