conversion

I met a guy online through social media. I run a moderately popular account on Instagram where I post content about movies and TV shows. One day I had the conviction to use a TV character’s Christian faith as a way to talk about Jesus and to open up the floor for people to ask questions about...

Hi everyone! First time posting here. I'm not sure what to start with about myself, so I guess I'll talk briefly about my story, as someone who was not raised in the church. I first called on the the name of Christ in 2015 (at the age of 26) after a lifetime of being relatively indifferent to...

The Lord has enabled things to be much easier for me than last time. My mother is fine with my conversion, but something tells me I have to keep things to myself. I had a romantic dream followed by seeing the apostle paul. Later that day, I got in trouble with my mom for trying to initiate a...

Hello my brothers and sisters in Christ, I have a non-christian friend, who wants to convert, but his mother (an Atheist) and his grandmother (a catholic) don't want him to convert. He started asking me question about Jesus, differences between catholic, protestant and orthodox since September...

Hi everyone. I'm James, and after many years of serious occult practice I left it all behind and came to Jesus last year. Receiving his redemption was a wonderful blessing that I'm hugely grateful for, and I am enjoying getting to know Him and my faith more intimately every day. Because of the...

Dear Old Friends, It's been quite awhile since I've been here. My last life update post was in 2015 on OBOB. After that, I didn't post until now. Before that, I hadn't been active for about a decade. The people at OBOB and TAW were a central part of my online and religious experience during a...

Hello, I'm still young but I have been seeking for a religion almost my entire life. Until I was probably 11 or 12 I was a hardcore bonafide fedora-wearing Atheist. It's just because I was an ignorant immature kid. Then, I was super into Buddhism, trying to practice it in my everyday life; but...

Hi there, So this will seem very basic, like "of course" that's the way it is: who would have thought it would be any different - but for years I have laboured under the impression, that something far more complicated was at work. What am I talking about? I'm talking about just how much change...

I'm not trying to be controversial or posting this for debate but I was certainly surprised to read that Messianic "Rabbi does not believe that Gentiles can be converted to Jews. Neither does he encourage Gentiles to try to look like or try to become Jewish." He has changed so much lately. » FAQ

Does regeneration precede faith, or does faith precede regeneration? My position is that they occur together spontaneously, yet if you were to find an order it would be first regeneration then faith. I understand the moment of our conversion as the quickening of the soul, by the sole power of...

What's your background before becoming Orthodox? How many cradle Orthodox are here? I only know @Yeshua HaDerekh and @buzuxi02 Are you cradle @JohnTh ?

Hello there, :) Well, allow me to present myself. For privacy reasons, and because forums, I chose the nickname Joyeuse, which is the name of Charlamagne's sword. Anyways, I'm from Texas and I was raised Roman Catholic but in my teens (I'm 21 now) I left the church and became an atheist (it...

Good day, I had a few questions to any Christians. I recently have been having a change of heart and want to accept Christ as my saviour. I grew going to Catholic School, but I was never baptized, and my family wasn't overly religious (although my father occasionally would attend church)...

First of all, thanks for having me. Glad to be here and looking forward to interacting with you all more as the Lord permits. I'll just copy and paste my story so you know where I'm coming from, as far as my faith goes. I was raised in a Oneness church for the better part of my life and have...

I was raised in a Oneness church for the better part of my life and have faithfully attended for the past 15 years. My parents are the pastors there and I have served as the Worship Pastor and Director. I also preach and teach about 3-4x a month there (services are Tuesday [Bible Study], Friday...

This is a rocky journey. Being raised in a moderately authoritarian Christian household (eventually revealed to be hypocritical on the father’s side; he had numerous affairs which forever changed my faith) with slight Arminian leanings. Things seemed to go smooth with me and my Hebrew/Greek...

For the sake of a discussion, imagine that I (a confirmed atheist) have recently come to the conclusion that the Christian God probably does exist. At this stage of my theoretical conversion I have accepted the Nicene Creed as a broad statement of Christian belief. The problem I’m now faced...

What earthly difference does becoming a Christian make? Should conversion be transformative or is it ok to remain a hypocrit till the day Jesus makes us perfect? I ask this for 2 main reasons: 1) A few Christians I have met appear to have given up on the notion of effecting meaningful change...

The sermon at church today was really helpful to me personally as I have been dealing with doubts of my assurance in eternal life with Jesus Christ. The pastor went through 1 Thessalonians verses 1-4 listing out 11 signs of election and assurance that Paul points out. He said these are to...

I have been inspired by the story of Our Lady of the Miracle (see here: Ratisbonne and the Miraculous Medal) and have been wanting to try on quite a few people, including my mother, on this upcoming Feast of St. Monica. However, due the fact that I'm going through a dark time right now, I've...