Religion vs Relationship

She was not a skeptic or an agnostic...neither was she looking for an argument.  The question came from a cultured, refined woman who asked in sincerity, "Dr. Sala, what is a Christian?"  Strangely enough, if you ask the question of twenty different individuals as I have done, you would probably come up with twenty different answers.  Often when someone answers that question, "What is a Christian?" they describe certain activities that are associated with the Christian life.  Here are a few typical examples: