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
Completely disagree...She has a great evangelical opportunity to reach the mentally demented...
I love Tim Keller - just discovered his sermons online this year. Wonderful sermons - intelligent, funny, and most importantly, passionate about Christ.
Troubling, to be sure, given how recent the interview is. However, is it reasonable (or Biblical) to expect a new convert to instantaneously change their thinking in all areas, within seconds of their profession of faith in Christ, especially if they are not conversant in the Bible beforehand?
Some people just "pray the prayer" and then they (and others) expect God to automatically change their thinking, avoiding any heavy lifting for themselves. In my experience, God expects us to read His word, and submit to His commands, in order for our thinking to change. Give the lady time and see what comes of her profession of faith.
Wow. Has she changed political affiliations yet? Or is she like Zell Miller...Democrat but conservative...which is the rarest of breeds now?
Praise God for His mercy in moving Kirsten Power’s heart.
Seeing the success of Fox, she's looking to increase he cred among the Clingers.
Intriguing story.
My wife and I love the East Coast, especially New England. But, aside from cost of living with housing/taxes/liberals, it would be so weird to move to a place where the majority aren’t Christian, at least socially.
Here in Texas, a key point of conversation is what church you go to etc. Up there, I would get punched for asking that.
Powers is no doubt correct that where she is, it is a harder road to be a believer.
That’s cool.
There was an article about six months ago on the need for more people doing missions work/church plants in New England due to the difficulty of the work there. Many just don’t want to do it because of fewer (though IMO much more beautiful with their steeples) churches and a much more secular environment.
It’s hard. You have to break through the harder shell of those people instead of just put up a sign and you have 30 people next Sunday.
It’s really very easy to stay Dem as a Christian. They focus on social issues like poverty and think the government should fix those problems. They are wrong, of course, but every Christian I know who is a Dem is also pro-life but focuses on things like helping the poor and think the Dems are better at that despite obviously being wrong.
Don’t fool yourself, KP.
God has been there all along, unlike you and many who claim present but are so far afield , it’d take a Hubble to find ya in the heathenous-filled skies of media today..
Now maybe you ask God to go to work on Mara Laiasson and her hard head and black heart.
I can never understand a Christian who identifies with the democratic party.
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Amen
I view same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue.
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Ya all keep hugging her, folks.
Maybe some blood will get to her brain eventually.
Makes sense. She’s the only Dem on TV with a shred of sanity.
Give her time. She's just beginning her journey.
Dang! I was just wondering what it was about Kristen that DIDN’T MAKE MY SKIN CRAWL like most libs....
“I think that is what she is lamenting here, was that she was no longer able to resist the inevitable.”
“the inevitable” = “irresistible grace”.
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