forgiveness
God Doesn’t Want Blood, He Wants Life
Hebrews 9:22 provides the main reason Christians believe that if Jesus had not shed His blood for us, we could never have been forgiven for our sins. I forgive people all the time without requiring that they shed blood…
Imitating Christ, The Suffering Servant
The only Christian theodicy which I find credible is the confession that God does not exempt himself from the horror of human suffering, but is fully baptized into it. God in Christ joins us in a solidarity of suffering,…
We Forgive Others Because God Forgave Us
Bryan Carter explains how forgiveness within marriage works. The principles he speaks of really apply to all relationships, not just…
You Have Two Options When Someone Wrongs You
Someone may have robbed you of some happiness, reputation, opportunity, or certain aspects of your freedom. No price tag can be put on such things, yet we still have a sense of violated justice that does not go away…
Love Your Enemy: Is That Even Possible?
Using the word “love” for an enemy makes the word “enemy” obsolete. You can’t love an “enemy”! Maybe that’s Jesus’ point: the more we love our enemies, the less enemies the world will have. There will no longer be…
Forgiveness Is Both Costly And Necessary
If you’ve ever really forgiven somebody, forgiven some real wrong, all forgiveness is suffering. If you say “I forgave and I didn’t suffer,” it wasn’t that serious a wrong. But if you have ever really been wronged, and if…
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