Article December 13, 1999 Issue

Learning to be a Christian

In order to follow Jesus, we need to know who he was—and who he wasn't.

By Nathan A. Talbot

Jesus Was The original Christian. Most of us are still in the beginning stages of learning what that means, and learning how we can more faithfully follow his example. It's hard to know what being a "real" Christian means unless we know who Christ Jesus was. And that's no small task.

To really understand who he was involves what has been called Christianity's greatest controversy. Was he God? Or was he not God?

I have friends who consider themselves profoundly committed Christians and who feel firmly that anyone who does not believe that Jesus was God Himself is not a real Christian. I have other friends who feel at least as committed to following Jesus and yet believe he was not God but was the Son of God.

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