What does it mean to Repent?

This Wednesday, Lent begins. Lent is a 40-day period of fasting, repentance, and prayer that many Christians undertake corporately all over the globe.  Lately, I’ve been considering the meaning of “repent” (Hebrew שׁוב; Greek metanoeo) in the terms of how the biblical authors thought about it. Repent in the Old Testament In the Old Testament, שׁוב is usually translated “turn back”…

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