Conversion Quotes

• If conversion makes no improvements in a man's outward actions then I think his 'conversion' was largely imaginary.

  C. S. Lewis

  Men, Thinking, Action

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• We are not converted only once in our lives but many times and this endless series of conversions and inner revolutions leads to our transformation.

  Thomas Merton

  Revolution, Transformation, Endless

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• The great #‎ conversion called for by Jesus is to move from belonging to the world to belonging to God.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Moving, World

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.125, Image

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• Living a spiritual life requires a change of heart, a conversion. Such a conversion may be marked by a sudden inner change, or it can take place through a long, quiet process of transformation. But it always involves an inner experience of oneness.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Heart, Oneness

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2016). “The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen”, HarperCollins

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• Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.

  C. S. Lewis

  Blessed, Stories, Defeat

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.109, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There is a vast difference between intellectual belief and the total conversion that saves the soul.

  Billy Graham

  Christian, Differences, Soul

  Billy Graham (2009). “Graham 2in1 (Angels/Peace With God)”, p.178, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Conversion is a work above man's power... Never think you can convert yourself. If ever you would be savingly converted, you must despair of doing it in your own strength. It is a resurrection from the dead, a new creation, a work of absolute omnipotence... Conversion is a supernatural work.

  Joseph Alleine

  Men, Thinking, Omnipotence

  "Alarm to the Unconverted".

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• People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.

  Martin Luther

  Heart, People, Three

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• We are all sinners. We are called to a conversion of heart

  Pope Francis

  Heart, Sinner

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• Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects - and infects - every sphere of our living.

  Richard J. Foster

  Perfect, Spheres, Doe

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• I believe in conversion of mankind, not its destruction.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Believe, Men, Destruction

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

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• Because the truth of God is love, conversion to God is conversion to love.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  God Is Love, Conversation, Truth Of God

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• The evidence of conversion is not a decision card filled out, it's a life being lived out.

  Paul Washer

  Filled Out, Decision, Cards

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• The surest mark of true conversion is humility.

  J. C. Ryle

  Humility, Mark

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of Matthew”, p.190, Editora Dracaena

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• To see sin without grace is despair. To see grace without sin is arrogance. To see them in tandem is conversion.

  Max Lucado

  Grace, Arrogance, Despair

  Twitter post from Jul 20, 2014

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• Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation - and for me the most important part is listening to God's replies.

  Frank Laubach

  Faith, God, Christian

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• The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime.

  Alan Redpath

  Miracle, Soul, Saint

  Alan Redpath (2004). “The Making of a Man of God (Alan Redpath Library): Lessons from the Life of David”, p.6, Baker Books

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• It is a myth that man in his natural state is genuinely seeking God. Men do seek God. But they do not seek him for who he is. They seek him in a pinch as one who might preserve them from death or enhance their worldly enjoyments. Apart from conversion, no one comes to the light of God.

  John Piper

  Men, Light, Might

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• I gave up Christianity at about 14. Came back to it when getting on for 30. Not an emotional conversion; almost purely philosophical. I didn't want to. I'm not in the least a religious type. I want to be let alone, to feel I'm my own master; but since the facts seemed to be just the opposite, I had to give in.

  C. S. Lewis

  Religious, Philosophical, Emotional

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• Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of a testimony. Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion.

  David A. Bednar

  Essence, Knowing, Being True

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• God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner.

  Archibald Alexander

  Earth, Transactions, Sinner

  Archibald Alexander (1857). “Practical Truths”

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• If you love anything better than God you are idolaters: if there is anything you would not give up for God it is your idol: if there is anything that you seek with greater fervor than you seek the glory of God, that is your idol, and conversion means a turning from every idol.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Giving Up, Mean, Idols

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• A conversion is a lonely experience.

  Dorothy Day

  Lonely

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• It costs something to be a real Christian, according to the standard of the Bible. There are enemies to be overcome, battles to be fought, sacrifices to be made, an Egypt to be forsaken, a wilderness to be passed through, a cross to be carried, a race to be run. Conversion is not putting a person in an arm-chair and taking them easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.

  J. C. Ryle

  Christian, Running, Real

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• Where no visible fruit can be found, there you may be sure is no conversion.

  J. C. Ryle

  May, Fruit, Found

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Old Paths: Being Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity”, p.240, Ravenio Books

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