Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (01):
In Young's Compact Bible Dictionary Forgiveness is defined as: Forgiveness: Pardon or remission usually based on one's repenting and being willing to make restitution or reparati...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (01):
I have always understood it as you defined it (forgiveness), a gift. But Young's definition confused me!! What then does Young's definition of forgiveness mean about one being will...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (01):
What is WELS position on the sacrament of confession?
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (01):
I think one of your answers could have been worded better. You say that "For 1,500 years before Christ, God's forgiveness came through animal sacrifices." Is that really how his fo...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (01):
God has granted governing authorities the right to take the lives of wrongdoers. The government hires people as soldiers, who are trained to kill in the event of a war. War, of cou...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (02):
Since Christ came to die for all and to save them from their sins why does the Bible speak of punishment for sin so often. Does God want us to be afraid? If we believe that Christ ...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (02):
If I had told a lie about something and I ask for forgiveness do I have to tell the person the truth even though it does not matter anymore?
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (02):
I am curious about one thing. Jesus said that b.htmlhemy against the Holy Ghost is a unforgivin sin. So if I said I hated God, isn't that basically the same because it is against th...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (02):
Is it possible to make a pact with the devil? I am not thinking about Faust, or signing a contract in blood or anything. My boyfriend broke up with me, embarrassed admitting that a...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (02):
I have a friend that has had sex outside of marriage. He has repented and has gone from those ways. Is he allowed to marry someone now that he has had sex? And also if he repented ...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (02):
The "judgement" that is laid out in 1Cor 11 for unworthy reception of the Lord's Supper; would this be eternal or temporal judgement, or is it even possible to know since we can't ...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (02):
As a WELS member I find lots of people don't see things as I do! Sometimes I wonder if I understand. I believe that Jesus died for all my sins not just the ones I repented for. And...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (02):
Which sins are unforgivable?
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (02):
I've struggled with the issue of accountability and how that relates to salvation without works. I've struggled even more with the idea that several pastors, WELS and non-WELS, I'v...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (02):
We are saved by Jesus through faith alone. It is all by God's grace. When Christians from other evangelical denominations hear Lutherans say that we are saved through faith alone t...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (03):
Please help me understand... In the NIV Bible Genesis 1:2 it says that the earth "was" formless and empty. In the footnotes [of a lesson] it says that the word "was" could possibly...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (03):
Our Catechism states that in the Lord's Supper "God gives forgiveness," and "God personally assures us of forgiveness." At a recent pastoral conference there was a discussion over ...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (03):
If a member of a congregation openly makes false accusations against another member, what role should the Pastor and/or Elders of the church play in this situation? Also, if the ac...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (03):
Not long ago I heard a Lutheran pastor say in his service,with arms raised,"By the power invested in me by the LORD JESUS CHRIST,I forgive you your sins." Only GOD Can forgive sins...
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Doctrine - Forgiveness/Repentance (03):
Why do some sins carry consequences and others don't? In the story of the Lost Son the father welcomes the son back after he has repented of his sin. There is no hint that the son ...
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