Helpul Article on Conversion

I recently wrote an article on Spurgeon and his conversion... It is probably a great idea to point out that not all conversion happens the same way. People are drawn to the cross in all sorts of different ways. God is creative in his calling of men and women.

But, I would say that conviction of sin is a great place to start and praying for conversion would be a great thing for seekers to begin.

An article was just posted on conversion here. Here is a quote from that article by Jonathon Dodson.

Gospel change in some cultures is more gradual than instantaneous. The American Evangelical tradition of “deep consciousness of personal sin followed by a sense of joyous liberation” is not common to all cultures. Missionaries labored for years before they saw a single conversion, and even then, the conversions were sometimes very different than what they expected. Cultures that are more communal experience conversion differently that cultures that are highly individualistic. In many African and Asian cultures, conversions come in pairs or families instead of by single individuals. Not all gospel change happens identically, especially across cultures.

...Like the former missionaries, we must reconfigure our understanding and expectation of how people undergo gospel change and how disciples are made. We must be more open to “process conversions” while also guiding that process toward full commitment to Jesus as Lord. Our goal should not be to replicate our personal conversion experience, but to preach the gospel effectively so that we can make disciples in the emerging post-Christian context. We must heed the failures of the past and call people, not to our experience of conversion, but to the experience of the Spirit’s converting, whatever that process may entail.

Also, John Piper recently wrote a book called Finally Alive that you can get here. I listened to the sermons that the book is based on and it was extremely helpful in my understanding of conversion.