Glossary

The thing I like most about Kingdom Grace is that Grace doesn’t post unless she has something to say. Mindless chatter to fill page views is not her style. Unfortunately, though, I missed a post in which she wrote her own glossary of Christian terms. It’s inspired me to do the same. I’m not saying that Grace was ‘wrong’ by writing my own - far from it. I simply wanted to explore these ideas personally.

sin: anything that wounds our relationship with God, with others and with our self.
repentance: shifting the purpose of our lives from the satisfaction of our self to the experience of God.
righteousness: healing, wholeness
holiness: a state of being characterized the presence of God
judgment: restoring things to the way they were intended to be (That’s Grace’s definition. I couldn’t possibly have said it better.)
sabbath: an intentional period of rest, calm and peace
revelation: God revealing Himself (not facts) - Again, Grace’s definition.
faith: living as if a thing is true - or a thing is possessed - even if we cannot prove it
grace: the empowering and invigorating presence of the Holy Spirit
church:  any group of people who love God and love one another
religion:  practices and rituals intended to appease God (who doesn’t need to be appeased, btw)
gospel:  the message that through faith in Jesus Christ we can experience healing from sin.
salvation:   rescue (Grace’s definition)
new birth, born again:   the inner transformation brought about by grace
heaven:  any realm (earthly or otherwise) in which God’s presence is fully known
hell:  any realm (earthly or otherwise) in which God’s presence is not known at all

How would you define these terms? Is there any you’d do differently?