Christianity is not an ...ismAll ...isms are antithetical to Christianity, and are
necessarily a reductionism of the spiritual reality that is
Christianity. All ...isms are an attempt to encapsulate or
encompass Christianity into an entity (be it ideological,
conceptual, behavioral, procedural or sociological) that can
in no wise contain the supernatural activity of the Living
God. The being and activity of the God of the universe will
never be confined in a bottle or box of man’s making and
understanding.
Christianity is alive with the living expression of the
life of the risen Lord Jesus. Christianity is the ontological
dynamic of Jesus who is “alive and well” in Christians
today, just as in every generation since Pentecost. He
cannot be bound up in the religion of ideology, behavior,
procedures or institutions. He is free to express His divinity
in our humanity!
Whereas ...isms are fixed and unchanging in their
parameters, having been carefully clarified and defined, the
life of Jesus Christ expressed in Christians is spontaneous,
unique and creative; ever-changing and surprising – never
capable of being stereotyped and regulated. The only
pattern is the consistency of the immutable character of