What Is Actual Repentance? (Half 1): Episode 740

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Repenting for actual, plus hope for ladies combating sexual sin, and do you have to date somebody with a legal report?           

Featured musical artist:    Austin Stone Worship 

Roundtable: Indicators of True Repentance (Half 1)

Repentance is a vital a part of the Christian life, and since we’re all sinners, we needs to be specialists at repenting, proper? The reality is, residing in real repentance is more durable than you suppose. Pastor Mark Bates {and professional} counselor Tim Sanford discuss tips on how to acknowledge true repentance in ourselves and others. Partly one among our dialogue, they outline repentance, clarify the distinction between sinning and struggling, and provide hope to these caught in cycles of sin.    

Hyperlink to Counseling Companies 

Tradition: Ladies and Sexual Sin

Sexual sin is usually categorized as a male drawback, but a rising variety of ladies admittedly wrestle with pornography, masturbation, intercourse exterior of marriage, sexual fantasies and extra. However this doesn’t must be the top of your story. Writer Ashley Chesnut encourages and challenges ladies who’re combating sexual sin, and reveals how the gospel can redeem even our darkest secrets and techniques.  

Hyperlinks to Articles: “Sensible Steps for Breaking Pornography Habit” & “Placing Porn Away for Good”    

Inbox: Relationship Somebody With a Felony File 

She met a man at church, however is worried about his previous as a convicted intercourse offender. It occurred earlier than he turned a Christian, however ought to this be a disqualifier for relationship him? Counselor Yale Kushner balances God’s grace with the sensible implications of this man’s felony report.