Short Story: Sentance in the City

Sentance stepped onto the bus. He walked to the middle and sat down in a very practical way. Sentance had been brought up quite well by his mother. He knew he would be regarded as quite proper in the city, but it would be worth it to see the Quote.

He had sat down next to a piece of grammar who turned to him with curiosity. "Who are you?" Asked the grammar.

"I'm sentance," said sentance, "and I'm going to the city to see the quote."

"Really?" Asked the grammer. "Me too, isn't that funny? My name's Mark by the way, Question Mark, have you heard of me?"

Sentance replied that yes, he had heard of the Question family. He thought to himself that he was glad that he was only meeting one, however- his mother had warned him that the Question family were nice enough, but too many of them together got on your nerves.

Church making mistakes = Good!

I've known a lot of Christians who have become disappointed with the church. That can be the church they go/went to, or the entire church that is the Body of Christ. In fact it seems to be a question of when, not if.

But I put a point to those who then despair, and question the authenticity of what they believe in.

- The church is made of up people. Humans.
- Our faith says that God made humans, but the relationship was then broken.
- Since the break happened, humans were no longer perfect, but flawed.
- So our perfect God sent the perfect solution- Jesus.
- Jesus has restored the relationship between us and our creator, and continues to do so.
- We can now spend more than a lifetime growing closer to our Creator.

But this growing, this learning, this changing, continues for at least all of this life.
We keep making mistakes and often stumble during this journey. We are still not perfect.

So when the Church makes mistakes, this makes my faith stronger.

Christianity is Unique

There are hundreds of religions and faiths available to pick from. If you feel like you want to get in touch with the spiritual world, you're spoiled for choice.

If presented with one option, most critical minds will then ask, "But why is THIS one more true/relevant/important than the others?" (Which is worth asking because religions do tend to require their members to put all their eggs in one basket.)

So applying this question to Christianity is something every follower should probably consider at some point if they want to follow God with their minds as well as their hearts.

There are several common factors that Christianity shares with the other major players in the religious world. So consider then- what's different? If it claims to be uniquely true, what sets Christianity apart from the others?