What Repentance Really Is | Learning to Follow Jesus

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"We have a tendency to minimize our sins. We have a tendency to be more sorry that we got caught than grieved over our sins." Ever heard the phrase "easier said than done"? Nowhere is that more true than with apologies. Sometimes simply saying "sorry" isn't enough. We teach kids how to apologize, but teaching them how to repent isn’t as easy. Learn what repentance really is (and isn't) from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith) as he studies https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A1-14&version=NIV (Luke 3.1-14) to continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/ (Learning to Follow Jesus). To learn more, visit our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us on https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook), https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Instagram), and https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Outline 0:35 - How do we process our own sin? 1:05 - Repent 1:30 - What repentance isn't (https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/televangelists-jim-tammy-faye-bakker-fall-grace-article-1.3387060 (Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker)) 2:00 - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/32335819-ptl (PTL) by John H. Wigger 4:00 - John the Baptist 4:25 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A7-8&version=NIV (Luke 3.7-8) 5:55 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A11-14&version=NIV (Luke 3.11-14) 6:50 - Principle for our lives 7:10 - Minimizing sin 7:50 - Blaming others 8:20 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+28%3A13&version=NIV (Proverbs 28:13) 9:55 - Subscribe. Rate. Share. Social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) Passages Luke 3.1-14: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A1-14&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A1-14&version=NIV) Luke 3.7-8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A7-8&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A7-8&version=NIV) Luke 3.11-14: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A11-14&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A11-14&version=NIV) Proverbs 28:13: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+28%3A13&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+28%3A13&version=NIV) References Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/televangelists-jim-tammy-faye-bakker-fall-grace-article-1.3387060 (https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/televangelists-jim-tammy-faye-bakker-fall-grace-article-1.3387060) Resources PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/32335819-ptl (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/32335819-ptl) Sacra Pagina: The Gospel of Luke Commentary by Luke Timothy Johnson: https://www.amazon.com/Sacra-Pagina-Gospel-Timothy-Johnson/dp/0814659667/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sacra+pagina+luke&qid=1577984288&s=books&sr=1-1 (https://www.amazon.com/Sacra-Pagina-Gospel-Timothy-Johnson/dp/0814659667/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sacra+pagina+luke&qid=1577984288&s=books&sr=1-1) The Gospel According to Luke by James Edwards: https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-according-Pillar-Testament-Commentary-ebook/dp/B00WIVFQ1C (https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-according-Pillar-Testament-Commentary-ebook/dp/B00WIVFQ1C) Related Learning to Follow Jesus: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/) Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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