How to Know If Your Repentance Is Real (Psalm 51) with Matt Boswell and Jonny Ardavanis

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“How do you know if your repentance is genuine? In this episode, Jonny sits down with pastor and hymn writer Matt Boswell to walk through Psalm 51, David’s prayer of confession after his sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. You’ll learn: The four movements of Psalm 51: repentance, inner restoration, renewal, and response Why David appeals to God’s mercy, not his own résumé Why “against you, you only have I sinned” is the key to true brokenness The difference between godly sorrow and beating yourself up What it means to ask God to “create” a clean heart (the same word used in Genesis 1) How to move through repentance into restored joy, not stay stuck in shame Why God uses broken…