In C.S. Lewis' work, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Christ is
represented by a lion named Aslan. When Lucy, a young girl, first
approaches Aslan, she asks her companion, "Is he safe?" To which the
companion answers, "Safe? Of course he is not safe! He's a lion after
all. But, he is good!"
What
is Christianity? Some say it is a philosophy, others say it is an
ethical stance, while still others claim it is an actual experience.
None of these things really gets to the heart of the matter, however.
Each is something a Christian has, but not one gets to the heart of
what a Christian is. Christianity has at its core a transaction between
a person and God. A person who becomes a Christian moves from knowing
about God distantly to knowing about him directly and intimately.
Christianity is knowing God.