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Recently I met a Christian whose country of origin is Turkmenistan. He came to faith in Christ as a student in southern California. He came to the U.S. as a Muslim and went back to Turkmenistan as a Christian. When I met Shakrat on the NIU campus he was visiting DeKalb for a couple of months. He walked and talked like any student and he had the look, backpack and all.
Could I tell he was a Christian? No, you can't tell a Christian by their clothes, the way they speak, or where they live. There are no "Christian towns" (though some have tried), there is no "Christian language" (though there is a lingo understood by some generally meant to make others feel inferior). Christians don't eat special food and they drink and sleep like everyone else. Christians aren't particularly funny, clever or ingenious, I'm the proof. And Christians haven't mastered some special formula like some religions.
While it is true we live in cities and towns next to other people. We are known to have different national origins and like all people we are loyal to our homelands. However, we feel like visitors no matter where we are because even our homeland is like a foreign country. We are citizens of heaven so let us love one another regardless of origin.
Pastor Dan
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