A few questions on the Christian life . . . I requested one- to two-word answers only.
Jon, what ignites the Christian life? How does it all get started?
JE: New birth.
Having begun, what then is the essence of the Christian life? What's the heart and soul of Christian living? What is most definitive of it?
JE: Love.
What is the fuel for the Christian life? How do we keep loving? What's the non-negotiable of all non-negotiables that will keep us going?
JE: Joy.
Where do I go to get this joy? How can I find it? What, concretely, sustains it, through all the ups and downs of life?
JE: The Bible.
But as I go to the Bible, what do I do with it as I read? How do I own it, make it mine, turn it into this joy-fueled love?
JE: Prayer.
What then is the overall flavor of the Christian life? How would you describe the aroma, the feel, of following Christ?
JE: Pilgrimage.
If joy, Bible, prayer, and all the rest go in, all under the flavor of pilgrimage, what comes out? What is the result of Chistian life?
JE: Obedience.
Broading out our scope, then, how do we make sense of the all this in a macro way? What is the context for the Christian life?
JE: Redemptive history.
What then, finally, does all this funnel into? What, above all else, is the hope of the Christian life?
JE: Heaven.
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