Repentance

Repentance is to Turn Around (illustration)

“Repentance is not basically a religious word. It comes from a culture where people were essentially nomadic and lived in a world with no maps or street signs. It’s easy to get lost walking through the desert. You become aware that the country side is strange. You fina …

Revival Without Repentance (illustration)

In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception “that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior.” He goes on to say, “It is revival without …

Smith: The Converted Dutchman (illustration)

When I was in South Africa, a fine, handsome Dutchman came into my service, and God laid His hand on him and convicted him of sin. The next morning he went to the beautiful home of another Dutchman and said to him, “Do you recognize that old watch?” “Why, yes," …

Repentance is The Tear in The Eye of Faith (illustration)

Man is born with his back toward God. When he truly repents, he turns right around and faces God. Repentance is a change of mind. Repentance is the tear in the eye of faith. (D. L. Moody, in Who Said That by George Sweeting, p. 375). …

I Was Converted Last Night (illustration)

A prostitute gets saved because no sin is too black (illustration)

Samuel Colgate, the founder of the Colgate business empire, was a devout Christian, and he told of an incident that took place in the church he attended. During an evangelistic service, an invitation ...

D.L. Moody - “Repentance is a change of mind” (illustration)

Man is born with his back toward God. When he truly repents, he turns right around and faces God. Repentance is a change of mind. Repentance is the tear in the eye of faith. (D.L. Moody) …

If I Get Saved Who is Going to Weigh the Meat (illustration)

Two fellows opened a butcher shop and prospered. Then an evangelist came to town, and one of the butchers was saved. He tried to persuade his partner to accept salvation also, but to no avail. “Why won’t you, Charlie?” asked the born-again fellow. “Listen, Lester …

Only One Road Out of the Town of Sin (illustration)

Wabush, a town in a remote portion of Labrador, Canada, was completely isolated for some time. But recently a road was cut through the wilderness to reach it. Wabush now has one road leading into it, and thus, only one road leading out. If someone would travel the unpaved road …

Jefferson’s Tears Not His Words Moved Students to Repent (illustration)

Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. The misbehavior of students led to a riot in which professors who tried to restore order were attacked. The following day a meeting was held ...

Stop And Turn Around is Repentance (illustration)

Think of a husband and wife in a car, the wife tells her husband to turn right at the next junction and by mistake, he turns left. When he realizes what he has done, he says to his wife “I’m sorry love, I went the wrong way.” But if that is all he does, it isn&r …

Wabash Only Has One Road Into it And One Road Out (illustration)

Wabush is a town in a remote portion of Labrador, Canada, that was completely isolated. But recently a road was cut through the wilderness to reach it. Wabush now has one road leading into it, and only one road leading out. If someone travels this unpaved road for six to e …

Confession to a Bank Robbery (illustration)

Not too many years ago newspapers carried the story of Al Johnson, a Kansas man who came to faith in Jesus Christ. What made his story remarkable was not his conversion, but the fact that as a result of his newfound faith in Christ, he confessed to a bank robbery he had par …

Jesus Changed Me on The Inside so I Changed on The Outside (illustration)

Ken Bailey was a laborer on the Alaska Pipeline back in the mid 70’s. He worked up in the icy cold for a year and came back home and decided to visit church. The first Sunday he walked through the doors and sat in the back seat. He had a beard, looked like a Grizzly bear an …