Listen @ www.brendanflannagan.com/so-what-is-repentance/Admittedly, our modern western culture lacks the concept of repentance. Certainly, we recognize guilt and understand the nuances of the flower and chocolate apology. We "try to do good", ask for forgiveness, "promise better behavior", and apologize. We undertake all these penitent behaviors in an attempt to satisfy our guilty conscience. Yet, Biblical repentance stands apart from penance and our modern conceptions of guilt, shame, and regret. We will investigate both the Old and New Testaments to grow in our understanding of repentance, and the attribute’s critical role in the Christian life.The call for repentance began long before the voice of John the Baptist boomed across the Jordan River Valley (Matt “If the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.” (Ezk Through the voice of the prophets God delivered His word and called Israel to turn from their sin. Throughout the Old Testament, the Hebrew word for repentance connotes a complete change of direction or retreat. God demands man to turn his back to sin and flee. But, what shall men flee to? Isaiah spoke to the affirmative nature of repentance, when he called the nation to turn to God (Isa The theme of repentance continues in the New Testament. John the Baptist called the nation of Israel to repent (Matt God desires a complete transformation of our appetites, not for us to reach a decision. A decision may last for a season, but will be dispersed upon the first spring rains (Luke Finish reading and Listen @ http://www.brendanflannagan.com/so-what-is-repentance/