Moderators John317 Posted February 13, 2013 Moderators Posted February 13, 2013 The word Jesus stuck in my throat like an elephant tusk; no matter how hard I choked, I couldn't hack it out. Those who professed the name commanded my pity and wrath. As a university professor, I tired of students who seemed to believe that "knowing Jesus" meant knowing little else. Christians in particular were bad readers, always seizing opportunities to insert a Bible verse into a conversation with the same point as a punctuation mark: to end it rather than deepen it. Stupid. Pointless. Menacing. That's what I thought of Christians and their god Jesus, who in paintings looked as powerful as a Breck Shampoo commercial model. As a professor of English and women's studies, on the track to becoming a tenured radical, I cared about morality, justice, and compassion. Fervent for the worldviews of Freud, Hegel, Marx, and Darwin, I strove to stand with the disempowered. I valued morality... See the rest of her testimony and a picture of the writer: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/january-february/my-train-wreck-conversion.html Quote John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Administrators debbym Posted February 13, 2013 Administrators Posted February 13, 2013 great story. it was an issue of identity for her, which is true for all of us, to find our identity in Christ. i was impressed she described the Christian world view as supernatural. debbym Quote deb Love awakens love. Let God be true and every man a liar.
Moderators Gerr Posted February 13, 2013 Moderators Posted February 13, 2013 Thanks, John, for a great story. Quote
olger Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Very impelling story. What did she mean at the end by covenant family calling her wife and mother? Is she restored to her true identity. Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.."
Administrators Tom Wetmore Posted February 13, 2013 Administrators Posted February 13, 2013 Very impelling story. What did she mean at the end by covenant family calling her wife and mother? Is she restored to her true identity. Did you read the author note at the end? "Rosaria Champagne Butterfield is the author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert (Crown & Covenant). She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina, where her husband pastors the First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham." Quote "Absurdity reigns and confusion makes it look good." "Sinless perfection is such a shallow goal." "I love God only as much as the person I love the least." *Forgiveness is always good news. And that is the gospel truth. (And finally, the ideas expressed above are solely my person views and not that of any organization with which I am associated.)
Administrators debbym Posted February 14, 2013 Administrators Posted February 14, 2013 i Believe so olger. deb Quote deb Love awakens love. Let God be true and every man a liar.
olger Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 Wonderful. Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.."
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