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Kirsten Powers: How a Liberal Democrat and Former Atheist Came to Know Jesus Christ as her Savior
Gospel Light Minute ^ | 2 June 2013

Posted on 07/14/2013 5:59:59 AM PDT by Gamecock

She is a political analyst, blogger, columnist and commentator. She is a Democrat who regularly contributes to USA Today, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal among other publications. She formerly served under the Clinton administration from 1993-1998 and was appointed Deputy Assistant U.S Trade Representative for Public Affairs.

In an interview with Focus on the Family, she shares how she converted from atheism to Christianity. She said: “I was not looking to be a Christian. The last thing in the world I wanted to be was a Christian. I had grown up as an Episcopalian, but not evangelical, born again, or any of those kinds of things. It was very high church, kind of mainline, protestant, episcopalian. I did believe in God, but it wasn’t anywhere near what would come to happen to me later in life.

“When I went away to college, whatever little faith I had, I lost. I ended up graduating from college. I worked in the Clinton administration. All my friends were secular liberals. At this point, I really got even more deeply into an incredibly secular world because now, all my friends were basically atheists, or if they had any kind of spirituality, they were very hostile towards religion, Christianity in particular. So, I really didn’t have any interest in it.

“I started dating someone who went to Tim Keller’s church, Redeemer Presbyterian in New York City. Out of curiosity, I went with him. But I told him upfront that I would never become a Christian; that it’s never going to happen. After about six or seven months, I began to think that the weight of history is more on the side of what [I was hearing at this church] than not. Tim Keller had made such a strong case, that I began to think it’s not even smart to reject this. It just doesn’t seem like a good intellectual decision.

“Really, it was like God sort of invaded my life. It was very unwelcome. I didn’t like it. Obviously, I started having a lot of different experiences where I felt God was doing a lot of things in my life. It’s kind of hard to describe, but I did have this moment where the scales just fell off of my eyes, where I was saying, ‘this is just totally true, I don’t even have any doubt.’ …I don’t really feel like I had any courage when I became a Christian, I just gave in. I wasn’t courageous; I didn’t have any choice. I kept trying to not believe but I just couldn’t avoid [accepting Christ]. If I could have avoided it, I would have. There is nothing convenient about it in my life or in the world I live in. It’s not like living in the South where everybody is a Christian. I live in a world where nobody is a believer. But God pursued me.”

Her name is Kirsten Powers



TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; Mainline Protestant; Ministry/Outreach; Skeptics/Seekers
KEYWORDS: bornagain; christianity; conversion; kirstenpowers; kirstinchristian; megachurch; nyc; timkeller
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1 posted on 07/14/2013 5:59:59 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Alex Murphy
I don’t really feel like I had any courage when I became a Christian, I just gave in. I wasn’t courageous; I didn’t have any choice. I kept trying to not believe but I just couldn’t avoid [accepting Christ]. If I could have avoided it, I would have.

Sounds like her "free will" was violated.

2 posted on 07/14/2013 6:01:30 AM PDT by Gamecock ("Ultimately, Jesus died to save us from the wrath of God." —R.C. Sproul)
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To: Gamecock

Thanks for posting this. I praise the Lord for violating my “free will.” Oh what grace!


3 posted on 07/14/2013 6:05:10 AM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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Tim Keller’s church, Redeemer Presbyterian in New York City

In the last couple years I have worshiped at Redeemer about 8 times.

Always heard a clear presentation of the Gospel message. On one occasion they were baptizing about 8 people. It was truly fascinating to see a tremendous variety of people make a public profession. Former Buddhists, atheists, blacks, whites, Asians.....

4 posted on 07/14/2013 6:05:36 AM PDT by Gamecock ("Ultimately, Jesus died to save us from the wrath of God." —R.C. Sproul)
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To: Gamecock

Timeline? When was this?


5 posted on 07/14/2013 6:06:20 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Gamecock
Kirsten is also staunchly Pro-Life and a good news source.

She is either the last or the first in a group of Democrats who still remember what Principles are.

She is a good one to have around.

And I am glad she is.

https://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10


6 posted on 07/14/2013 6:06:43 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: drstevej; OrthodoxPresbyterian; CCWoody; Wrigley; Gamecock; Jean Chauvin; jboot; AZhardliner; ...
GRPL Ping


7 posted on 07/14/2013 6:08:10 AM PDT by Gamecock ("Ultimately, Jesus died to save us from the wrath of God." —R.C. Sproul)
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To: Gamecock

Now she needs to denounce the Democrat party and her conversion is complete. I did not say she has to be a Republican now. That is no proof of a Christian life.


8 posted on 07/14/2013 6:08:37 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: Gamecock

God’s grace and love are overwhelming.


9 posted on 07/14/2013 6:08:39 AM PDT by Stingray (Stand for the truth or you'll fall for anything.)
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To: Gamecock

She’s still a liberal. Statements like this...”It’s not like living in the South where everybody is a Christian” show her true colors as a northern elitist.

I’m glad she found Christ but I’ve always found it impossible to understand how you can be a lib AND a Christian.


10 posted on 07/14/2013 6:09:08 AM PDT by albie (t allowed)
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To: KC_Lion
Kirsten is also staunchly Pro-Life

Wonder if she was pro-life before God crashed into her life?

11 posted on 07/14/2013 6:09:32 AM PDT by Gamecock ("Ultimately, Jesus died to save us from the wrath of God." —R.C. Sproul)
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To: Gamecock

I wondered where her change in attitude came from...


12 posted on 07/14/2013 6:09:43 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: Gamecock

Thank you for posting that. It made my day.


13 posted on 07/14/2013 6:09:45 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: KC_Lion

But she’s still a Leftist?


14 posted on 07/14/2013 6:10:17 AM PDT by Old Sarge (My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
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To: bmwcyle

“Now she needs to denounce the Democrat party and her conversion is complete.”


Christ didn’t call Paul out of Judaism. He sent him to his Jewish brethern and, only later, to the Gentiles.

God can use her right where she is.


15 posted on 07/14/2013 6:11:42 AM PDT by Stingray (Stand for the truth or you'll fall for anything.)
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To: Gamecock
Compare her to Steven Hawking. Brilliant mind. Understands the workings of the universe more than most people. Admits that some “force” or “higher consciousness” had to create this. He has the wonders of the universe at his finger tips and refuses to acknowledge there is a God.
16 posted on 07/14/2013 6:12:21 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: albie

Give her time.

Babies have to crawl before they walk.


17 posted on 07/14/2013 6:13:34 AM PDT by mom4melody
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To: Kenton
I wondered where her change in attitude came from...

The Holy Spirit.

18 posted on 07/14/2013 6:14:53 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: Gamecock

There is nothing like the grace of Jesus Christ. I will pray for Miss Powers. Jesus is working in her heart!


19 posted on 07/14/2013 6:15:36 AM PDT by Halls (Jesus is my Lord and Savior)
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To: Sirius Lee

Indeed. That’s the only place it can come from.


20 posted on 07/14/2013 6:15:47 AM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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