When I was growing up, the primary way Christians I knew described their faith was as a personal relationship with God ... A version of this article appears in the print edition under the title “When ...

How important is a personal relationship with Jesus? Some of my evangelical friends define Christianity as a personal relationship with Jesus. Everything else is adiaphora, except maybe the worship ...

But the emphasis of Protestants is to want others to experience a personal relationship with Jesus. This statement is typical of Protestantism’s characteristic “either/or” outlook ...

Evangelicals generally insist that “the meaning and purpose of life is to have a personal relationship with Jesus.” That’s how a Methodist pastor I was listening to a few months ago put it.

The true Church of Christ should be able to understand, live, and clearly articulate what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus and Pope Benedict is a sure and wise guide to this ...