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"Can't you see why so many candidates didn't answer your survey?"
Christian testimonies are hard to fake. You either have a Christian testimony or you don't. And if
Christian candidates have but hold theirs back for 'strategic' reasons,
those candidates repeat Peter's error in the high priest's courtyard when he denied
knowing Christ in order to stay around longer (otherwise, he would
have left after the first recognition), and
"wept bitterly" afterwards:
"But Peter said, 'Man, I do not know what you are saying!'
Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. And the Lord
turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He
had said to him, 'Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.' So
Peter went out and wept bitterly." (Luke 22:60-62)
While it would have been good to receive
more
candidates' Christian testimonies, our questionnaire was intended to qualify their
claims of faith to help distinguish
truly Christian candidates who
have and aren't afraid to share their testimonies from those who are afraid or
don't have one. And
Christians
recognize this. As one blogger
wrote online:
"Any born again Christian should be interested in knowing the answers to these
questions (save #7, which I don't really think is appropriate) and Christian
candidates should have no problem answering the questions.
Of course, if a candidate isn't a Christian or isn't a true Christian, or is a
liberal Christian or Christian-in-name-only, well then, I can see why the
questions wouldn't appeal to them."
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