1.0Prayer, Plain and Simplehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimpleMark and Jill Herringshawhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimple/author/mherringshaw1Is Lance Armstrong Contrite?rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="M00rvxuFpd"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimple/2013/01/is-lance-armstrong-contrite.html">Is Lance Armstrong Contrite?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimple/2013/01/is-lance-armstrong-contrite.html/embed#?secret=M00rvxuFpd" width="600" height="338" title="“Is Lance Armstrong Contrite?” — Prayer, Plain and Simple" data-secret="M00rvxuFpd" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Psalm 51 is the gold standard for contrite confession. David is broken by the weight of his sin. Only then can he truly repent. This last week Lance Armstrong came clean, admitting that he’d used performing enhancing drugs and that he’d lied about it for years, to millions of people. Is he contrite? We can’t…