I've seen it so many times where Christians are not only hesitant to label themselves as a Baptist, Methodist, Reformed, Calvinist, Arminianist, Conradist, etc., but also think it's a bad thing.  We've seen so many divisions in the Church and a lot of people attribute that to labels. 

The common thinking goes, "What can't I just call myself a Christian?  Why do I have to label myself? Why can't I just say I believe the Bible because labels are bad."

Christ died for us and rose again so that we could live a new life, a life not bound to sin.  Looking back on this past Easter let's all try to honor Christ's work by weeding out more of the sin that we harbor, that keeps us from being happy and glorifying God.  Maybe the sin is something that you need to stop doing.  Maybe the sin is something that you're not doing - like loving the people you interact with, or being devoted to God's Word. Either way, we are not longer slaves to those sins, so let's commit our lives to Christ.

Dear Conrad -- I'm just wondering about the claims of many historians of how all religions are alike (though I know they don't all lead to the same direction) in that Christianity is a religion just like Islam, or Buddhism, which just happen to diffuse successfully throughout Europe. We are taught in World History how it's just a religion spread through converted powerful rulers, crusades, and conquistadoras. How could I prove to others how Christianity did not just originate from people seeking power nor is a legend that caused wars? I need some insights only if you have time.  --Anonymous

Dear Conrad.  How can a loving and benevolent God send someone to hell?  -- Jasmine

Dear Jasmine,

When thinking about God we always have to consider all his attributes.  Yes, God is a God of love.  But we also believe that God is fair and just. 

Would it be fair for a parent to reward both the child that obeyed a command to clean his room with the same reward to the other child who yelled back and went into his room and burned it down?

The parent can still love both kids, but he must be just too.  He will reward the one an punish the other.  In this example the parent has both attributes of love and justice. 

I like to evangelize, it just fills me up, however this doesn't mean I know how to do it... Sometimes I feel very insecure when I evangelize, maybe because I don't know how to, or maybe because I don't feel worthy.  How can I evangelize (what steps do you recommend me to follow?) in a different way then just going up to someone and telling them "If you receive Christ you go to heaven if not you go to Hell"? How can I approach them? What can I start saying?

Dear Giovanni,

I need to make two huge points here. The first point I'll go over very quickly, so I can move on to the next one.

Dear Conrad - This isn't much of a deep question but it made me wonder.  I've started
re-reading the Bible and have found that in Genesis 1:26-27 it says, "God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image."  When God is speaking in Genesis 1:26 He says 'us' and 'our' as if there were more then one God or God had more then one personality.  Is there some hidden meaning in this I'm not discovering? Thank you, Jason

Jason,

This is a great question that speaks to the heart of the difference between Christianity and any other religion.