Views from an Evangelist

Conversion. The relationship between conversion and mission is foundational to missiology, because the conversion of sinners is central to the fulfillment of the Great Commission. In one sense, the goal of the mission—conversion—is simple. But understanding the process of conversion is a complex missiological subject. We must analyze the concept of conversion from three perspectives: … More Conversion – Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions

Conversion 1. By God. 1 Ki 18:37; Joh 6:44; Ac 21:19. 2. By Christ. Ac 3:26; Ro 15:18. 3. By the power of the Holy Spirit. Pr 1:23. 4. Is of grace. Ac 11:21, 23. 5. Follows repentance. Ac 3:19; 26:20. 6. Is the result of faith. Ac 11:21. 7. Through the instrumentality of a. … More Conversion – R.A. Torrey

Conversion—the turning of a sinner to God (Acts 15:3). In a general sense the heathen are said to be “converted” when they abandon heathenism and embrace the Christian faith; and in a more special sense men are converted when, by the influence of divine grace in their souls, their whole life is changed, old things … More Conversion – Easton’s Bible Dictionary

conversion ■ noun 1 the process of converting or of being converted. ▶ Brit. a building that has been converted to a new purpose. ▶ Law the changing of real property into personalty, or of joint into separate property, or vice versa. 2 Rugby a successful kick at goal after a try. ▶ American Football … More Conversion – Concise Oxford English Dictionary

Conversion (ἐπιστρέφω, epistrephō, “change of mind”). In Judaism, refers to initiation into adherence to the Torah, especially by circumcision. In Christianity, refers to initiation into the Church of Christ, especially by baptism. In both, conversion refers to a turning from old ways to the practices of a new faith. Jewish Proselytism The conversion of a … More Conversion – The Lexham Bible Dictionary

CONVERSION I. Meaning of the word A turning, or returning, to God. The chief words for expressing this idea are, in the OT, šûḇ (translated in evv ‘turn’ or ‘return’), and, in the NT, strephomai (Mt. 18:3; Jn. 12:40: the middle voice expresses the reflexive quality of the action, cf. the French ‘se convertir)’; epistrephō … More Conversion – New Bible Dictionary

Conversion. Total change in one’s direction in life or moral orientation. For Christians this means a change from an orientation that does not take God into account to one in which the person is submitted to Christ. Conversion is the process of which repentance is the entrance and faith the new direction; the same Hebrew … More Conversion – Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

What is the source of the new birth of the soul of a man?  The resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Ephesians 1:19-20, “and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own … More Resurrection power is the reason

At the fall as it is recorded in Genesis 3 there were three immediate problems that needed to be repaired: Man was now separated from God. Man was unrighteous. Man was unable to communicate with God. Of course only God could repair this situation; however, part of the fruit of the fall is that man … More Three problems wth man and our God

These verses discuss the last days of The Apostle Paul’s trip to Rome.  Verses 1-10 recount the amazing power of God working through Paul in three instances: I. The snake bites Paul but Paul lives. [A snake bite is a reminder of Israel being bitten by snakes and Moses lifting up a pole with a … More Acts 28:1-16