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Born Chosen: An Adopted Son, a Mother's Search, and God's Perfect Providence
An adopted son, a mother's search, and God's providence assure us that we have all been chosen for a special purpose.Book SpecsPaper Back
Review & Herald Publishing Association
2001
175
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1 — Life Happens
Chapter 2 — Life Moves On
Chapter 3 — I'm Not Looking for a Date, Sort Of
Chapter 4 — Valuable You (the Theology of a New Paradigm)
Chapter 5 — Playing the Fool
Chapter 6 — Chosen People Are Light Reflectors
Chapter 7 — Afraid of the Master
Chapter 8 — The Changing Chosen
Chapter 9 — Acting Chosen—Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Chapter 10 — Bottom-line Guy—Chosen to Act
Chapter 11 — What You Don't Know Could Hurt You
Chapter 12 — Angry at God—"Sometimes I Don't Feel Very Chosen"
Chapter 13 — How Chosen is Chosen?
Review & Herald Publishing Association
2001
175
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1 — Life Happens
Chapter 2 — Life Moves On
Chapter 3 — I'm Not Looking for a Date, Sort Of
Chapter 4 — Valuable You (the Theology of a New Paradigm)
Chapter 5 — Playing the Fool
Chapter 6 — Chosen People Are Light Reflectors
Chapter 7 — Afraid of the Master
Chapter 8 — The Changing Chosen
Chapter 9 — Acting Chosen—Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Chapter 10 — Bottom-line Guy—Chosen to Act
Chapter 11 — What You Don't Know Could Hurt You
Chapter 12 — Angry at God—"Sometimes I Don't Feel Very Chosen"
Chapter 13 — How Chosen is Chosen?
160 pages, Perfect Paperback
First published July 1, 2002
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April 19, 2019
This book was given to me by my biological mother, Linda, who I met about 15 years ago, but, surprisingly, I JUST read it!!! How rude of me!
This is quite a story! Author Mark Witas, has SOME story as to what led him to Jesus!!! In a way, it is hilarious, but I still feel for the girl he was with at that time. However, life lessons need to be had! He has a REAL sense of humor that spills out into EVERY chapter, but he also does a great job of tying in biblical teaching.
I was pretty shocked that he didn't really go into the Seventh Day Adventist [SDA] teaching on the Sabbath, since he mentioned being one in almost every chapter after his conversion story. But he has a much more evangelical and flexible outlook as it turned out--in my opinion, in a good, healthy, non-legalistic way.
The book's emphasis was about being God's chosen--it's woven into practically all chapters post-conversion story. This comes from passages like Psalm 139:13 especially. Now, I've been to Arminian churches [that focus more on the free will side of salvation], and Calvinist churches [like it seems to emphasize here], but this issue is MUCH deeper than this book takes it. I think I need to explore 4 Views on Divine Providence, along with Determined to Believe by John Lennox. Here's another reminder that I need to go deeper on a topic LOTS of people have questions about!
This is quite a story! Author Mark Witas, has SOME story as to what led him to Jesus!!! In a way, it is hilarious, but I still feel for the girl he was with at that time. However, life lessons need to be had! He has a REAL sense of humor that spills out into EVERY chapter, but he also does a great job of tying in biblical teaching.
I was pretty shocked that he didn't really go into the Seventh Day Adventist [SDA] teaching on the Sabbath, since he mentioned being one in almost every chapter after his conversion story. But he has a much more evangelical and flexible outlook as it turned out--in my opinion, in a good, healthy, non-legalistic way.
The book's emphasis was about being God's chosen--it's woven into practically all chapters post-conversion story. This comes from passages like Psalm 139:13 especially. Now, I've been to Arminian churches [that focus more on the free will side of salvation], and Calvinist churches [like it seems to emphasize here], but this issue is MUCH deeper than this book takes it. I think I need to explore 4 Views on Divine Providence, along with Determined to Believe by John Lennox. Here's another reminder that I need to go deeper on a topic LOTS of people have questions about!
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