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Some may consider that phrase a contradiction in terms. \u00a0But a new book contains the stories of various people who converted to Christianity as proclaimed in Lutheranism. \u00a0It\u2019s called\u00a0Wittenberg Confessions: Testimonies of Converts to Confessional Lutheranism<\/em>, by Jim Pierce, Edited by Elaine Gavin. \u00a0I mention it in particular because it includes accounts from some of the readers and commentators on this blog, such as author Jim Pierce (former atheist and just about everything else you could name) and Kelly Klages. \u00a0(If there are any others of you who contributed to this book, make yourself known!\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t in the book but have a similar \u201ctestimony,\u201d feel free to tell about it in a comment on this post.)<\/p>\n

You can buy \u00a0the book, from the wonderfully-named new publisher Blue Pomegranate Press, by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some may consider that phrase a contradiction in terms. \u00a0But a new book contains the stories of various people who converted to Christianity as proclaimed in Lutheranism. \u00a0It\u2019s called\u00a0Wittenberg Confessions: Testimonies of Converts to Confessional Lutheranism, by Jim Pierce, Edited by Elaine Gavin. \u00a0I mention it in particular because it includes accounts from some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,28,39,47],"tags":[1350],"class_list":["post-6061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christ","category-church","category-literature","category-religions","category-theology","tag-lutheranism"],"yoast_head":"\nLutheran conversion testimonies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some may consider that phrase a contradiction in terms. \u00a0But a new 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