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Engraving of the Prodigal Son as a swineherd by Hans Sebald Beham, 1538.. Backsliding, also known as falling away [1] or described as "committing apostasy", [2] is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into sin, when a person turns from God to pursue their own desire ...
The Lukan parallel reads appropriately ἀφίστημι [aphistēmi, fall away] (8:13). In Matt 24:10 Jesus predicts that in the end time many will fall away [skandalizō]. The result is that they will hate one another, wickedness will be multiplied, and love will grow cold. Yet whoever endures in love until the end will be saved (vv. 11, 13). …
Falling Away may refer to: Backsliding, in Christianity; Falling Away, a 2006 album from Crossfade and the title track "Falling Away" (Jupiter Rising song)
Some run away intentionally, according to former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. “As an adult, you can just decide to leave your life and go start somewhere else, or go seek something ...
Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.
Terminal lucidity (also known as rallying, terminal rally, the rally, end-of-life-experience, energy surge, the surge, or pre-mortem surge) [1] is an unexpected return of consciousness, mental clarity or memory shortly before death in individuals with severe psychiatric or neurological disorders.
Then, too, you can be plunging headlong out of that airplane when a parachute blossoms suddenly over your head to slow your fall. During the 2017 final illness of my wife, Lenore, several times ...
According to Meredith McGuire (2002), in a book about the social context in religion, if the religious affiliation was a big part of a leaver's social life and identity, then leaving can be a wrenching experience, and the way in which one leaves a religious group is another factor that may aggravate problems. McGuire writes that if the response ...