{"id":542,"date":"2013-01-25T15:37:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T15:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thesupernaturallife\/?p=542"},"modified":"2013-01-25T15:37:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T15:37:37","slug":"a-life-mulligan-do-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thesupernaturallife\/2013\/01\/25\/a-life-mulligan-do-over\/","title":{"rendered":"A Life &#8220;Mulligan&#8221; Do-Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The core problems in our lives deliver really bad news: You and I are screwed up to the point that we need more than just a major fix, we need a complete &#8220;do-over.&#8221; In Jesus&#8217; conversation with Nicodemus recording in John 3 we too are forced to face the challenge&#8230; &#8220;You must be born again&#8230;&#8221; In spite of our best religious efforts &#8211; and Nicodemus was a professional &#8220;do-gooder&#8221; &#8211; we can&#8217;t rely on self-help or self-discipline; instead we need a deeper solution, at the level of our spiritual DNA. We need a &#8220;mulligan&#8221; for life!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/db.tt\/ZjwQd5DY\">Click here to listen to our conversation &#8220;Life Mulligan.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Jesus replied, \u201cI tell you the truth, unless you are born again,<span style=\"font-size: 11px\">\u00a0<\/span>you cannot see the Kingdom of God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d exclaimed Nicodemus. \u201cHow can an old man go back into his mother\u2019s womb and be born again?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jesus replied, \u201cI assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.<span style=\"font-size: 11px\">\u00a0<\/span>Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.\u00a0So don\u2019t be surprised when I say, \u2018You<span style=\"font-size: 11px\">\u00a0<\/span>must be born again.\u2019 John 3:3-7.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The core problems in our lives deliver really bad news: You and I are screwed up to the point that we need more than just a major fix, we need a complete &#8220;do-over.&#8221; 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