Thanks for posting, it gives me hope for others who are lost.
Ha!
Use their language against them!
Not sure why she should worry what others say. Non-Christians are often idiots that don’t believe in anything more than the dollar and whatever the New York Times and MSNBC say. But Christianity is about faith. God can question how good you are. But others have no right or ability to judge.
Thanks for the link.
I never heard of her.
What does she say about abortion?
What has this country devolved into?
Fear not. There WILL be. Some. Ignore them. And remember they are people Jesus died for, too.
This says it all: “So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 10:32
Evidently, she gets it.
She should ask Obama if he believes this.
Today she is “coming out” as a “Christian.”
Right.
A full blown lefty Christian. Undoubtedly she believes in gay marriage and abortion. She is probably one of those “Christians”.
We need some research on this one. Not everyone who says “Lord Lord......”
Christianity and progressivism...oil and water.
Good news!
My impression is that salvation can come in a moment. How that changes your political world view takes longer... bu it will change it over time. Its inevitable.
Your politics rest upon a moral foundation that in turn rests upon a spiritual one. Changing at the level of your soul will have moral and eventually political implications, but the political ones come slowly, over time, as your spirit is refashioned and as that works its way into your practical life.
In a church that is growing fast, its not unusual to see Obama stickers in the parking lot, because people don’t change their politics over night. But once you have accepted Christ, once the Holy Spirit has begun to work in and around you, and once you have accepted that there are eternal principles, it is inevitable that your life will change and as that changes, you will see changes in how you see politics. Thats not just true of Democrats, its true of Republicans and whatever else may be your political persuasion. Its not hard to see the difference between Repubs who believe in eternal principles and those who don’t, for instance.
That still doesn’t mean you will see things politically the way every other Christian does, but you will definitely see them differently than you did before.
I think that killing a fatted calf is an appropriate response.
Have you accepted Jesus as your Savior? Look at Christianity as a way of life rather than a religion.
Church is not a rest home for saints; church is a hospital for sinners.
I accept her story of her acceptance of Jesus Christ as her savior. She is AT THE BEGINNING of her journey and, I think, she realizes that. We need to realize it as well, especially before we start critiquing and finding fault with what she has written in her “coming out” testimony.
I did think that her ‘coming out’ and possible acceptance of Jesus came when she moved out of Washington: “The only place where my spirituality feels volatile is in my professional life; the only time I’ve ever felt uncomfortable talking about my faith is when it comes up in conversation with colleagues.”
“It does come up: Since leaving Washington, I have made my life over and I am happier, freer, and healthier in body and spirit and apparently it shows. When people ask me, “What changed?” or, “How did you do it?” or, sometimes, with nervous humor, “Tell me your secret!” I have a litany of concrete lifestyle changes I can give them—simply leaving Washington is near the top of the list—but the honest answer would be this: I try, every day, to give my will and my life over to God. I try to be like Christ. I get down on my knees and pray.”
Thus I say, our Lord’s blessings to you Ana Marie Cox on the beginning of your journey.
You are right about worrying on that score, Ana Marie. Any little misstep (or perceived misstep) on your part will have the Christian-haters all over you.
Thanks for the post, very interesting to read. It sounds like she has been on a spiritual journey and is starting to see the Light :-) I am happy to read this and hope she continues studying His Word and learning more about the Christian walk. There is such joy and peace of living in obedience and I wish that for her future. Regarding her politics, it sounds as if she is genuinely seeking a relationship with Christ and that can only lead her further to the right.
I pray for her and that others in the progressive media take the same path she is on....
By their fruits we shall know them. Obola’s fruits are pretty obviously not Christian. Hope this woman is different.