Subject: Christian Primer Terms? |
Bible Note: "Avoid Christian 'code' words" Charis: The following is from Email Guidelines for Christian Internet Apologetics , a ministry of Peninsula Bible Church of Palo Alto, California. I quote the following because it seems to coincide with your thinking re the use of "code" words when sharing the gospel with the unchurched and those unfamiliar with the Bible. "Avoid Christian "code" words like saved, justified, fellowship, spirit filled, sanctified, redeemed, etc. They are fine to use with those who are familiar with what they mean, but definitions vary from group to group. Over use of code words has led us to the sad state of affairs of being frequently misunderstood by the very Christians who use them the most. Non-believers don't know what these words mean . . . Work diligently to speak to modern man in the language modern man uses. Finding new words may be difficult at first, but English is a tongue and the Holy Spirit will enable you to write about the same eternal unchanging Biblical truths more comprehensibly than code words do." |