What is Christianity?
If someone came up to you and asked, “What is Christianity?”, what would you say? I would bet that you would get 100 different answers from 100 different people. So, can Christianity be properly defined? Yes. Christianity simply put is a religious worldview based on Jesus Christ as presented in and throughout the Christian Bible. Where do we get the term Christian from? It comes from the word Christ. No, Christ isn’t Jesus’ last name. Christ means, “messiah, anointed one.” Simply put: a savior. So, is Christianity a religion? Well, yes and no. Yes, because it answers four key questions about reality: origin, destiny, meaning, and morality. By answering these questions, Christians build a worldview. Christianity’s worldview is built from the Bible. But Christianity really isn’t a religion because religion is a list of dos and don’ts. Religion tells people how they can gain salvation, how they can gain access to God or many gods. Religion is all about what yo...