The Conversion of Rudy

by Paul L. Weingartner

The Conversion of Rudy is a contemporary character novel with lots of action. It throws a bright, wealthy, jaded, New York teenager, Rudy, into a conservative Christian youth group with surprising... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967645700
• ISBN13: 9780967645704
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Just One Publishing Inc.
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Conversion of Rudy

The born-again experience of the Bible belt has been an oddity shrouded in mystery to the rest of the Christian world. Weingartner skillfully leaves the church door cracked open for us to safely look at this from the safety of our reading chair. What we find is a process that is believable, and a story that grabs our attention and holds us until we find out how it ends. We find the process even more worthwhile when we learn that most of the experiences in the book are real and that they happen to people just like us everyday. Rudy is a rich, jaded, New York City brat who at eighteen is already bored with life. He is befriended by Neal another eighteen-year-old who is a member of a fundamental Protestant denomination. Neal and his friends are naive and childlike compared to Rudy's world, but he finds something genuine in them that catches his curiosity. He hangs around with them long enough to be introduced to their church life. Thinking them interesting but dismissible Rudy goes off to his first year of college and a life of excess that seems to be in rebellion to the teaching and virtues of these Christians he met. With vivid characters and dramatic, unpredictable events, Weingartner weaves a powerful story that shows what can happen when unselfish love flows through persistent friendship evangelism. The reader feels like he has met some unforgettable people and has been given a thrilling tour of scenes and activities from Cambridge and Martha's Vineyard to New York City and Columbus, Ohio. The characters are so real that you expect to meet them during the day and have to remind yourself that this is just a novel. Most importantly you are given a very clear explanation of how a relatively private minority of the Christian community interpret and practice the Bible. Even if you do not agree with this theology, you will be rewarded with a better understanding of those who do, and what makes them do the things they do. The Conversion of Rudy is a real page-turner. You feel like you are having the whole story explained to you by your best friend. It is gentle, respectful of the reader, and wonderfully coherent. It certainly paints this branch of Christianity in a very favorable light.

Conversion straight from the Bible

Rudy is a splendid book that is first and foremost a "spiritual" book. Rudy is a boy that knows little about the Bible and finds a church that believes according to the Bible and a Biblical Conversion. The author takes us through the realistic twists and turns of a person devoid of godliness who becomes exposed to the lifesaving power of the Holy Spirit through a small church that preaches a Biblical Conversion, different from mainstream churches. Not only is this book entertaining and hard to put down (usually it takes me months to read a fiction book) but if you ever want to share with someone what it means to "convert to Christianity" then this book would be a good one to give to a non Christian. It is a must read and a must have in your witnessing material along with our Bibles, tracks, and other Christian literature.