repentance
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There is a way we focus on what the word has come to mean to us, rather than what it means to Jesus — another chance at grace.
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The words repentance and change are treated like concepts to hate or disparage rather than essential, beautiful, and hopeful.
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When John the Baptist confronts religious leaders in line waiting to be baptized, we are confronted with the reality of change.
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The message of John the Baptist challenges all of the ways we put identity before love, and invites us to change that.
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We treat turning around, changing course, as a sign of weakness. But it is often quite literally the only real option.
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John the Baptist gives us a rebuke of white replacement theory. Because the point is always about doing good.