Tonight, one of the women in my small group told me that Dr. Phil showed up a Women of Faith conference In Sacramento to support his wife (Joy?) who was a speaker this past weekend.
So, “Cool”, I thought to myself, “Dr. Phil loves Jesus?! That’s awesome!”
BUT THEN, the guys group that meets downstairs heard this same news (Dr. Phil is a Christian) when they came upstairs, on the tail end of this conversation, and they were in agreement that it is unlikely that Dr. Phil is a Christian. They felt he was a Christian in the same regard that Oprah is, which is being a Christian in that one loves Jesus and also believes in the equal deity and goodness of other Gods.
Is one to not judge and believe, “Only God knows who is a Christian and who’s not”, or, do we take a person at face value when they show up at a huge Christian conference and say, “I believe. Jesus is Lord.”?

All in all, “I don’t know.” I wasn’t at the conference and I obviously don’t know Dr. Phil or even know his wife’s name. But, I’d like to believe that he and his wife are sincere and not just showing up at conferences purely for personal gain. Maybe I am too naive? Maybe I am too skeptical? Who are we to say he is a Christian or not? If he says he is, then why not believe him?
*sigh*

All I know is that the more I learn, the more I realize, I know very little.

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