Repent and Believe

The first recorded command of Jesus' public ministry, the opening sentence of everything: the kingdom has come near, repent and believe the good news.

Repent is not primarily feeling sorry but turning around, a changed mind that changes direction. And it travels paired with believe: turn from, turn toward. One without the other is either despair or presumption. Together they are the doorway everything else on this page stands behind.

Make repentance a daily hygiene, not a crisis event. Each evening, name the day's turn-worthy moment, turn from it, and believe the good news again, specifically, that forgiveness is already extended.