I remember a friend of mine who I think a lot of, telling me out of the blue, “Nathan, I don’t know that I feel comfortable calling myself a Christian anymore.” All of a sudden, I was really listening. He went on to say:

You know, the word Christian, it means “little Christ” or “Christ like” and I don’t know that I feel comfortable telling people I am like Jesus when I know I am so far from the Jesus I see in scripture. It seems wrong, it seems arrogant and misleading. Don’t get me wrong I want to be like Jesus, I really do, but that’s not what the word Christian means – someone who really wants to be like Jesus.

Maybe my friend was right, maybe he has something there, but somehow this sentiment feels very Christian to me.