The Unexpected Journey: Conversations with People Who Turned from Other Beliefs to Jesus
The Unexpected Journey Conversations with People Who Turned from Other Beliefs to Jesus Dramatic first-person accounts of how non-Christians, agnostics, and atheists who believed strongly in other gods came to faith in Christ. Despite the failures and foibles of the church in reaching out with the gospel, thoughtful people from all sorts of backgrounds and beliefs still turn from other faiths to follow Jesus. Thom Rainer and his wife, Nellie Jo, personally interviewed Christians who once followed the paths of Mormonism, Judaism, Hinduism, atheism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Wicca, agnosticism, Buddhism, Islam, Unitarianism, New Ageism, and even Satanism. The Unexpected Journeyuses a flowing, conversational format to tell twelve fascinating conversion stories. Speaking in the first person, the interviewees share the struggles, hurdles, and open doors God used to bring them from other faiths to Christianity. With respectful honesty, they share both their good and bad experiences with Christians and churches and how those encounters influenced their journey to faith. Each chapter includes not only the individual’s story, but also a section highlighting and explaining their former non-Christian belief system. Study questions at the end of the chapters enable groups to use the book to gain insights into evangelism and the variety of spiritual journeys that people travel on today. The Unexpected Journeyreveals how the Lord works through Christians in order to bring all types of people into the kingdom of God no matter what path they are on.