LIGHT OF THE WORLD {A Christian WebClique}__________________

LIGHT OF THE WORLD

Why did you decide to create this WebClique?

I guess it was because I don't know many other Christians who have websites, and it would be really nice to meet people like that. I thought perhaps that others felt the same, and so my idea became a reality.

The Christian youth culture has really improved in exposure over the last few years with the growth in popularity of Christian pop music and concerts, and famous Christians speaking out about their faith. However, I feel that there is still a long way to go to create the thriving online Christian community that I feel we all need. After all, the internet is a major form of communication and therefore we can use it for fellowship and to reach out to others, especially as there is so much religious-orientated strife, hatred and misunderstanding in the world right now.

I believe in a God who wants us to heal the hurts of the world and reach out to others with understanding and compassion, not self-righteousness. If you do too, perhaps you would consider joining this clique and making your own opinions known.

Who can join?

I really only have two stipulations for the members of this clique.

Firstly, you should be a Christian of any denomination, any age and any background. Anyone and everyone who believes in Jesus and accepts Him as their Lord and Saviour can join this clique. These are the only two things which define someone as a Christian. I know there are other cliques which turn people away because they don't agree with who they are, where they're from, their sexuality or which Church they attend, but I won't. This is a Christian clique, and Christianity means love - Jesus' love, which hasn't, doesn't and will never apply to anything less than the entire human race; and as Christians, we are called to love all people the same way as Jesus did.

Secondly, you should own a website of some description. This can be anything from a few pages on geocities to your own server, and certainly includes diary and community sites such as Xanga, Myspace and Livejournal.

The only thing I ask from you is that you link back to this site in some way, either with a text link or using one of the codes I have provided. That way other Christian web designers can find you and look at your website, knowing you are Christian, which is the whole point. If you don't know how to do this then ask me (replace the [AT] with an @) before attempting to join, I will be very pleased to help you.

As I mentioned on the front page, this is not an elitist clique and it doesn't matter how good your website is - it's the person behind it who counts, and I want this to be a group of Christians interested in web design rather than a list of links to Christian websites.

Why "LIGHT OF THE WORLD"?

First of all, I really like this metaphor! It's used in several places in the Bible to describe Jesus. In John it says;

"Jesus said to the people, 'I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't be stumbling through the darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life."
John 8:12

However, it is also used at one point to describe those who follow Christ;

"You are the light of the world -- like a city on a mountain, glowing in the night for all to see."
Matthew 5:14

I think that this passage from Matthew is saying that if we follow Jesus we will be luminous, reflecting Christ's light throughout the world like beacons into the darkness. I feel that this is our duty somewhat; thus I thought the double meaning qualified this as a good title for my website.

Who are you?

I'm Mazzie, a 22 year old Christian from the UK. I was brought up in a Christian household, and gave my life to Jesus in 2005. You can find out more about me by either visiting my main site or reading my testimony, which you can find in the testimonies section.

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