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Jesus talked to different people different ways. To the Pharisees, He said, "How can you escape the condemnation of hell?" To one or more unrepentant towns where He had done miracles, He said, "You will be thrust down to Hades." To the rich young ruler He said, 'Sell all that you have, and give...

I have written before various things like: I can't tell a fake conversion to Christ from a real one; It seems like there are layers of fantasy/imagination that have to be peeled through, with me, before I can get to the real Christ; Or conversely, there are layers of fantasy/imagination that...

"Lord Jesus, I'm afraid that to let you reign in my heart is something radically different than anything I have ever done or experienced before. I'm afraid that to be willing to let you reign, something has to change in me, which change I cannot seem to effect on my own."

Have you ever had one of those dreams wherein you know it's a dream and you decide you now want to wake-up, and then you "wake up," only to shortly realize you're still in the dream, and so you "wake up" again, then wonder if you're really awake, and so you "wake up" again, and it takes upwards...

Theoretically, if I knew I was going to heaven, i would be willing to die for Jesus. I don't know about willing to be tortured, but to die a quick and painless death? Yes. But I understand "taking up the cross" to be something to be done on a daily, moment-by-moment basis. Voluntarily dying to...

I vary back and forth from proclaiming the gospel and wondering how can one obey it. I believe the gospel but find, sometimes at least, it impossible to be willing to live it. As to taking up one's cross, I just read this somewhere: "...an active involvement in choosing to walk towards the...

If you are somewhat definable as an agnostic, then it looks like you are not yet fully convinced that the Bible is the Word of God. I used to accept that the Bible is "the word of God," but with a big grain of salt because it appeared science had disproven certain things in the Bible, such as...

This post could go just as well under "OCD" as under "Struggles by Non-Christians." When I first started hanging around Christians, several decades ago, one of them one time pointed out that I had a short attention span. While I think my ability to concentrate in general has improved since...

The last time I officially got saved was Monday (August 31st). Then, like on other occasions previous, I really tried to "look" at Christ and open the door of my heart. I came to understand I was saved for real. But between my OCD and my wondering about whether my Christianity is all in my head...

To VCR-2000 and everybody: VCR, I know what you mean when you say if you wanted to give up your freedom, you would move to some totalitarian country like China or North Korea. Freedom is important to conservative Americans. But the Bible, God's Word, defines freedom differently than American...

There have been movies made about the apostle Paul, including what I hear is a real good recent one. But if you do the life of Paul, you miss out on all the action in Acts chapters 1 - 12, which are about Peter and other disciples (also includes Paul's conversion). This includes Pentecost, the...

Idonjohn has been giving me well-targeted advice, that I'm seeking to be saved in the wrong way. I told him the other day that 'I know I'm saved,' but have since changed my mind. I am still seeking the Kingdom of Heaven. I'm attracted by Christians' talk of instant salvation, but am apparently...

For a person who does not know whether he is a Christian or not, I have long acknowledged the Bible to be the Word of God, literally. I used to believe in evolutionism, until I found out it is scientifically refutable. After changing my mind on biological evolutionism, I still believed in the...

Every time I start to take an approach that I've taken before, such as concentrating on "I stand at the door and knock, etc.," or saying I am now going to trust and surrender to Christ the way Paul did when he was converted, saying "Lord, what should I do?", I then quickly remember that I've...

I've read what you and everyone else has written. You must be the one who told me earlier that I am not trusting Christ for my salvation, but myself. I read (again and again) John R. Rice' sermon on How to Come to Jesus. Apparently, I still don't get it. I keep thinking I've become a Christian...

Hi. This is Bob8102. I forgot how to log on as Bob8102, so now I'm logging in as Robert8102. If you want to see what I've posted before, look at Bob8102. I can't tell a real conversion to Christ from a fake one. I can think I'm sincerely looking for Christ, and even think I've sincerely given...