The spiritual birth which occurs in the physical world, or secular reality. The spiritual empowerment of "babes in Christ," candidates for the teachings to whom spiritual reality extends – "eyes with which to see and ears with which to hear." The second (non-physical) birth – as the "birth of the Christ-within" – and the third can be realized by initiates of a disciplines nature, when we proceed to soul maturity.
(Regeneration, but literally, born from above) The act whereby God breathes into a person the Holy Spirit, making that person spiritually alive at the moment he trusts Christ as Savior. (John 3:16)
From John chapter 3:3 "...Unless a man is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God" - refers to a spiritual rebirth that a sinful man must go through to inherit the kingdom of God. John 3:16 goes on to explain that belief in Jesus as the Son of God is how one becomes born again.
regeneration of a man spiritually from a sinner to a sanctified, redeemed person. The beginning of the total salvation of a person-spirit, soul and body.
(can be used as a noun or an adjective): A Christian who has come to a belief in Christianity, especially evangelical Christianity, as an adult and has experienced a spiritual rebirth. May also refer to formally liberal Christians who adopt evangelical Christianity. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianese
having a personal faith in Jesus Christ; a phrase used by Jesus
From the term used by Yeshua in the third chapter of the New Testament book of John (John 3:3), meaning to receive salvation by trusting in Yeshua, hence becoming a "new creature" (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Literally, "born from above." A person must be born again to new life in Christ to enter God's eternal Kingdom. This new birth takes place through the sacrament of Holy Baptism John 3:16; Rom. 6:3, 4; Gal. 3:27). Spiritual life begins by receiving the Holy Spirit in baptism, and it is a dynamic process which continues throughout life. See article, "The New Birth," at John 3.
Said to be a spiritual experience rooted in John 3 attained by praying the "Sinner's Prayer"; Saved
given spiritual life by God
converted, regenerated, quickened; a person is born again when the Holy Spirit creates faith (often called new life) in his heart through the means of grace, the gospel in Word and Sacraments.
Born Again was a 1978 film depicting the involvement of Charles W. Colson in the Watergate scandal, his subsequent conversion to Christianity, and his prison term stemming from Watergate. It starred Dean Jones as Colson, Anne Francis as his wife, Dana Andrews as Tom Phillips, Harry Spillman as President Nixon, and former Senator Harold Hughes as himself.