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====== History: Your and My Journey to Faith ... ====== | ====== History: Your and My Journey to Faith ... ====== | ||
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in some wars in the past. Why should it be exciting to learn about some emperors who lived 800 years | in some wars in the past. Why should it be exciting to learn about some emperors who lived 800 years | ||
ago? I did not have any access to these things. No, history was not my concern. Also, Christian | ago? I did not have any access to these things. No, history was not my concern. Also, Christian | ||
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I looked deeper into faith during the last three years of German high-school education, even | I looked deeper into faith during the last three years of German high-school education, even | ||
did my final exams in theology. I could repeat the theories of modern theological schools. But I did | did my final exams in theology. I could repeat the theories of modern theological schools. But I did | ||
- | not understand who God should be. I could not grasp his truth or whatever | + | not understand who God should be. I could not grasp his truth or what these theories could really |
- | mean. | + | |
Looking back, of course I have been in contact with Christianity. And some people had their personal | Looking back, of course I have been in contact with Christianity. And some people had their personal | ||
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if he exists, I want to get to know him. | if he exists, I want to get to know him. | ||
- | I know that in the weeks after this prayer, I suddenly got to know various Christian house groups. | + | In the weeks after this prayer, I suddenly got to know various Christian house groups. |
Before that, I had never attended Christian bible study groups - after confirmation at the age | Before that, I had never attended Christian bible study groups - after confirmation at the age | ||
of about 14 years. But now, I realized that there are various student groups studying the bible. | of about 14 years. But now, I realized that there are various student groups studying the bible. | ||
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this faith step is much more than just an abstract acceptance of some truth. It is a personal | this faith step is much more than just an abstract acceptance of some truth. It is a personal | ||
involvement with God through Jesus. | involvement with God through Jesus. | ||
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+ | My personal journey to faith was characterized by helpful other students, who were ready to | ||
+ | explain their idea about Christian faith to me. And then the biblical books talked to me directly. | ||
+ | I started to understand. First, there were only parts here and there, which suddenly made sense | ||
+ | to me. I continued to read the book, study it chapter by chapter. And more and more if it became | ||
+ | clear. The whole book did not look gray any more, but it seemed to be full of light, full of | ||
+ | life. I will tell much more about this, about the experience which followed this time of search | ||
+ | and study. | ||
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+ | Today I can say that I have been a Christian believer for many years, and also my relationship to | ||
+ | history as well has completely changed. Reading about God and his journey with mankind has become | ||
+ | a fascinating daily exercise to me, and the whole history of mankind became extremely exciting | ||
+ | with my own love to and involvement with her, who is loved so deeply by the eternal God and Saviour. | ||
(Roland Potthast) | (Roland Potthast) | ||
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