Assertion: backsliding | /r/CapableOf | speak of return
Facets:
value: in the ot
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the OT, backsliding speaks of a return or turn back of the old life of sin and the worship of false gods; in this day, a return to a former life of sin and spiritual idolatry, that is, to materialism and the worship of things rather than God.