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  2. Repentance in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe in repentance much in the same way other Abrahamic religions do. They believe repentance is "a change of mind and heart that gives us a fresh view about God, about ourselves, and about the world" (Gospel Topics). Here are few key points of doctrine:

  3. Matthew 9:13 - Wikipedia

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    Some have understood this statement to mean that Jesus only calls sinners to repentance, while those who are just he merely calls to follow him. However church fathers such as Hilary, Jerome, and Bede understand the words to be, "I came not to call the righteous, that is, those who proudly, but falsely esteem and boast themselves to be ...

  4. Metanoia (theology) - Wikipedia

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    Metanoia is used to refer to the change of mind which is brought about in repentance. Repentance is necessary and valuable because it brings about change of mind or metanoia. This change of mind will make the changed person hate sin and love God. The two terms (repentance and metanoia) are often used interchangeably.

  5. Repentance - Wikipedia

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    Repentance is reviewing one's actions and feeling contrition or regret for past or present wrongdoings, which is accompanied by commitment to and actual actions that show and prove a change for the better. [1] In modern times, it is generally seen as involving a commitment to personal change and the resolve to live a more responsible and humane ...

  6. Mortification of the flesh - Wikipedia

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    This word is juxtaposed in Romans 8:13 with the term used for 'body' (σῶμα), [16] which more strictly refers to the physical body of a human. Thus in Romans 8:13, Paul draws a parallel between fallen people, with proclivities to sin without chance of redemption, and redeemed people, who are so changed that mortification of their fleshly ...

  7. A Conservative Perspective on the Synod on Synodality - AOL

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    It is a stark reminder that when the church loses its focus on its primary mission, it also risks losing its ability to speak meaningfully to the world. Mixed signals and missing themes.

  8. Anabaptist theology - Wikipedia

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    This change is accomplished by the Holy Spirit through the instrumentality of the Word of God. (1 Pet. 1:23; 1 Cor. 4:15; John 3:5; 2 Cor. 5:17; Rom. 6:4; Phil. 3:1-2) [ 24 ] "The beginning of the Anabaptist path to salvation was thus marked not by a forensic understanding of salvation by 'faith alone', but by the entire process of repentance ...

  9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    Dr. A. Thomas McLellan, the co-founder of the Treatment Research Institute, echoed that point. “Here’s the problem,” he said. Treatment methods were determined “before anybody really understood the science of addiction. We started off with the wrong model.” For families, the result can be frustrating and an expensive failure.