It’s possible to be sorry about the consequences of sin, but not truly repentant. A penitent person turns from their sin. They accept full responsibility for their actions without blame, resentment, or bitterness. When repentance is genuine, reconciling with those injured is a priority. Forgiveness is sought without conditions.
In a series of tweets, Beth Moore decried the “increasingly amoral condition of our country” and pleaded with her fellow faith leaders to repent for a myriad of sins including nationalism, racism, abuse of power and white supremacy.
The Bible describes the intoxicating power of passion associated with lust and adultery. Misdirected passion deceives, misleads, and influences...we walk in darkness, stumbling...unable to see what we stumble over. This description well explains why so many caught in sexual sin describe a sense of confusion and a disconnect from God. Adultery moves us from the altar to the courtroom—transforming a couple, once deeply in love, into bitter enemies. Hopes and dreams for the birth of a child, now twisted, become a nightmare for innocent children. Adultery is selfishness at its core.
The Rev. Franklin Graham has issued a warning to America following the deadly Las Vegas shooting that left 59 dead and over 500 wounded.
Pastors and friends of former pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Tullian Tchividjian have released a statement saying that Tchividjian should be disqualified from ministry due to his extramarital affairs and his apparent lack of repentance.
There are those in our world today, like Zacchaeus, who deserve judgment, but when we encounter a story like that of Jesus and Zacchaeus, we realize we, too, deserve judgment and did not deserve grace.
Most of us probably think of God’s judgment as a consequence for our sin or the wicked ways of the world. That is only one side of God’s judgment, however.
God provided a community for us in His church that is there to teach us, love us, share our joys and sorrows, and also to pull us back into fellowship with Christ and other believers when we stray.
When Chicken Little said the sky is falling, we all laughed. Well, maybe it’s time we stopped laughing.
Does it make sense for Christians today to be repenting of sins committed by Christians or the church in the past? Or is our repentance intended to be for our sins alone?
