Lee Strobel

Oh, that's what I have to do to become a child of God. So I got on my knees and I poured out a confession. of a lifetime of immorality that would absolutely curl your hair. And at that moment, I received complete, total forgiveness through Jesus Christ and I became a child of God.

And I remember I went out and I told Leslie and she burst into tears and she threw her arms around my neck and she said, I almost gave up on you a thousand times. She said, when I was a new Christian, I told some women about you at church. I said, I don't have any hope for my husband. He is the hard-headed, hard-hearted legal editor of the Chicago Tribune.

And I remember I went out and I told Leslie and she burst into tears and she threw her arms around my neck and she said, I almost gave up on you a thousand times. She said, when I was a new Christian, I told some women about you at church. I said, I don't have any hope for my husband. He is the hard-headed, hard-hearted legal editor of the Chicago Tribune.

And I remember I went out and I told Leslie and she burst into tears and she threw her arms around my neck and she said, I almost gave up on you a thousand times. She said, when I was a new Christian, I told some women about you at church. I said, I don't have any hope for my husband. He is the hard-headed, hard-hearted legal editor of the Chicago Tribune.

He's never going to bend his knee to Jesus. And this one elderly woman named Sylvia put her arm around Leslie's shoulder, pulled her to the side and said, oh, Leslie, no one is beyond hope. And she gave her a verse from the Old Testament, Ezekiel 36, 26, that says, moreover, I will give you a new heart and I will put a new spirit within you.

He's never going to bend his knee to Jesus. And this one elderly woman named Sylvia put her arm around Leslie's shoulder, pulled her to the side and said, oh, Leslie, no one is beyond hope. And she gave her a verse from the Old Testament, Ezekiel 36, 26, that says, moreover, I will give you a new heart and I will put a new spirit within you.

He's never going to bend his knee to Jesus. And this one elderly woman named Sylvia put her arm around Leslie's shoulder, pulled her to the side and said, oh, Leslie, no one is beyond hope. And she gave her a verse from the Old Testament, Ezekiel 36, 26, that says, moreover, I will give you a new heart and I will put a new spirit within you.

I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And so what I never knew, that whole two years that I'm on this investigative journey, what I never knew at the time is my wife, every day on her knees in private, prayed that verse for me.

I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And so what I never knew, that whole two years that I'm on this investigative journey, what I never knew at the time is my wife, every day on her knees in private, prayed that verse for me.

I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And so what I never knew, that whole two years that I'm on this investigative journey, what I never knew at the time is my wife, every day on her knees in private, prayed that verse for me.

God, on November the 8th of 1981, when I received his free gift of grace, became a child of God, that verse became true because he began to change, not overnight, but over time, my values, my character, my morality, my attitudes, my philosophy, everything about my life. Am I perfect? No, far cry from it. Do I still sin? Yes, I do. But I grieve when I do now.

God, on November the 8th of 1981, when I received his free gift of grace, became a child of God, that verse became true because he began to change, not overnight, but over time, my values, my character, my morality, my attitudes, my philosophy, everything about my life. Am I perfect? No, far cry from it. Do I still sin? Yes, I do. But I grieve when I do now.

God, on November the 8th of 1981, when I received his free gift of grace, became a child of God, that verse became true because he began to change, not overnight, but over time, my values, my character, my morality, my attitudes, my philosophy, everything about my life. Am I perfect? No, far cry from it. Do I still sin? Yes, I do. But I grieve when I do now.

And I pray for God to help me next time so I won't sin. And so I take a couple steps forward, a couple steps back, but I grow a little bit. every year in my relationship with God, and He changes me from the inside. That's the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian. Things that I used to do that didn't bother me now would, I couldn't, you know.

And I pray for God to help me next time so I won't sin. And so I take a couple steps forward, a couple steps back, but I grow a little bit. every year in my relationship with God, and He changes me from the inside. That's the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian. Things that I used to do that didn't bother me now would, I couldn't, you know.

And I pray for God to help me next time so I won't sin. And so I take a couple steps forward, a couple steps back, but I grow a little bit. every year in my relationship with God, and He changes me from the inside. That's the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian. Things that I used to do that didn't bother me now would, I couldn't, you know.

I mean, when I was an atheist in college, I helped set up an abortion for a girl I knew who had gotten pregnant. Her boyfriend had walked out on her. I said, ah, don't worry about it. We'll just get rid of the baby. I set up that abortion. We killed that child. Didn't bother me a bit back then. I realized God's forgiven me of that. And now I know, I mean, God's changed my values.

I mean, when I was an atheist in college, I helped set up an abortion for a girl I knew who had gotten pregnant. Her boyfriend had walked out on her. I said, ah, don't worry about it. We'll just get rid of the baby. I set up that abortion. We killed that child. Didn't bother me a bit back then. I realized God's forgiven me of that. And now I know, I mean, God's changed my values.

I mean, when I was an atheist in college, I helped set up an abortion for a girl I knew who had gotten pregnant. Her boyfriend had walked out on her. I said, ah, don't worry about it. We'll just get rid of the baby. I set up that abortion. We killed that child. Didn't bother me a bit back then. I realized God's forgiven me of that. And now I know, I mean, God's changed my values.

If I could go back, of course I wouldn't do that again. So things change, fortunately. The Bible said in 2 Corinthians, you know, when you come to faith like that, the old is gone, the new has come. Wow. Sorry to get emotional, but I kind of relive it when I tell it.