"The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and he responds to repentance, " Graham said.
"Homosexual genital acts fall short of the Christian ideal and are to be met with a call to repentance and the exercise of compassion, " according to Anglican doctrine.
The principal reason to see this film, as with its predecessor, is Michael Douglas, whose Gordon Gekko, after a spell in jail, looks older, no wiser, but more rueful about his crimes unless, that is, you are cynical enough to believe that repentance itself can be a scam.
"Since he cannot resume his previous occupation or continue to live in Vatican City, the Holy See, trusting in his sincere repentance, wishes to offer him the possibility of returning to a serene family life, " it said.
Is it your impression, Emily Yoffe, that people want to skip right to the forgiveness part without the repentance part?
At least two more things: First, genuine repentance, a determination to change and to repair breaches of my own making.
However, if he sincerely repents to Allaah, Allaah will accept his repentance.
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"Years of exile have allowed me to take a different look at my life, the life of my country and become keenly aware that without repentance, without the recognition of past mistakes, without the courage to build a future, there is no development, " he wrote, issuing a series of apologies for his past deeds.
Repentance expiates all sins, even Shirk (associating partners to Allaah).
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If his repentance is sincere, then the ideological iconoclasm that was supposed to be his great recommendation as secretary of defense is no more.
She finds that concepts such as sin, sacrifice and repentance which people had either forgotten or become embarrassed to use have regained meaning in relation to the environment.
The theme for the upcoming Thoughts on the Business of Life page in the Oct. 24 issue of FORBES is repentance, partially in honor of the Jewish holy days but also as a nod to the general somber mood the Western World seems to be in right now.
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