And then there are still others who would say that none of those things make someone a Christian. The test is whether there has been a dramatic, climactic experience. Has there been a vision, a ball of fire, as it were? It is sometimes put in these terms: “When people claim to be Christians, have their lives been changed? Has something happened to them that has turned them around and made them into different people? That is the essence of Christianity.” I am very ready to agree that you cannot really
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