Fox News' Highly Reluctant Jesus Follower
[Fox News'
Highly Reluctant Jesus Follower:
Of all people surprised that I
became an evangelical Christian, I'm
the most surprised by
Kirsten Powers] "Just seven years
ago, if someone had told me that I'd
be writing for Christianity Today
magazine about how I came to believe
in God, I would have laughed out
loud. If there was one thing in
which I was completely secure, it
was that I would never adhere to any
religion—especially to evangelical
Christianity, which I held in
particular contempt.
I grew up in the Episcopal Church in
Alaska, but my belief was
superficial and flimsy. It was
borrowed from my archaeologist
father, who was so brilliant he
taught himself to speak and read
Russian. When I encountered doubt, I
would fall back on the fact that he
believed.
Leaning on my father's faith got me
through high school. But by college
it wasn't enough, especially because
as I grew older he began to confide
in me his own doubts. What little
faith I had couldn't withstand this
revelation. From my early 20s on, I
would waver between atheism and
agnosticism, never coming close to
considering that God could be
real..." Full text:
Fox News' Highly Reluctant Jesus
Follower
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "I rarely watch Faux News, but do recall from the past that this blonde haired-brown eyed beauty was a raving liberal."
I had noticed her moving to the right (Eccl 10:2, Jn 10:10).
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Kirsten Powers doesn't refer to herself as a "Jesus follower". That is what the title of the article says. She considers herself a Christian."
She wrote the article.
"...As for the title of the article I have no doubt it was titled by someone else...You are welcome."
I heard her interviewed on radio today. She was praised by the interviewer for her article. She did not correct him. She said that the dream may have been just a dream or something more. She wasn't sure.
