Sentences with phrase «christian penitence»
Above all, how can religious faith be restored by associating it with national pride instead of with Christian penitence and forgiveness?
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It is a paradox of our faith — but one that Christian living validates — that we should feel assured of our salvation when our lives have been committed to God in Christ; yet at the same time we should «press on,» in humility and continuing penitence, leaving it to God to judge our status before him.
Yet, in all humility and penitence, we are constrained to declare to a baffled and needy world that the Christian Church, under God, is its greatest hope.
He can only declare God's forgiveness and real forgiveness depends partly on the penitence of the sinner and on the true Christian character of the priest.