{"id":3117,"date":"2022-12-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2024-01-18T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T21:50:19","slug":"when-i-say-i-am-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/when-i-say-i-am-a-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"When I Say I Am A Christian&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>When I say\u2026.\u201dI am a Christian\u201d, I am not shouting, \u201cI am saved\u201d. I\u2019m<br>whispering \u201cI was lost\u201d, That\u2019s why I chose this way.<br>When I say\u2026.\u201dI am a Christian\u201d, I don\u2019t speak of this with pride. I\u2019m<br>confessing that I stumble and need Him as my Guide.<br>When I say\u2026.\u201dI am a Christian\u201d, I\u2019m not trying to be strong. I\u2019m professing that I\u2019m weak and need strength to carry on.<br>When I say\u2026..\u201dI am a Christian\u201d, I\u2019m not bragging of success. I\u2019m admitting that I have failed and can never pay the debt.<br>When I say\u2026.\u201dI am a Christian\u201d, I still feel heartache and pain. I have<br>my share of troubles \u2013 That\u2019s why I seek His name.<br>When I say\u2026.\u201dI am a Christian\u201d, I don\u2019t claim to perfect be. My flaws<br>are far too many- But God sees worth in me.<br>When I say\u2026.\u201dI am a Christian\u201d, It\u2019s not to stand and judge- It\u2019s to pray<br>that you will know Him and be loved as I am loved.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;Author Unknown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I say\u2026.\u201dI am a Christian\u201d, I am not shouting, \u201cI am saved\u201d. I\u2019mwhispering \u201cI was lost\u201d, That\u2019s why I chose this way.When I say\u2026.\u201dI am a Christian\u201d, I don\u2019t speak of this with pride. I\u2019mconfessing that I stumble and need Him as my Guide.When I say\u2026.\u201dI am a Christian\u201d, I\u2019m not trying to be&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/when-i-say-i-am-a-christian\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When I Say I Am A Christian&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178,179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulletin","category-marks-messages","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3118,"href":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117\/revisions\/3118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tannerchurchofchrist.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}