Do those two words even belong together? I know for a long time I would not have associated them with one another. Repentance is about being judged, right? And no one likes to be judged. But is that ...

Everyone in Christian media seems to be talking about polarization these days. A google search for "polarization in the church" or "our polarized church" will yield a wealth of content, from multiple ...

During times of turbulence in politics, culture, and religious life, it’s tempting to hold tightly to current convictions. Allowing a change of one’s mind or heart can be difficult work. With this in ...

“You can be certain that at the forefront of every significant recovery from backsliding…the doctrine of repentance has been among the precious truths that God has quickened and used.” – Richard Owen ...

Everybody knows that if you repent from fear, G^d forgets your sins; if you repent from love, G^d turns your sins into virtues. Let me suggest that, when we come to Rosh haShannah, the Day of ...

"John the Baptist appeared in the desert, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins" (Mark 1:4). This verse is from the Gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic Gospels. The ...

“Whatever happened to repentance?” Frederica Mathewes-Green asked in Christianity Today (2/4/02). “We live in a time when it’s hard to talk about Christian faith at all, much less about awkward topics ...

(RNS) — Society often expects victims of harm to forgive their perpetrators, regardless of whether they've cleaned up their act, says Ruttenberg. Judaism offers another way. (RNS) — Yom Kippur, the ...

Members of Congregation Neveh Shalom in Portland perform the Tashlich ritual, tossing bird seed into moving water to symbolize casting off their sins. (Courtesy of Congregation Neveh Shalom) As autumn ...

I fear I might have accidently said something that Islam does not agree with, for the stuff that I don't remember but want to repent from what do I do? What about the mistakes I have made while ...