BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Muslims this week (September 30) mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan with the festive Eid al Fitr, and the Jewish High Holidays begin Monday evening (September 29) with ...

Repentance is one of the most important concepts in Christian teaching. It involves recognizing wrongdoing, feeling genuine sorrow for sin, and turning back toward God with a sincere heart. The Bible ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. The ...

As our devotions for Lent continue, the focus shifts just a bit. We began pondering the question, “Why the cross?” and rested on sin as the heart of the reason.

One of the greatest blessings which Allah bestows upon His servants is that He gives them an opportunity to turn to Him in repentance. He also made repentance a safe resort and secure refuge which is ...

Paul Prather: President, janitor, clergy, heretic, Christian, Jew, Muslim, atheist —if you’ve got a brain, much less a soul, you ought to repent for your own good and the good of those around you.

The past couple of weeks I've tried to explore spiritual concepts that have nearly universal applications for everyone from church deacons to skeptics. Previously, I looked at the importance of ...

Today is Tu Bishvat, the Jewish “New Year of the Trees.” Originally a quasi-economic date, used to calculate the ages of fruit trees (and thus their suitability for tithing), the day was turned by ...

I was also surprised to learn that though a common dictionary meaning for repentance is to feel sorry, in the Hebrew of the Bible to repent is not just a feeling but an action. To repent (shuv) is to ...

The reason behind repentance should be the love of Allah The Almighty, glorifying Him, hoping for His reward and forgiveness and for fear of His punishment. Repentance should not be for the sake of ...