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What Does It Mean to be Born Again?
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Episode Outline:
– Introducing born-again Christianity and Bart’s background
– Bart’s experience becoming born again as a teenager
– What it means to “ask Jesus into your heart”
– Accepting Christ as Lord and Savior
– Born again Christianity versus baptism
– Why being born again matters to evangelicals
– John 3 and the origin of the phrase “born again”
– The Greek meaning: born again or born from above?
– When being born again became central to evangelical practice
– Once saved, always saved?
– Would Jesus or early Christians have recognized this idea?
Episode Description
Today on Misquoting Jesus, we’re talking about what "born-again" means, how a born-again Christian considers themselves different to other Christians, and what Jesus would have thought about the whole thing. As a former born-again Christian, Dr. Bart Ehrman is here to explain all of this and more!
Also watch these episodes:
Did Jesus Really Believe He Was the Messiah?
https://youtu.be/VF8k8Tg7rF4
Why Did Paul Convert? Did He Convert?
Why Did Paul Convert? Did He Convert?
Five Things Bart Got Wrong as an Evangelical Christian
https://youtu.be/bDnYL3jFcbM
– Introducing born-again Christianity and Bart’s background
– Bart’s experience becoming born again as a teenager
– What it means to “ask Jesus into your heart”
– Accepting Christ as Lord and Savior
– Born again Christianity versus baptism
– Why being born again matters to evangelicals
– John 3 and the origin of the phrase “born again”
– The Greek meaning: born again or born from above?
– When being born again became central to evangelical practice
– Once saved, always saved?
– Would Jesus or early Christians have recognized this idea?
Episode Description
Today on Misquoting Jesus, we’re talking about what "born-again" means, how a born-again Christian considers themselves different to other Christians, and what Jesus would have thought about the whole thing. As a former born-again Christian, Dr. Bart Ehrman is here to explain all of this and more!
Also watch these episodes:
Did Jesus Really Believe He Was the Messiah?
https://youtu.be/VF8k8Tg7rF4
Why Did Paul Convert? Did He Convert?
Why Did Paul Convert? Did He Convert?
Five Things Bart Got Wrong as an Evangelical Christian
https://youtu.be/bDnYL3jFcbM
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