If I heard it once I heard it a million times. It went something like this… “I accepted Jesus as my Savior when I was _____, but it wasn’t until _______ that I made Jesus Lord of my life.” In my tradition, it was a phrase people uttered when they were making a conscious decision […]
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I think for most of my life as a Christian there has been a strong chorus of voices championing one-on-one discipleship. The idea is that an individual (Person A) helps another individual (Person B) grow in the faith for a certain period of time. Once Person B has matured to a certain degree, he or
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Philosopher Michael Novak writes of three different levels of conviction: public, private, and core. The public conviction is what we say we believe and want people to believe about us. The private conviction is what we think we believe, but when the rubber meets the road those convictions dissolve. Our core conviction, what Novak says
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