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...born again event occurs when one accepts God's forgiveness for his sins through Christ's atonement on the cross. One then enters a new life, in which he relates to God and his associates in a spirit of love...
Steven Green, a member of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Watertown, converted from Judaism to Christianity after researching Christ's teachings. He says he knows God through being born again, in a way that is comparable to falling in love...
...calls someone who has a personal relationship with the historical Christ a born again Christian. This person accepts the New Testament vision of Christ as a pattern for his life. If followed carefully, a radical lifestyle can emerge. Some of the New Testament calls for change in the social order. Christ spoke in behalf of the oppressed and poor, the social outcasts. He was not a "corporation man" but a radical figure, Clauser says
...around," recalls Wright. Now he rises at 5:30 a.m. to read the Bible and pray. He joins fellow Christians in discussion groups and prayer sessions, including one he holds at his bank headquarters before work every Tuesday morning. Once reticent about his faith, he now talks freely about Christ to people he meets. "The Lord has blessed me," explains Wright, "and I want to share what has happened...
Evangelicals cut across racial and sectarian lines, dominating some bodies like the Southern Baptists and the Churches of Christ, acting as a counterweight in others, like the Methodists and Presbyterians. Southerners are the most churchgoing people in the nation, and from camp meeting through riverside baptisms to huge urban congregations, the tone and temper of Southern Protestantism is evangelical...