Born again Christians, how did you rediscover Christianity?

**arkas** · 10-09-2018, 10:08 AM

I am curious to know because I am thinking about going back to Christianity.

Dicuss.

**arkas** · 11-03-2018, 11:58 PM

Bump

Are there none on this website??

**Loki** · 11-09-2018, 11:23 AM

Hi arkas,

Sorry! I haven't seen your thread until now.

You've come to the right place... both me and Thordis are born again Christians. We rediscovered Jesus last year -- in a very powerful and personal way -- and rededicated our lives to him. We haven't been the same since then. Our lives have been changed dramatically, for the better.

I would be honoured to discuss this with you, and if we can be of any help, we would be delighted.

God loves you, and wants a personal relationship with you... and I don't believe in coincidences.

**Catarinense1998** · 11-09-2018, 11:26 AM

I defeated a disease with the help of God, when I was 12 year old. I was blessed.

**arkas** · 11-09-2018, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by Loki

Hi arkas,

Sorry! I haven't seen your thread until now.

You've come to the right place... both me and Thordis are born again Christians. We rediscovered Jesus last year -- in a very powerful and personal way -- and rededicated our lives to him. We haven't been the same since then. Our lives have been changed dramatically, for the better.

I would be honoured to discuss this with you, and if we can be of any help, we would be delighted.

God loves you, and wants a personal relationship with you... and I don't believe in coincidences.

How exactly did you start believing again? I'm assuming you were an atheist before.

Originally Posted by Catarinense1998

I defeated a disease with the help of God, when I was 12 year old. I was blessed.

What disease did you have??

**Ayetooey** · 11-09-2018, 10:45 PM

I'm in a similar situation to you Arkas, also thinking of "coming back", interested to see the responses.

**Catarinense1998** · 11-10-2018, 02:08 AM

Originally Posted by arkas

How exactly did you start believing again? I'm assuming you were an atheist before.

What disease did you have??

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thro...openic_purpura

**Loki** · 11-10-2018, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by arkas

How exactly did you start believing again? I'm assuming you were an atheist before.

It was a process with me. I've been thinking about the meaning of life a lot until last year especially, and I took interest in topics such as the origin of life, evolution, history and prehistory. Essentially, for me it was a big search to find "the truth". I had a genuine and a strong desire to get to the bottom of things. I often asked mysef these questions: Why am I here? What am I? How did humans get here? Is there a God? Is there a creator? If not, how did we get here, how did life begin? I had an urge to find the source of knowledge, searching out hidden knowledge and wisdom. That led me to read books, watch a lot of YouTube videos, chatted with other people, etc.

So... one day I was watching this video about our origins, and it was really interesting... looking at things like science, astronomy, etc... but to my annoyance, this video had a Christian slant... and it turned out that the video creator was a Christian. That actually disturbed me... since I was an atheist and did not want to believe in God! So I was troubled by this. And this led to me thinking, "what if this guy is right.. and God really is real, and we really are his creation... and that is our origin? What if everything I've been believing in (i.e. views on prehistory, evolution, etc) were totally wrong and misguided?" So I started thinking along these lines, and you know... suddenly things just began to make sense to me! It was as if a light was shining into my soul... and it was as if I KNEW that there was a God, and that HE is the answer to all my questions! And that I had to return to him, and re-dedicate my life to him. And that's exactly what I did... I took a step of faith, and I placed my life, my everything... into God's hands... and I asked him to come into my life and change me for the better, for his glory and purpose, and to make me understand my purpose in this life.

You know what? God answered my prayer... and within a short space of time, my thinking was radically altered, I had a new-found faith within me, which was God-given, and peace and joy gradually started flowing back into my life. I was very grateful to God for giving me another chance in life... and I shared my experience with Thordis... and then she also gave her life to Jesus. The rest is history.

**Loki** · 11-10-2018, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by ayetooey

I'm in a similar situation to you Arkas, also thinking of "coming back", interested to see the responses.

Come back to God, brother.

It is time.

**arkas** · 11-10-2018, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by Loki

It was a process with me. I've been thinking about the meaning of life a lot until last year especially, and I took interest in topics such as the origin of life, evolution, history and prehistory. Essentially, for me it was a big search to find "the truth". I had a genuine and a strong desire to get to the bottom of things. I often asked mysef these questions: Why am I here? What am I? How did humans get here? Is there a God? Is there a creator? If not, how did we get here, how did life begin? I had an urge to find the source of knowledge, searching out hidden knowledge and wisdom. That led me to read books, watch a lot of YouTube videos, chatted with other people, etc.

So... one day I was watching this video about our origins, and it was really interesting... looking at things like science, astronomy, etc... but to my annoyance, this video had a Christian slant... and it turned out that the video creator was a Christian. That actually disturbed me... since I was an atheist and did not want to believe in God! So I was troubled by this. And this led to me thinking, "what if this guy is right.. and God really is real, and we really are his creation... and that is our origin? What if everything I've been believing in (i.e. views on prehistory, evolution, etc) were totally wrong and misguided?" So I started thinking along these lines, and you know... suddenly things just began to make sense to me! It was as if a light was shining into my soul... and it was as if I KNEW that there was a God, and that HE is the answer to all my questions! And that I had to return to him, and re-dedicate my life to him. And that's exactly what I did... I took a step of faith, and I placed my life, my everything... into God's hands... and I asked him to come into my life and change me for the better, for his glory and purpose, and to make me understand my purpose in this life.

You know what? God answered my prayer... and within a short space of time, my thinking was radically altered, I had a new-found faith within me, which was God-given, and peace and joy gradually started flowing back into my life. I was very grateful to God for giving me another chance in life... and I shared my experience with Thordis... and then she also gave her life to Jesus. The rest is history.

Thank you for sharing this with me, sounds like quite a journey, did you seek atonement for your sins during your atheist days?

Is the video that changed you on Youtube? Can you post it here, please.