“Common” Christianity

When Jesus Christ told us what the world would know us by, He did not men­tion fish on the car, cross neck­laces, WWJD bracelets, or con­ser­v­a­tive (or lib­er­al!) pol­i­tick­ing. Sad­ly, char­ac­ter­i­za­tions and gen­er­al­iza­tions are often made which iden­ti­fy Chris­tians by these and oth­er equal­ly cliché things. We read phras­es on shirts, bumper­stick­ers, and wind­shields and con­clude that the per­son must be a Christian.

He did­n’t say we’d be known by an affin­i­ty for C.S. Lewis, Left Behind, or the Trin­i­ty Broad­cast­ing Network.

But when you, and espe­cial­ly unbe­liev­ers, think of Chris­tians, what things usu­al­ly come to mind? Does the love of the brethren–which Jesus did talk about–come to the fore­front of thought, or do stained-glass win­dows, tel­e­van­ge­lists seat­ed in gold­en throwns, and so on?

I’m curi­ous what you think of, whether believ­er or unbe­liev­er, so please leave a comment.