I’m reading Mark Noll’s ‘The Rise of Evangelicalism’ at the moment – nearly finished, and there’ll be a long post about it when I do – but I was wondering if people could point out Scriptural references to ‘conversion’, as understood in the Wesleyan/ Whitefield/ Edwards sense, ie an inner experience or assurance of salvation, the ‘heart strangely warmed’ etc.
I can’t think of many. The ‘born again’ passage of John 3 might qualify, though it’s a bit of a stretch; more broadly the whole ‘remove hearts of stone and give hearts of flesh’ strand seems relevant – but are there any others? All references gratefully received!