Chapter OneCHRISTIANITY IS NOT
RELIGION
The need of the hour is to distinguish and differentiate
between “religion” and Christianity. Most people in the
Western world have so long identified these terms and
thought them to be synonymous and equivalent, that it
takes a sharp can-opener of rational argument, or the
sharper still “Word of God” (Heb. 4:12), to reveal the
contrasting dichotomy between Christianity and “religion.”
This attempt to differentiate between the two may indeed
be presumptuous, but on the other hand it might be used of
God to bring the revelation of spiritual understanding that
would allow someone to make the important distinction and
enjoy the reality of Jesus’ life.
Many erstwhile Christian thinkers have made the
distinction between “religion” and Christianity. Martin