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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Repentance"”.
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Metánoia (Repentance): A Major Theme of the Gospel of Matthew
Mετάνοια (repentance) is a major theme of Matthew, manifested in Jesus’ first words in Matthew 4:17. Matthew 4:17 summarizes Jesus’ teaching and ministry (cf. 3:2) and the command to turn (μετανοέω) in view of the imminent coming of the kingdom of heaven to be a major message of Jesus’ teaching in …
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Feeling bad and doing good: Forgiveness through the lens of uninvolved others
… to promote forgiveness, such as transgressors’ repentance and atonement, have been collectively branded as apology. However, decisions concerning forgiveness frequently occur outside of dyadic contexts, and the unique roles of repentance and atonement in achieving forgiveness, despite their …
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Plague, print and providence in early seventeenth century London.
… of God on sin, and that the only answer is repentance. Judgment is always collective, on city or nation, not personalised to the individual. He does however give particular attention to those who flee the city to escape the plague or neglect the poor. At a time when the authorities were …
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A soteriological analysis of evangelism training programs of the Home Mission Board and the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention
… 4 sets forth the proper response to the gospel: repentance from sin and faith in the finished work of Christ upon the cross. Repentance is defined as a godly sorrow for and turning away from sin. In addition to trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ, saving faith includes submission to …
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An Examination of Richard Owen Roberts’s Theology of Revival
… that Roberts has made in his ministry in revival—repentance and history. The chapter explores how and why Roberts has made these two connections. It examines his publications and teachings on the topics to demonstrate that from Roberts’s perspective one cannot have revival without repentance. …
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“I must turn idolator”: religious inversion and the quest for genuine faith in Moby-Dick
… thesis explores the major religious themes of repentance, redemption, and expiation in Moby-Dick. While critics have examined some of these themes in isolation, my thesis will demonstrate how Melville takes these Christian doctrines and inverts them in order to display a shift from traditional …
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The Prayer of Daniel: for flute (with alto flute), clarinet (with bass clarinet), violin, cello, doumbek, percussion, piano, bass-baritone voice, and men's chorus
… prophet Daniel rends from his heart a prayer of repentance, mercy and forgiveness on the behalf of a fallen nation. The harmonic language of the composition combines both classical contemporary and jazz sonorities. The rhythmic language is drawn from the meter of the text, and is used to …
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Tertullian’s conversion to Montanism as the root cause of the dispute between Cyprian and Novatian over the treatment and fate of the Lapsed
… As a catholic he admitted sinners to repentance who would eventually be reconciled to the church in this life. After his conversion he reversed this and barred all grave sinners from knowledge of their reconciliation, though still making them perform penance. Cyprian and Novatian, both …
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Divine Judgment in the Book of Revelation
… calamities are intended to lead people to repentance, and final judgment where lost souls are annihilated. John's Revelation is seen to be devoid of forensic or courtroom judgment. Decisions about final outcomes seem to be in the hands of humans. God accepts the human decision to accept or …
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VIOLENT RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS’ DERADICALIZATION: THE MALDIVES
… pass the program. This concept promotes repentance and rehabilitation for these individuals before they are punished for wrongdoings, which makes the program more attractive and enhances participants’ cooperation.
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A new creation in Christ
… through the acceptance of him in faith and repentance. This background established a contextual understanding of a new creation in Christ. The definitive text for our discussion was Paul's statement in 2 Corinthians 5:17 "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, …
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Speech Act Theory and the Theological Convictions of Preaching
… actions of declaring Jesus and calling for repentance and faith. Chapter 6 shows that preaching utilizes oral communication’s perlocutionary acts to accomplish the applicational aim of transformation. The final chapter summarizes the main points of the dissertation. It provides a linguistic …
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Complete Freedom from Addiction, through Christ: Observation and Life-Stories from the former Soviet Union and Interviews with International Rehabilitation Leaders
… from addiction. Spiritual regeneration through repentance and faith in Jesus was found to lead to recovery with ongoing Christian discipleship, application of the Bible and the Holy Spirit’s gifts. The ex-addicts described their current life with God as more fulfilling than at any time before or …
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Pentecost without Azusa : an historical and theological analysis of the Akorino Church in Kenya.
… African. It is characterized by emotional repentance of sins accompanied by loud prayers and weeping. It will be shown that central to that Pentecost is the doctrine of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, evidenced by speaking in tongues, dreams, visions and auditions, and a sustained healing …
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Keys to a Russian national composer: An introduction to Georgy Sviridov
… on the great religious topics--love and repentance, and a profound reliance on the word. He is the son of an era which witnessed the tragic failure of the last Christian government, claimed nearly one hundred million lives, and produced conflict of unbelievable proportions: old Russia was …
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“Anaconda Love” in the Novels of Toni Morrison
… other out of bizarre feelings of love, need, and repentance. The Bluest Eye has two different kind of anacondas: one born out of hate, and out of hope. The father in this story has turned all of his love into hate. He has grown to distrust and despise love. He finds a satisfaction in the pain he …
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Church as the ‘Hermeneutic of the Gospel’: a study of the themes of ‘message’, ‘response’, and ‘community’ in Luke-Acts
… message of God’s salvation, respond in obedient repentance, and live lives of such deep fellowship that they are seen to embody the very reality proclaimed in the word of God. They become, as it were, the ‘hermeneutic of the Gospel’.
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Conversion in Luke and Paul: Some Exegetical and Theological Explorations
… emerge concerning their understanding of repentance as well as in the correlation between conversion and creation: for Luke, conversion is the restored imago dei of the original creation while for Paul it is a fresh act by God of New Creation. Similarities surface between Luke and Paul …
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George MacDonald's Lilith A: A Transcription
… this other world which bring him to the point of repentance. The manuscript of the first version, known now as Lilith A, is housed in the British Library along with seven other typed revisions and printer's proofs. Taken together, the A-H manuscripts of Lilith represent the complete production …
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The Gospel According to Carey: Christian Hermeneutics in Bliss and Oscar and Lucinda
… the glassworks furnace and bioluminescence), and repentance narrative. My contention is that each novel—-in pushing in the direction of Scripture—-is validated as a hermeneutical lens through which the biblical concepts and narratives that have inspired the novel might be, themselves, newly …
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