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  • From Darkness to Light...Acts 9 pt 5

    And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil...
  • Three Days In The Dark...Acts 9 pt 4

    And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. (Acts 9:9)What did Saul think about, as he stumbled meekly to Damascus, having to be led by the hand of his companions? His whole worldview was upended, everything he thought he knew about God, scripture, salvation, Jesus and lastly about himself had ben wrong. He thought he was more zealous for the God of his fathers than anyone else in his religion. He was a Pharisee ! But the truth is, he had been fighting God all along, not serving Him. Saul hated Jesus, and tried to...
  • Interview: David Mamet's Conservative Conversion

    11/26/2013 6:26:02 AM PST · by machman · 4 replies
    the Wall Street Journal ^ | 11/22/2013 | wsj
    Very good interview of him explaining his conversion from liberal to conservative. 35 minutes long.
  • The Arrester, Arrested By Jesus...Acts 9 pt 3

    Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.(Philippians 3:12)And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: And...
  • Why Saul Hated Christians...Acts 9 pt 1

    And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I...
  • Catholic Conversion Stories [vanity]

    10/27/2013 11:33:04 AM PDT · by Heart-Rest · 23 replies
    Various videos, audios, and printed sources
                Catholic Conversion Stories           Dr. Scott Hahn's Conversion Story Alex Jones Conversion Story(Powerful!!!) Steve Ray's Conversion Story Jimmy Akin's Conversion Story Leah Darrow's Conversion Story Elizabeth Ficocelli's Conversion Story Jennifer Fulwiler's Conversion Story Kimberly Hahn's Conversion Story Fr. Donald Calloway's Conversion Story Dr. Peter Kreeft's Conversion Story Kevin Vost's Conversion Story Fr. John Markham's Conversion Story Tim Staples Conversion Story Jeff Cavins Conversion Story David Currie's Conversion Story Dan Burke's Conversion Story Michael Coren's Conversion Story 1 - Dr. Ray Guarendi's Conversion Story 2 - Dr. Ray GuarendiEvangelical vs Catholic Teresa Tomeo's Conversion Story Tom Peterson's Conversion...
  • Dr. Peter Kreeft's conversion to Catholicism from Protestantism (Full)

    08/31/2013 9:40:36 AM PDT · by Heart-Rest · 62 replies
    youtube ^ | January 27, 2013 | mobilevclips
    Hear Dr. Peter Kreeft tell his fascinating story of his conversion from Evangelical Protestantism to Catholicism.     Dr. Peter Kreeft's conversion to Catholicism from Protestantism (Full)
  • Yes, Gay is a Choice. Get Over It.

    08/04/2013 9:16:00 AM PDT · by Mrs. Don-o · 40 replies
    American Thinker ^ | Aug 3, 2013 | Robert Oscar Lopez
    Crystal Dixon of the University of Toledo was fired for writing an editorial in a local newspaper. She referred to Exodus and mentioned people who chose to leave the gay lifestyle. The case against Dixon is based purely on wild assumption that gay men cannot stop themselves from having anal sex or engaging in fellatio. These assumptions bestialize and infantilize gay men. Dixon said that gays had the choice to leave the lifestyle (in other words, stop engaging in anal sex and fellatio). According to her detractors, such was tantamount to being anti-gay. Her detractors are following the lead of...
  • Kirsten Powers: How a Liberal Democrat and Former Atheist Came to Know Jesus Christ as her Savior

    07/14/2013 5:59:59 AM PDT · by Gamecock · 97 replies
    Gospel Light Minute ^ | 2 June 2013
    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,...
  • Seek The Peace of the City

    07/01/2013 6:45:08 AM PDT · by Paul46360 · 3 replies
    Leading The Way ^ | 6-30-13 | Dr.Michael Youssef
    This is a Biblical way for us to take our country back to its' roots.
  • Resurrected! Longtime Gay Activist Becomes Christian

    03/27/2013 2:45:49 PM PDT · by pastorbillrandles · 6 replies
    Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was...
  • My Train Wreck Conversion..., I despised Christians. Then I somehow became one.

    02/08/2013 6:58:50 PM PST · by daniel1212 · 148 replies
    Christianity Today ^ | 2/7/2013 9:26AM | Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
    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. I began researching the Religious Right.. Ken Smith encouraged me to explore the kind of questions I admire: Ken and his wife, Floy, and I became friends. I started reading the Bible. I read the way a glutton devours. I counted the costs. And I did not like the math on the other side.. Then, one ordinary day, I came to Jesus, openhanded..
  • Why a Protestant Pastor Became Catholic - Dr. Scott Hahn

    01/31/2013 7:01:05 PM PST · by Heart-Rest · 65 replies
    youtube ^ | August 29, 2012 | Dr. Scott Hahn
    Dr. Scott Hahn has a number of different recorded talks where he discusses his conversion from being an Evangelical Protestant Pastor to becoming an ordinary Catholic layman. Some of those talks tend to focus more precisely on that specific period from when he was already a Protestant Pastor through his actual conversion to the Catholic faith, but this audio recording has a broader focus, and includes a longer period in his life, including some of the foibles of his youth. (This was originally just an audio recording, to which the "youtube" poster added some unusual slides for their "youtube video",...
  • Miracles on the border: Syrians encounter Jesus

    11/16/2012 7:28:39 PM PST · by Tailgunner Joe · 102 replies
    bpnews.net ^ | November 16, 2012 | Erich Bridges
    BEIRUT (BP) -- The Christian relief team heard about the needy Syrian widow living outside a Lebanese Muslim village near the Syrian border. So they took food to her. Apparently, Jesus had been there first. A refugee from the civil war in Syria, the Muslim widow, along with her three children, had sought shelter in Lebanon -- like more than 100,000 other Syrians. She was observing a traditional 40-day period of solitude to mourn her dead husband, so she had received nothing from the local Islamic aid society. When the Christians knocked at her door, the widow appeared fully covered...
  • Christianizing India is Catholic Church’s major goal

    10/16/2012 10:13:59 AM PDT · by Jyotishi · 6 replies
    The Pioneer ^ | Sunday, October 14, 2012 | V. R. Jayaraj
    Kochi - Christianization of India – and not Indianization of Christ – is the major goal of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Any attempt to derail this goal should be defeated through solidification of faith through spiritual campaigns, says a study document on protection of faith prepared as part of the Year of Faith observance by the Catholic Church In the particular context of the strengthening of several smaller Christian sects, especially in Kerala, the document says that measures will have to be adopted to avoid the splintered sects, including the Protestants, influencing the faithful belonging to the Syro-Malabar Church. It...
  • Joan Appleton dies: Abortion nurse turned pro-life activist

    08/22/2012 7:39:03 PM PDT · by Morgana · 8 replies
    LSN ^ | 8.22.2012 | John-Henry Westen
    A former abortion worker whose conversion to the pro-life movement helped many in the abortion industry leave their deadly practice died Monday August 20. Before her 1989 conversion, Joan Appleton worked as the head nurse at Commonwealth Women’s Clinic in Washington, D.C., and was an active member of the radically pro-abortion National Organization for Women (NOW). In a testimony about her conversion, Appleton described witnessing an ultrasound guided abortion and how the experience was instrumental in changing her mind on the issue. “I handled the ultrasound while the doctor performed the procedure and I directed him while I was watching...
  • Catholic Group Prays for Paul Ryan’s ‘Conversion’

    08/17/2012 2:18:49 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 42 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 08/17/2012 | Alicia Mundy
    Rep. Paul Ryan has been taking flak from church groups – including the relatively conservative U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the somewhat more liberal group Nuns on the Bus—because his budget could cut money from programs for the poor and elderly. Now a group of fellow Catholics from his home state of Wisconsin, including some Franciscan Friars, are calling for the vice presidential hopeful’s “conversion.” The group launched a website, PrayforPaulsChangeofHeart.org, that asks visitors to “Please pray for Paul Ryan, a devout Catholic, to have a change of heart on the federal budget.” It includes a special Rosary prayer...
  • A New Amish Community Is Founded Every Three-And-A-Half Weeks in US, Experts Estimate

    08/02/2012 5:51:11 AM PDT · by daniel1212 · 44 replies
    ScienceDaily ^ | July 27, 2012 | ScienceDaily
    A new census of the Amish population in the United States estimates that a new Amish community is founded...about every 3 ½ weeks, and shows that more than 60 percent of all existing Amish settlements have been founded since 1990. This pattern suggests the Amish are growing more rapidly than most other religions in the United... "They're doubling their population about every 21 to 22 years, primarily because they produce large families and the vast majority...remain in the community as adults baptized into the faith, starting their own families and sustaining their religious beliefs"...
  • Former atheist poet reveals details of her Catholic conversion

    07/30/2012 11:25:11 AM PDT · by stpio · 38 replies
    Catholic News Agency ^ | July 27, 2012
    Rome, Italy, Jul 27, 2012 / 03:51 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “Until two years ago, I was a really committed atheist and I really hated the Catholic Church,” said poet Sally Read, as she explained how all that dramatically changed during nine months in 2010.
  • If you can, watch the Journey Home (7:00 p.m) this evening on EWTN

    07/02/2012 12:58:27 PM PDT · by stpio · 4 replies
    http://cantuar.blogspot.com/ ^ | July 2, 2012 | Taylor Marshall
    Taylor Marshall is the guest, he is a former Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism. I love his blog, he shares things about the faith, in a few paragraphs each day, things you never knew about the faith and at the end of each writing, he directs you to related articles in his blog, just click on one of the pics. It' will be a good program for our brothers and sisters in Christ, hear Taylor share what brought about his conversion. It's 7:00 p.m. central, this evening - the Journey Home with Marcus Grodi. http://www.ewtn.com/audiovideo/index.asp