There I was, sitting face-to-face with the interviewer of a major broadcaster. He was there to interview me on the all important subject of the Christian life and church.

Interviewer: Hi Sherman, thanks for being here with me today. Which church are you from?

Me: Oh, that really depends. How do you define "church"?

Interviewer: Do you think it's important that a church be involved in mission?

Me: That depends. What do you mean by "mission"? Does the church have one mission, or does it have multiple missions? Do mission trips have anything to do with the "mission"?

Interviewer: How about evangelism then? In your assessment, is it crucial that all Christians be involved in evangelism?

Me: That depends. How do you define "evangelism"? By the four spiritual laws? By the sinner's prayer?

Interviewer: You know, recently, there've been issues about Christian leaders falling into sin and all. How do you think sin should be addressed in the church?

Me: That depends. What do you mean by "sin"? Are you referring to sin in the Pelagian way or the Augustinian way?

Interviewer: Hey, are you evangelical or not? When you were nominated for this interview, we were told you were evangelical.

Me: Err, that depends. What do you mean by "evangelical"? If I disagree with the common definition of some evangelical jargon, does it make me non-evangelical?

Interviewer: Okay. Thanks for nothing.

Fortunately, all this is just a daydream. I really don't think any interviewer with preconceived notions of how Christianity should look like would survive me very well. It wouldn't take too long for him to find that religious evangelical jargon doesn't work very well on me.