repentance

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The two go “hand-in-hand,” she said, pointing to Scripture from the Book of Galatians that includes a message to “restore one another” after sin, mistakes and repentance.

From Seattle Times

Asked if the church doesn’t also need to call sinners to repentance, Mr. Curry said a call to love was exactly that.

From Washington Times

Keynes’ surrender came months after he declared through his lawyers that he wanted to cooperate with the Turkish authorities under a “repentance law” that grants offenders more lenient punishments, Anadolu reported.

From Seattle Times

The United Methodist Church held a ceremony of repentance in 2012 for historic injustices against Native peoples.

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The Jews were visiting to mark Tisha B’Av, a day of mourning and repentance when Jews reflect on the destruction of the First and Second Temples, key events in Jewish history.

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