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Clay told us once how God had given him certain convictions and at the time I wasn't totally sure what he meant by that.†
Chpt 18 *
First, Clay said, there were some general guidelines in the Bible, mostly like not having sex outside of marriage, and then he said that beyond that he thought it was something everyone had to figure out for themselves—like a personal conviction (which he has told us about before).†
Chpt 13
He said, "Clay's right about it being a personal conviction.†
Chpt 13
But then, I need to remember, this conviction came from God not Josh.†
Chpt 18
May 20, Sunday (public confession) For some reason I wanted to share the story of my first real live conviction with my youth group at church today.†
Chpt 18
Like Clay said, a conviction from God is an individual thing.†
Chpt 18
I guess I'd have to call this another conviction (my second one so far) although it kind of seems like something more than that too.†
Chpt 19
I guess it's like a conviction with a commitment attached to it.†
Chpt 19
I have to admit that I'm not totally positive about this decision yet—and I can't even say for sure that this is a real conviction from God (not like my vow to remain a virgin), but I do know that I'm seriously concerned as to whether dating is a very healthy thing for me to participate in, just now anyway.†
Chpt 19

Definitions:

(1) (conviction as in: spoke with conviction)
a strong, firmly held belief
(2) (conviction as in: owed a fine after the conviction)
a court's finding that someone is guilty