Once Lost Now Saved: From Darkness to Light (Paperback)

A story of once being lost in sin and alienated from God, but then becoming born again in Jesus Christ and becoming a child of God. This book describes the journey from darkness to light; how once I was an agnostic and a person of the left having no desire to hear the gospel of Christ. Then God intervened and changed my heart into saving faith in Him and gave me the desire to become His servant. I chose the contrasting pictures of me on the cover of this book to illustrate the vast difference between being lost (not born-again, in spiritual darkness, and alienated from God) versus saved (born again, reconciled with God through forgiveness of sin, and adopted into the family of God). The person in the "Lost" top section of the cover is me when I was 20 years old. Although I looked like I belonged in jail, I really wasn't nearly that bad, but in God's eyes, I was still a lost sinner who needed to have his sins forgiven. Little did I know that over 25 years later I would be one of those Christians that, at the time of this picture and later, I thought were so weird and hypocritical. The person in the bottom cover "Saved" section is me when I was 45 years old. I had been born again for about one month and this is the photo taken for my church directory. I looked like I had the weight of the world taken off my shoulders, and spiritually, I really did! This book would be valuable as a Bible study, particularly for newer Christians who need to be further grounded in the faith, and also for non-believes who need a clear gospel presentation.