A Walk with the Master

<p>This is my personal statement of conversion to Jesus Christ as my Savior and Redeemer within the context of my membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was baptized when I was fifteen years old. I came from what I would call a pseudo-Christian background. I knew the stories of Christmas and Easter and assumed they represented real events but I had no relationship with Christ no prayer life and no knowledge of the Bible.</p><p> </p><p>I was converted initially not to Christ but to Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. My search for and conversion to Christ did not come until later in my life. I recount in the book how my recognition of my need for a Savior and of Jesus as that Savior came about. </p><p> </p><p>The structure of the book follows the chronology of the Gospel of Matthew. My focus is not on the sermons and preaching of Jesus but on his actions. I believe every act of Christ was intentional and designed to reinforce his teachings. Rather than discuss Jesus's parables I discuss His life as a series of informative living parables. I then relate incidents in my life where those living parables have played a role in bringing me to Jesus.</p><p> </p>