The Way of Repentance with Chris Brauns

About this episode

Chris Brauns discusses the importance of repentance in Christianity and clarifies misconceptions surrounding it.

It is not an exaggeration to say that repentance is at the very heart of the gospel. And yet, Christians talk about repentance too little, and when we do, we are often confused about what repentance is and isn’t. In this episode, Chris Brauns, an author and pastor in rural Illinois, joins Kevin to talk about many of the misconceptions about forgiveness, how to discern true from false repentance, and why both fear and joy should motivate us to repent. Chris is a wise, clear, down-to-earth pastor who has written an extremely helpful book. You’ll also be able to tell he has memorized a lot of Scripture. In other words, he’s someone worth listening to.

People in this episode

Host: Kevin

Guest: Chris Brauns

Topics covered

• repentance
• forgiveness
• Christianity
• gospel
• misconceptions

Keywords

• repentance
• forgiveness
• gospel
• Christianity
• misconceptions
• fear
• joy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clearly Reformed

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