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Some very wise words from Professor R. Scott-Clark on true repentance: Crouching Tiger, True Repentance

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I came across this challenging article by Paul Tripp which was written on BuildingChurchLeaders.com yesterday. It is called The Heart is the Target  
Paul Tripp makes some interesting observations including the following comments which are worth pondering:
 People and situations do not determine our behaviour; they provide the occasion where our behaviour reveals our hearts.
Any agenda for change must [...]

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This morning in Spurgeon’s devotions he focused on the phrase in Joel 2:13 “Rend your heart, and not your garments.” In particular I found his comments below on rending our hearts both challenging and helpful:
HEART-RENDING is divinely wrought and solemnly felt. It is a secret grief which is personally experienced, not in mere form, but [...]

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An open letter to backsliding Christians written in the 4th century is still as relevant today as when it was first written.

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The men of integrity devotionals this week on Christianity Today are on the theme of “What’s to confess?”
Today’s devotional is entitled “Repent” and it reminds us of the importance of change. Repentance always involves change and without change there is no repentance.

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This week my wife took her car in for its annual MOT and thankfully it passed! Those of us with cars over 3 years old have to annually renew our MOT and go through the various tests to show that our car is safe to drive on the road.
It seems to me that spiritual it’s good [...]

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John Piper on his Desiring God website this week addressed one of the questions he has been asked the most as a Pastor: “How I do know if my repentance is genuine?”
This is a very important question and a very good response too!
Josh Harris gives a definition of repentance from one of J I Packer’s [...]

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