Friday Morning Manna
December 20, 2019
Nathaniel Fajardo
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Lord, I Want to be a Christian. But What Kind?
“Lord I want to be a Christian, in my heart.” So goes the opening lyrics of that simple yet moving spiritual, likely composed in 1750s Virginia by enslaved African Americans moved by the preaching of evangelist Samuel Davies, first published in 1907. (See Wikipedia). I first heard that song when I was in the grades back in old PUC and still can sing it today. These words are still repeated today, even without singing its melody our aloud, for, as it says, “in my heart.” But this time it is with growing skepticism expressed in this legitimate question: What kind of Christian? As some say, “Will the real Christian please stand up?” “Oh no, not you! Not you, too.” Then who?