Ancient Words Ever True

For several years, I served as Chairman of Committees charged with interviewing people for possible leadership positions in campus fellowship. On one of the occasions, we asked this brother when (and how) he got born again. His reply: I was born again from birth. Now if you're a Christian today, chances are that your reaction will not be too different from our initial reaction - to dismiss the guy ASAP. To make his case "worse", he doesn't even fit the usual definition of "born again"; as in, he's not the tongue-speaking, Bible-quoting, rhema-tic type. But then I was in charge, so he got his full chance - and eventually made it to the executives list! Was I taken aback by the "born again from birth" thing? Absolutely! I've never heard that before then. But then, in addition to understanding the Bible, I understood the development and evolution of theological narratives over the course of history. While the Bible has remained the same,...