I don't think I commit sins with higher-than-average frequency, but after
accumulating them for five decades, I could sure use a born-again experience.
Just a quick cleansing and a fresh start.
Actually, make that four decades. In the mid 1960s, when I was 8 or 9, I did
get born again. At a southern Baptist church in Texas, I felt the tug of God and responded
to the altar call, and several weeks later got baptized. But within a few years
I was losing my… more