The Jedi Christian
Jedi Christian The word “christian” has been diluted over the years since Jesus ascended and His first followers lived out their faith. Jesus called them disciples, which means they had certain disciplines they kept. It was a way of life they learned as they followed Jesus around and He did His thing. Another way of putting it was that they were His apprentices. It was not easy. They lived in tumultuous times. Often their lives were on the line, but they kept doing what they’d seen Jesus do, what He had taught them to do. In fact, they acted so much like Jesus that, in one region, the people called them little Jesuses as a term of slander. The word they used was, “Christian.” Instead of being offended by the name, the disciples readily received the term, and referred to themselves as Christians. The name stuck. Now “Christian” can mean so many different things to different people. But what we lose most often, well at least in the West where we still have it pretty easy, ...