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.
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.
Since
his dramatic conversion experience age 20, Moby has thought long and hard about what it means to be a Christian.
But around my 25th birthday I had a rather
dramatic conversion experience.
Not exact matches
They may also occur between those who have
experienced dramatic conversions and those who have grown up as Christians.
Further, the primary emphasis on a sudden,
dramatic experience leads to an under - emphasis on the less
dramatic process of growth following the
conversion.
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.
Ms. Cornett argues that the love affair between Almasy and Katherine «is of the very same emotional and spiritual and factual material that
dramatic religious
conversions are made of»» namely, a certain sequence of strong feelings, including the
experience of being led to do something against your will.