All three Abrahamic faiths include the teaching and the philosophy of forgiveness and repentance. According to Christian teachings, forgiveness is one of the spiritual duties of Christian believer: ...

The well-known 12 steps of the Alcoholics Anonymous program begin with an admission of powerlessness over alcohol and the acknowledgement of the need for a Power greater than ourselves to restore us ...

One of the most beloved parts of the Bible is the parable of the prodigal son. In the context of Luke 15 it serves to explain why Jesus spent so much time and energy on ministering to such religiously ...

Erika Kirk has been remarkably poised and dignified in the aftermath of the carnage that felled her husband, Charlie Kirk, on September 10. There is no joy in second-guessing a widow whose grief is so ...

Perhaps two of the most difficult words to say are “I’m sorry.” We hate to admit that we made a mistake, that we are wrong. For many of us we think that hurts our image with others, especially in the ...

I was a breech birth baby. That is, I came into the world the wrong way around: bottom first, head last. As my mother reminded me many times, that may have set me up to do things through much of my ...

Students were taught regarding their inability to be forgiven by themselves, and that repentance brings about a miracle greater than water to wine in Tuesday's Devotional. Michael Dunn, an associate ...

After a few fits and starts, a reluctant Jonah delivered a message to the wicked city of Nineveh, “Forty days and Nineveh will be destroyed.” But the people of Nineveh repented, turned from their evil ...

Several questions on the same topic: Q. Regarding your recent column on forgiving ISIS: Must forgiveness be predicated on remorse and repentance by the offending party? I am thinking of Christ being ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Forgiveness is undoubtedly of ...