Parables

God’s Work and Voice in Me, Part 7F: To Speak or Not to Speak, that is the Question

Ian Johnson October 30, 2023 1 Comment

If God is still speaking to us, why don’t we hear him more? This presentation reviews the reasons given in Scripture.

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Repentance, in the Weaker Sense, in the Parable of the Two Sons

Ian Johnson June 24, 2021 2 Comments

As the parable of the two sons in Matthew 21:28-32 shows, repentance is merely changing our minds so that we start to do what the Father asks. Repentance does not require remorse, payment of a penalty, or even in all cases a spoken apology, and the forgiveness that it produces cannot be sold.

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