Sentences with phrase «dramatic conversion»

But around my 25th birthday I had a rather dramatic conversion experience.
You may think of missionaries people who are living the dream in a foreign country, sharing the Gospel left and right and seeing dramatic conversions on a daily basis.
It's no secret that Lewis spent a large portion of his life as an atheist — 30 years, in fact — but the significance of his gradual, yet dramatic conversion shouldn't be overlooked.
For example, it is an observable fact that it is in those churches where dramatic conversions during adolescence are highly rated and are expected, that they actually occur in significant numbers.
When the psychologist turns his attention to the study of religious behaviour, he can often give a new and quite different explanation for such experiences as dramatic conversions, visions or the sense of being impelled by a supernatural force from without.
Perhaps we overemphasize dramatic conversion stories to the detriment of those who have struggled for their hard - won faith over a series of conversations or after years of struggling with Scripture.
Religious scholar Reza Aslan states, «The story of Paul's dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus is a bit of propagandistic legend created by the evangelist Luke; Paul himself never recounts the story of being blinded by the sight of Jesus.»
Since his dramatic conversion experience age 20, Moby has thought long and hard about what it means to be a Christian.
They may also occur between those who have experienced dramatic conversions and those who have grown up as Christians.
He recounts his dramatic conversion in his latest work, Race with the Devil, and spoke with emotion with me about how Chesterton helped liberate him from those destructive bonds:
Instead of depending on religious thrill and a sudden, dramatic conversion, Emmanuel therapy relied on the gradual type of religious change.
'' «The story of Paul's dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus is a bit of propagandistic legend created by the evangelist Luke»
But more than Coltrane's music, the church exists as an extension of the dramatic conversion and commitment to God Coltrane made late in life, a declaration and sanctification of sound in the unforgettable recording A Love Supreme.
For example, just because Saul had a dramatic conversion experience and fell off the horse, does not mean everyone has to have a dramatic conversion experience.
The expectation of conversionistic and instantaneous healing at every turn distorts the ways in which we strive to love and serve so many of our neighbors: people experiencing financial instability or going through divorce, those struggling with mental illnesses or who are simply sad, and most people whose journey of faith didn't entail a moment of single, dramatic conversion.
The name of Fulton J. Sheen brings to mind many things: «the Golden Age of Catholicism»... the stirring sermons... the amusing stories and dramatic conversions... the black cassock and red cape... the glistening pectoral cross... the angel cleaning the blackboard... and the signature sign - off to his Life is Worth Living television shows: «God love you!»
In the end, Saul's dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus is worth telling only because of what he did afterwards.
After a dramatic conversion to Christianity, former hedge fund manager Martin Zuch changed career direction, launching two banana farm projects... More
I'd like to say that I fell on my knees in a dramatic conversion, but it didn't happen like that.
After a dramatic conversion to Christianity, former hedge fund manager Martin Zuch changed career direction, launching two banana farm projects in the African bush.
He was one of just 34 Democrats to vote for the Federal Marriage Amendment; I think he may be the only one to have had such a dramatic conversion on the road to Washington Damascus.
At first a fiercely determined adversary of the fledgling faith, after his dramatic conversion experience on the Damascus road, Paul became Christianity's most outspoken advocate.
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