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 Born again - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The idea of born again carries with it the theological idea that a Christian is a new creation, given a fresh start by the action of God, freed from a sinful past life and able to begin a new life in relationship with the Holy Spirit.
To be born again in Christianity is synonymous with spiritual rebirth and, in many denominational traditions, salvation.
Born again is a term used primarily in Evangelical Protestantism, where it is associated with salvation, conversion and spiritual rebirth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Born-again_Christian   (629 words)

  
 List of born-again Christian laypeople - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, people who self-identify as a "born-again Christian" usually intend to indicate that they have undergone a particular kind of conversion to the Christian faith, often reported to be an emotionally intense "personal" encounter with Jesus Christ, accompanied by a dramatic change in their pattern of living.
The following well-known individuals have, at some point, identified themselves as "born again." According to Christian Evangelical doctrine, Christianity requires believers to "be born again", as Jesus is cited as saying in John 3:1-5.
Not all Christians agree on the meaning of being born-again (the term is generally only widely used by Evangelicals); this list does not imply that those so listed are universally recognized as such by other Christians, nor that those Christians not listed are not Christians.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Born-again_Christian_Laypeople   (1111 words)

  
 sciforums.com - Study: The Born Again Christian
I have seen born again ministers praising God and the miracles of God, of turning people against the evils of the world, of demonstrating how some people can find God.
The "man-child" was born from a womb or volva and its gestation and parturition was as much a part of the female worshipper as the birth of a human baby required the active participation of the mother and midwife.
Well Christianity DOES use scare tactics to get people to believe in it (I.E. if you don't follow "god's word" you are sent to hell for torture for all eternity), so someone with a weak enough mind could be scared stiff from something like that.
www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=40103   (2896 words)

  
 What Is A Born-Again Christian?
Every genuine Christian is a born-again Christian, and once a person has been born again he can never lose this divine life within him.
Only thus can you be born again to be a Christian, a Christ-man, an adherent of Jesus Christ, full of life, joy, peace, rest, purpose, and fulfillment in God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~thetruth/tracts/13born.html   (1607 words)

  
 What does it mean to be a born again Christian?
New birth, being born again, is an act of God whereby eternal life is imparted to the person who believes (2 Corinthians 5:17; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 John 2:29; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1-4, 18).
John 1:12,13 indicates that "born again" also carries the idea "to become children of God" through trust in the name of Jesus Christ.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
www.gotquestions.org /born-again.html   (696 words)

  
 About Christ
For a man to be born again means for man to be born by the Spirit of God, as a baby spirit if you will, the reverse of what Jesus did in coming to earth.
The difference is the Christians believe Jesus is their redemption and love God, they try to align their lives to do God's will, while non Christians either do not believe the whole story or they may believe in God but do little in the way of trying to obey His will.
Christians are Jesus' followers, those who hope in His coming Kingdom and believe the simple yet miraculous, far fetched story.
www.kingsingles.com /aboutchrist.htm   (1479 words)

  
 Hal Lindsey : Father of Apocalyptic Christian Zionism
The Significance of Hal Lindsey to Christian Zionism
Christian Zionists clearly see the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 as highly significant, signalling the end of 2000 years of exile.
The answer is again, it seems to this writer, obvious, Ezekiel once again passes 'the test of a prophet'.
www.virginiawater.co.uk /christchurch/articles/hallindsey.HTM   (15314 words)

  
 The New Life Mission - Free Christian Books and eBooks for You!
The works of salvation that make us be born again of water and the Spirit began with the birth of Jesus, and as He washed away the sins of the world by receiving His baptism from John the Baptist, the representative of humanity, in the Jordan River.
Being born again is not just quitting one's sinful life and beginning a new life after believing in Jesus, as most people think.
In the baptism of Jesus is hidden the mystery of the remission of sin, the mystery of being born of water and the Spirit.
www.bjnewlife.org   (638 words)

  
 Born Again: The Doctrine of Effectual Calling
All are born again in precisely the same way, by the sovereign and mysterious operation of the Holy Spirit within the soul.
People are not born again as a result of something they do, but solely on the basis of God's sovereign will and power.
The word by which we are born again is not the Bible, nor the gospel, but the spoken voice, the creative fiat of God.
www.sovgrace.net /born.htm   (8005 words)

  
 WCC - Born Again Christian
The born again experience is supernaturally accomplished by God as a result of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Word of God being planted in a human life.
We are born again by the imperishable seed of the "living and enduring word of God" (1 Peter 1:23).
I have heard sincere individuals describe the born again experience this way: "When a person is deeply moved by the grandeur of a mountain or the awe of a sunset or a majestic work of art, this is the born again experience." Not so!
www.woodbridgechurch.org /born_christian.html   (1845 words)

  
 sciforums.com - How does a born again Christian unborn himself?
To describe someone as a born-again Christian is, technically speaking, to be guilty of redundancy.
M*W: All of creation is "born again -- first by the amniotic fluid that surrounded us in the womb -- second by the fire of wisdom -- fire meaning "light" as in enLIGHTenment.
Christians would have none of this and branded it heresy because of the doctrine of predestination.
www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=37952   (1495 words)

  
 Born-again Christian quotes & quotations
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Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around"
en.thinkexist.com /quotes/with/keyword/born-again_christian   (104 words)

  
 Jeffrey Dahmer: Born Again Fundamentalist Christian
Jeffrey Dahmer is the son of a Born Again Fundamentalist (Church of Christ) father.
Jeffrey's Born Again Fundamentalist home life led him to feel he could not acknowledge his homosexuality to his Fundamentalist father, and instead he developed an intense hatred of himself and of other gay men.
He has become a Born Again Fundamentalist, baptized by a minister of the Church of Christ.
www.holysmoke.org /hs00/dahmer.htm   (1867 words)

  
 The Bible is very clear on the necessity of a person being "Born Again" if they are to receive eternal life
Prior to being Born Again, the "natural man", as the Bible calls him, (a lost person), cannot understand the Bible because it is spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14).
You see, a Christian obtains a new spiritual nature by the New Birth, but he does not get rid of the old nature he was born with.
Again, those who habitually absent themselves from God's house and do not make it clear that they love being around God's children, are very likely to be tares and not wheat.
www.cuttingedge.org /news/salvation.html   (3691 words)

  
 Ye Must Be Born Again
When our Lord declares, "Ye must be born again," he is saying you must be the object and recipient of divine power.
These days, almost everyone talks about being born again; but virtually no one knows what the Word of God teaches about the new birth.
Second, it means, "You must be born a second time." Your first birth was of sinful parents, and you were born in their image.
bornagain.net   (961 words)

  
 Movable Theoblogical: What Born-Again Christian DONT believe that?
It is recognized among "dissenting Christians" (those who are not only NOT Bush supporters, but actively opposing his policies and decpetions) that nowadays, "Born again Christian" in this context is frought with "the media-induced sense" of the phrase.
This is the closest Keillor came to explaining his understanding of born-again Christians who vote:
Jesus Politics is an anthology of readings and some commentary related to the political influence of Christianity from the Christian Right to the Jesus Left.
theoblogical.org /movtyp/archives/003649.html   (446 words)

  
 Born Again Christian
Being born again is not one option among many for those who want to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Peter says we are born again, not by corruptible seed, but by incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever.
You are not born again just by believing or just by expressing your faith; you must obey the gospel to be saved.
www.fortunecity.com /skyscraper/compaq/1446/id43.htm   (2884 words)

  
 born-again Christian. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
The expression recalls words of Jesus in the Gospels: “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (See evangelical.)
‡ In nonreligious contexts, someone who is “born again” has a new enthusiasm for doing something.
A Christian who has experienced a distinct, dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus, especially a member of certain Protestant groups that stress this experience.
www.bartleby.com /59/5/bornagainchr.html   (159 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - His mission: Seek and ye shall find oil
Like their boss, they also are born-again Christians, but they say there is science to support their faith in the project.
Other Christian evangelicals who have rallied to Israel's cause view the prophesied oil as a potential weapon in the Jewish state's battle against hostile neighbors.
Many Christian evangelicals from America are ardent political supporters of Israel and active in trying to convert Jews to Christianity in preparation for what they believe will be the return of Jesus Christ and the end of the world.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-05-18-israel-oil_x.htm   (1281 words)

  
 Born Again
We don’t move from being “baby” Christians to being “adolescent” Christians to being “born again” Christians by learning to speak the right religious language, or to believe the right doctrines, or to behave in what someone else determines is the appropriate manner.
Having that “born again” experience doesn’t mean that we don’t still have a good deal of the old self in us, or that we don’t have a lot of growing and changing yet to do.
Given the frequency with which the phrase “born again” is used in some religious circles today, it may surprise you to know that it occurs only once in the Bible—and even there it’s not always translated that way.
www.lotc.org /lounge/sermon/born_again.html   (2055 words)

  
 Guided Bible studies for hungry Christians
Popular Bible studies challenge born again Christian students to focus on scripture rather than doctrine, to enrich, renew and enlighten the followers of Jesus Christ.
To enter into the spiritual life of a Christian, and to accept the opportunity to go immediately to heaven and escape the grave, a person must die and be buried with Christ to receive redemption for his sins.
It is imperative that when a Christian sins, that the sin is acknowledged within themselves and to Jesus Christ as a morally evil act.
www.guidedbiblestudies.com   (2814 words)

  
 ARE YOU REALLY "SAVED" AND "BORN AGAIN?"
Becoming born again is the second part of spiritual life in Christ and perhaps the more painful part for most, though eternally more rewarding, the Bible promises.
Becoming "born again" can be likened to the lifecycle of a beautiful rose (or any other beautiful flower or fruit tree, if you will).
Children of God (saved, born again people who are serious about desiring to be pleasing to God) do everything in their power.
www.precious-testimonies.com /Exhortations/a-e/AreYouReallySaved.htm   (6607 words)

  
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Of that percentage, many Christian singles are vitally concerned with being equally yolked with a "born again or saved" mate.
It gets confusing when you take into consideration that there are born again (saved) Christians across many denominations.
According to the 2001 USA Census Bureau, the total Christian population was 76.7%.
www.finders-seekers.com   (414 words)

  
 fUSION Anomaly. Christianity As A Meme
Classically, christianity have used the bait of salvation (freedom from fear, personal happiness and prosperity, spiritual fulfilment, eternal life or union with god have all been promoted at various time) combined with the threat of damnation to promote interest and infection.
The claim is common among the country's fundamentalist Christians, but it is so ignorant of actual history one wonders whether it should not be taken as another serious indictment of American public education.
This is however just the explicit bait, it appears likely that many christian movements have been spread by implicit factors such as a sense of belonging, social conformity and a consistent world-view.
fusionanomaly.net /christianityasameme.html   (3900 words)

  
 Are Catholics Born Again?
For it is not written, ‘Unless a man be born again by the will of his parents’ or ‘by the faith of those presenting him or ministering to him,’ but, ‘Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit’ [John 3:5].
Regeneration (being "born again") is the transformation from death to life that occurs in our souls when we first come to God and are justified.
Evangelicals claim that one is born again at the first moment of faith in Christ.
www.catholic.com /library/are_catholics_born_again.asp   (2026 words)

  
 The BACPage - The Born Again Christian Page
"I tell you the truth no can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again.
The Christian, and/or organizations mentioned through writings, publication, links, and or graphics are not necessarily affiliated with, nor do they necessarily endorse the BACPage or it's content.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
www.bacpage.org   (721 words)

  
 The Abundant Christian Life Of Revival And Personal Ministry
Jesus died that we can be saved from our sins and Jesus wants His church, the born again believers, to experience a spiritual awakening.
You are invited to join along with millions of your Christian brothers and sisters...
Yes, there is a way to experience a true spiritual revival, to have a rewarding personal ministry, to be an effective witness for Christ and to share your Christian testimony with the assurance that it will be favorably received.
www.answersandmore.org   (1081 words)

  
 Is Jane Fonda really a born-again Christian?
In January, news stories from CNN and World Net Daily reported that Jane Fonda had separated from billionaire husband Ted Turner and that Fonda's born-again Christianity was at the root of the split.
Hollywood Christian leader Ted Baehr called upon Christians to pray for Turner and Fonda.
Ted Turner hates Christians and his wife becomes one.
vikingphoenix.com /news/stn/2000/stn2000-024.htm   (471 words)

  
 Born Again Radio
Born Again Radio is Internet radio that streams a wide variety of today's best contemporary Christian pop, rock, and worship music.
Born Again Radio is the flagship radio station for this daily feature.
Born Again Radio is licensed under provisions of the
www.bornagainradio.com   (934 words)

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