FOREWORD
The term “Christianity” is used throughout this volume
with a positive connotation. As employed in this book,
“Christianity” refers to the eternal, on-going reality of the
life and work of the living Lord Jesus, who by the Spirit
provides the dynamic of divine presence and function
within receptive Christian individuals and communities. As
stated in the following chapters, “Christianity is ‘Christ-in-
you-ity’ ... the personal, spiritual presence of the risen and
living Lord Jesus, manifesting His life and character in
Christians, i.e. ‘Christ-ones’” (cf. chapter 1). “Christianity
is indicative of everything that Jesus Christ came to be and
do. The entirety of the revelation of God to man is
constituted and comprised in the person and work of Jesus
Christ” (cf. chapter 10).
One has to admit, however, that reference to “Christ-
ianity” has a negative connotation in ever increasing
contexts in our modern world.
In many areas of the world the designation
“Christianity” conveys the connotation of a Western