In the page I am going to attempt to describe the day to day Christian life. Aspects are dealt with in other pages, such as ethics ("the Law") and the showing of love. The page on worship describes a key public element of the Christian life. The focus here will be on the personal aspects. It is clearly a hopeless task to give a complete treatment in a single page. There is simply more material than I can possibly do justice to. But I hope I can give you at least a taste of what is involved.
The Christian life involves a number of different aspects. Among the key ones are
Fellowship with God
Our relationships with others
Obedience to God's commands
Discipline
Many of these things are less visible and harder to talk about than other topics in these essays. However for most Christians they are most important. It is easy to talk about the Trinity, the appropriateness of baptizing infants, Catholic/Protestant differences about justification, and all the rest. The religion newsgroups are filled with such discussion. More conventional news is full of the political side, such as abortion and the rights of homosexuals.
But being a disciple of Jesus is primarily shown in less exciting and visible things, such as learning to live with others, the discipline of daily prayer life, fighting urges for anger, and maintaining sexual purity. These things are largely common to Christians from all traditions.
The Goal
Christianity is about personal relationships: with God and with others. When Jesus was asked to summarize his religion, he said that it was loving God and our neighbor. Everything else is a means to that end.
This page will discuss a number of specific techniques, including difficult practices such as repentance and self ...