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Becoming a Christian...
Your bridge to salvation, peace, mercy
Do you sometimes wonder, "Is this all there is to life?"....Or feel lost or alone or fearful.  Are you trying to
overcome bad habits, even addictions?  Do you feel guilty or ashamed of things you've done?  Are you just fed
up with the apparent meaninglessness of your everyday life?  Are your days or nights filled with worry and woe?
 Are you a good person but know that's not really enough?  Are you wounded, bitter, angry, or can't let go of
the past?  Do you have questions our culture can't answer? Do you need to be accepted? Do you need
friends?
Every one of us at His Friends Christian Community had the same experiences.  We all found that  becoming a
Christian, accepting Jesus, is the answer.  
What is that thick book the Bible actually about?  The main theme of
the Bible and of Christianity is God's love for you.  God's love was
revealed when His son, Jesus, came to us as a real person, lived a
sinless life, died on the cross and rose from the dead.  Because
Jesus died, your sins and mine can be forgiven.  Because He
conquered death, we can have eternal life.
For God so loved the world that he sent his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal
life...John 3:16
This free gift of forgiveness and life cannot be yours unless you
willingly and deliberately accept it.  God requires each of us to
make an individual, personal choice.
The next step in becoming a Christian is to repent of our sins.  The
root of the word repent means to turn off of one path and take
another.  Sin is an ancient archery term; it means to miss the target
altogether.  Each of us individually needs to turn from the dead path
of missing life's target and take the satisfying path of living with
Jesus.
Sometimes these two steps aren't easy.  Please don't feel you have
to do this alone.  We at His Friends or any Christian friend or
acquaintance, or the people at any church can help you.  Its
important to talk with and pray with Christian people.
What next?  Once you've gotten acquainted with Christian people,
made the decision to accept God's love through Jesus, and
repented, there are several things you should do make Christianity
a reality in your life:
*Be baptized.  Its a sacred act acknowledging your new faith.
*Participate in organized Bible study and worship services so you
can learn and grow as a new person.
*Hang out with Christian people; you all will help each other stay on
the right path.
*Serve other people with kindness and share the good news of
Jesus with them.
Do you have questions or
even objections about
becoming a Christian?

Do you need to talk to or
pray with someone?

Please don't hesitate to
contact us via email below.
 We'll pray for you and, if
you like contact you, to try
to help.
God bless you
hisfriendsorg@yahoo.com
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My personal testimony

I am the son and grandson of Old Regular Baptist pastors.  
Clearly I had an early, long, and in depth exposure to
Christianity; but it didn't somehow stick to me.  Due in large part
to the mistreatment and belittling of Appalachian people in
Cincinnatti, where I grew up, I developed a compulsion for
academic elitism and financial success to bolster self esteem.  I
achieved academic success in literature, history, social
sciences, and finance.  By age thirty-two, I was also a senior
officer at a large commercial bank... and my achievements were
meaningless.  Other than these successes my life was a mess.  
I was separated from family, had only one friend I trusted, had a
career I viewed as exploitative, and was on anti-depressant
medication that seemed to miss the point.
Having rejected Christianity early on, I tried everything else.  
Psychiatry made me depressed, group therapy annoyed me.  
New age spiritualism struck me as silly. Eastern religions
scared me.  Things got worse.  Eventually, I was alone,
promiscuous but bored, and miserable.  
For several years, I had been visiting a small bookstore, St.
Elmo's, on the south side of Pittsburgh where I lived at the
time.  St. Elmo's specialized in religion, history, philosphy and
so forth.  I had become acquainted with the owner.  Early on
Saturday morning, I asked him, "How did you decide to name
your store St. Elmo's?"  He said, "St. Elmo is the patron saint of
all of us who are lost."  I started to cry--felt stupid but couldn't
help it.  I said, "I'm lost."
At this point he stepped to one of the book racks, took a book,
and threw it into my bag without charging me.  He said, "You're
found now."
When I got home, I saw that he had given me a New Testament.
"Why not?" I thought and began to read.  As I read the Sermon
on the Mount, I thought, "What a great teacher Jesus was; what
a great moral philosopher."  Then I read the miracles in Mark, "I
can't explain it; Jesus must have been some kind of holy man."  
Then I read at the end of Luke, the episode in which a sinful
woman interrupts Jesus' meal with a religious scholar to wash
his feet with her tears.  In the end, Jesus forgives her sins
which were many.  Without thinking or intending to, I said
aloud, "This book is true." In that truth saying moment, I
accepted Jesus and felt a huge rush of relief and hope.  My
life's not perfect now; but I have hope, community, and a friend
I trust.
If you need to discuss becoming a Christian, or just have
questions, feel free to contact me hisfriendsorg@yahoo.com
I have never regretted becoming a Christian for
a single moment.  You won't either.