Excerpt from Conversion and Religious Experience
This treatise on Conversion and Religious Experience is the outgrowth of a special sermon preached about two years ago to the members and friends of my congregation on the general subject of salvation and religious experience. The request was made at that time that the sermon be put in writing and published for general distribution. An effort was made to carry out the wishes of friends, but lack of time prevented the completion of the task while the interest in the subject was fresh. Delays and postponements have been frequent since then, and it is only recently that time and strength seemed available to carry the unfinished work through to completion.
During the last few months I have taken the opportunity of preaching three different sermons on the following phases of the subject under consideration: I. Conversion as a Radical Change; 2. Conversion through Christian Culture; 3. The Varieties of Religious Experience. In these discourses I endeavored to show that for the confirmed sinner a radical transformation in con version was necessary, as shown by the Bible and human experi ence, but that for the child of Christian parentage and Christian surroundings a process of gradual growth and development through Christian culture was the normal one and the one to be aimed at. I also endeavored to show why there is such a large variety of religious experience during the process of moral te construction and to point out the essential and the non - essential elements in Christian experience. The thoughts presented in the spoken discourses are somewhat elaborated in this treatise and reenforced and substantiated by frequent quotations from the works of the best modern writers on the subject. The form of the sermon has, therefore, largely given place to the method of treatment found most convenient in the tract or the printed book.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book is a treatise on conversion, or radical change. The author examines various biblical understandings of the "new life" and salvation. Through terms like "ceasing to do evil and learning to do well," "putting off the old man and putting on the new," and "crucifixion and resurrection," the book describes the turning point from conscious sin to spiritual life. The author places great emphasis on Christ's view of repentance, highlighting the need for a genuine change of heart and purpose rather than a mere outward change. The book also explores the notion of conversion as a new birth, as well as the idea of spiritual life coming from above. The author draws parallels between the natural and spiritual birth and affirms that new spiritual life can be begotten by the operations of the Holy Spirit and even through the influence of one spirit-filled life upon another. Using the parable of the Prodigal Son as a case study, the book beautifully illustrates the concepts of sin and redemption, emphasizing God's willingness to forgive and the sinner's part in the reconciliation. The author concludes that conversion opens the doors to the spiritual life and heralds the entrance into God's eternal kingdom. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781330445020_0
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