Some born-again Christians of my acquaintance remind me of “Agent Smith.” They can tell me the date and place of their conversion. But I get the feeling they have been simply born again in a form which is just a replication of their old self – plus a self-righteous smile or a judgmental frown. American [...]
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Born from above? – or just born again?
Posted in Conversion, tagged beliefs, Christianity, Church, evangelism, faith, forgiveness, Gospel, grace, theology on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Aids to Reflection (1825)
Posted in Constructive Orthodoxy, Conversion, tagged Christianity, philosophy, religion, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, theology on January 12, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I meddle not with the dispute respecting conversion, whether, and in what sense, necessary in all Christians. It is sufficient for my purpose, that a very large number of men, even in Christian countries, need to be converted, and that not a few, I trust, have been. The tenet becomes fanatical and dangerous, [...]
