Lindsey sat on the couch across from me and started telling me about her day.
“So today at work I said ‘you know what I really don’t trust?’ and F. (one of her co-workers) says ‘what?’ and I said, ‘when people preface a conversation with ‘I’m going to be honest with you,’ because that implies that otherwise they aren’t being honest with you,” Lindsey tells me while I lay sideways on the couch hoping I don’t laugh too hard and make myself throw up again.
“And F says, ‘you know who you REALLY can’t trust and gotta watch out for?’ and I ask ‘what?’ and he answers:
‘Re-born Christians.’”
Her co-worker apparently looked at her sly smile and then caught himself.
“Wait,” her co-worker added “You’re not one of THOSE Christians. I mean, you’re a Christian but not, like, re-born, right?”
Lindsey said she smiled and nodded sheepishly “You mean born-again?Yeah, um, I kinda am.”
“No no no…you’re not one of those…I don't think you get it.” jumped in her other co-worker, S.
S decided to clarify the situation for her.
“A ‘reborn’ Christian is someone who partied, and drank, did drugs, led a really bad life you know, and then one day found Jesus and now wants to tell you why YOU’RE wrong and YOU need to change your life.. That’s what a reborn Christian is, right F?” Lindsey tried to keep from laughing while F nodded in agreement with S.
“Yeah- that’s what I mean. Those kind. You’ve always been a good person AND a Christian, right?You're not like that.”
“Well, I guess...yeah,” Lindsey answered. “I mean, I didn’t ever do any of that stuff and yes, I am a Christian but being a ‘born again’ Christian is more of a phrase defining your position on what it means to know Christ—it’s not really, like, a denomination—“
Last night I met a “reborn” Christian as S and F defined them. Scary…..
More to come………
“So today at work I said ‘you know what I really don’t trust?’ and F. (one of her co-workers) says ‘what?’ and I said, ‘when people preface a conversation with ‘I’m going to be honest with you,’ because that implies that otherwise they aren’t being honest with you,” Lindsey tells me while I lay sideways on the couch hoping I don’t laugh too hard and make myself throw up again.
“And F says, ‘you know who you REALLY can’t trust and gotta watch out for?’ and I ask ‘what?’ and he answers:
‘Re-born Christians.’”
Her co-worker apparently looked at her sly smile and then caught himself.
“Wait,” her co-worker added “You’re not one of THOSE Christians. I mean, you’re a Christian but not, like, re-born, right?”
Lindsey said she smiled and nodded sheepishly “You mean born-again?Yeah, um, I kinda am.”
“No no no…you’re not one of those…I don't think you get it.” jumped in her other co-worker, S.
S decided to clarify the situation for her.
“A ‘reborn’ Christian is someone who partied, and drank, did drugs, led a really bad life you know, and then one day found Jesus and now wants to tell you why YOU’RE wrong and YOU need to change your life.. That’s what a reborn Christian is, right F?” Lindsey tried to keep from laughing while F nodded in agreement with S.
“Yeah- that’s what I mean. Those kind. You’ve always been a good person AND a Christian, right?You're not like that.”
“Well, I guess...yeah,” Lindsey answered. “I mean, I didn’t ever do any of that stuff and yes, I am a Christian but being a ‘born again’ Christian is more of a phrase defining your position on what it means to know Christ—it’s not really, like, a denomination—“
Last night I met a “reborn” Christian as S and F defined them. Scary…..
More to come………
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