But, Ben says, it also stated that these sins could be overcome with restraint and repentance.
Not for them the sackcloth and ashes of their fathers and repentance for crimes they did not commit.
"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.
There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life.
FORBES: Thoughts on the Business of Repentance, Yom Kippur and Dephlogistication
"The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and he responds to repentance, " Graham said.
Clinton's lawyers finally answered those 81 questions that Judiciary chairman Henry Hyde had sent him three weeks before, but the answers were forgetful, slippery and showed no trace of repentance.
To finish the look, his tidy mustache and makeup-free face communicate inner pain and attrition, if not overt repentance.
Second, I will continue on the path of repentance seeking pastoral support and those of other -- and that of other caring people so that they can hold me accountable for my own commitment.
At least two more things: First, genuine repentance, a determination to change and to repair breaches of my own making.
Repentance is always welcome from a politician, as Bill Clinton is finding, and when in 1982 Mr Wallace was elected governor of Alabama for a fourth time his supporters included many forgiving blacks, and he included blacks in his administration.
应用推荐