How important is a personal relationship with Jesus? Some of my evangelical friends define Christianity as a personal relationship with Jesus. Everything else is adiaphora, except maybe the worship ...

“Jesus is my best friend.” “God walks with me and talks with me and tells me I am his own.” Years later, I was stunned to realize that this phrase “personal relationship,” which saturated my religious ...

Evangelicals generally insist that “the meaning and purpose of life is to have a personal relationship with Jesus.” That’s how a Methodist pastor I was listening to a few months ago put it.

He then continued to teach me that all my relationships would be strengthened because of the personal relationship I have with Jesus Christ. I have never forgotten that lesson. I have thought ...

The true Church of Christ should be able to understand, live, and clearly articulate what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus and Pope Benedict is a sure and wise guide to this ...

During the event, attended by around 300 people, Martin drew on his life experiences to illustrate the importance of forming a personal relationship with Jesus and seeing Christ’s life through a ...

The essential first step in this process of rediscovering ... parishes can do more of the same. With Jesus in the world. To Catholic ears, “a personal relationship with Christ” may sound ...

“It’s heartening to see that more people are finding and maintaining a personal relationship with Jesus, especially among younger generations. The other trends in this report really speak to ...

Twelve Reasons From The Teachings Of The Church For Wanting To Spend One Hour With Jesus In The Blessed ... life within you and deepen your personal relationship and friendship with him.

Pope Benedict explained that Paul's encounter on the road to Damascus was not with concepts or ideas but "with the person of Jesus himself ... it is only in this personal relationship with ...