Renewal begins with and is sustained by repentance That pattern lies at the very heart of the Gospel. We are called to die to ...
There are words that begin as lightning and only later reveal they were once furniture. Repent is one of them. Let’s wander ...
Last Friday we started looking into the biblical way to respond to the truth that Jesus is God’s Son. Paul clarified that in Acts 20:20-21: “I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was ...
The Greek verb for “to repent,” metanoeô, has the basic meanings of “change of heart,” “turn from one’s sins” or “change one’s ways.” Often, though, these meanings direct us to focus only on the ...
Jesus did not come into the world to save good people; he came to save sinners. “Good people” were lost then, as they are today, as long as they trusted in their own “goodness.” Our Lord’s running ...
There are differences in perception across the Christian divide on the topics of confession, repentance of our sins and the validity of the judgement day. Those who believe in the need for the ...
Paul Prather: President, janitor, clergy, heretic, Christian, Jew, Muslim, atheist —if you’ve got a brain, much less a soul, you ought to repent for your own good and the good of those around you.