{"id":26596,"date":"2011-10-29T20:06:40","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T01:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=26596"},"modified":"2020-10-29T20:12:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T01:12:43","slug":"defining-repentance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/defining-repentance\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining Repentance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DefiningRepentance.mp3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-26596-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DefiningRepentance.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DefiningRepentance.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DefiningRepentance.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Steve Brewer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Steve Brewer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[119],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-26596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-repentance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87615,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/fit-to-repent\/","url_meta":{"origin":26596,"position":0},"title":"Fit to Repent","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Zeke Flores Download Audio Fit for the Master's Use (Series)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14745,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/a-covenant-like-davids\/","url_meta":{"origin":26596,"position":1},"title":"A Covenant Like David&#8217;s","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by Andy Cantrell Finding Our Purpose from the Past","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7328,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-if-god-sent-a-prophet-like-jeremiah-to-the-united-states\/","url_meta":{"origin":26596,"position":2},"title":"What If God Sent a Prophet Like Jeremiah to the United States?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by Raymond Warfel","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":59791,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/repentance\/","url_meta":{"origin":26596,"position":3},"title":"Repentance (Hamilton)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: II Corinthians 7:8-11 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In any pursuit, people develop jargon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The jargon speeds up communication with people in the same group but can be confusing to outsiders because they don\u2019t know the definition of words \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Christianity is no different. 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