Repentance is a word which has been conspicuously absent from our covid response over the last year. It’s one of the most important words in the Christian vocabulary! I believe we need to urgently consider what repentance means for us at this time.
This is a one-off sermon – we will return to the seven signs in John’s Gospel next week.
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I think many of us feel uncomfortable about saying that we hate anything – but yet the Bible does tell us to hate certain things.
The passage is online here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+97&version=NIVUK
The Doctrine of Repentance is available in lots of places online e.g. as a PDF here: http://www.onthewing.org/user/Watson%20-%20Repentance%20-%20Modern.pdf
Sermon recorded as part of a livestream on the Great Clacton Parish YouTube channel.
Podcast available here.
This episode is only available on audio – you may listen to it online here.
The second part of the series in repentance (unfortunately I didn’t record the first part!) The passage is 1 John 1:5-10.
The book I mention is called “The Doctrine of Repentance” by Thomas Watson, a puritan, and – because it is well out of copyright – is available for free online e.g. here. These sermons are based on his section “Ingredients of Repentance” – the first one we looked at was sorrow for sin.
Sermon preached at St Mark’s Church on Wednesday 11th March.
