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Sep 28, 2008

Prideful Forgivers

Forgiveness 0

How do we counter the pride of virtuous magnanimity, the second form of pride associated with forgiving?  As forgivers, we should remind ourselves that, on our own, we have neither…

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Sep 11, 2008

Forgiveness Mirrors God.

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Yet even when offenders are unrepentant, we can and should forgive.  There are better ways to protect ourselves than the refusal to forgive.  And when it comes to reminding offenders…

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Aug 28, 2008

Care and Protection

Compassion, Forgiveness, God, Healing 0

But a person with a shattered life . . . doesn’t first need Christ to forgive her or to forgive through her.  Before anything else, she needs Christ to cradle…

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Aug 12, 2008

Forgiving the Unrepentant

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It is possible to close ourselves to grace, both human and divine.  But only grace can pry open the door that has been shut in its face.  So God continues…

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Jul 26, 2008

We Don’t Get What We Deserve.

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For a Christian, however, a bottom-line principle can never be that we should get what we deserve.  Our very existence is God’s gift.  Our redemption from the snares of sin…

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Jul 4, 2008

Forgiveness as a Way of Life

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Forgiveness doesn’t stand alone, as a punctual act or even as an isolated practice.  That would be too passive an understanding of what forgiveness is all about.  Rather, it is…

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Jun 19, 2008

Forgiveness and Repentance

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Repentance is important, even indispensable, and it is indispensable because forgiveness is an event between people, not just an individual’s change of feelings, attitudes, or actions.  Instead of being a…

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Jun 8, 2008

No Unforgivable People

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There are no unforgivable people. Should we forgive even those who refuse to repent?  Consider once again God’s forgiveness, which serves as a model for ours.  There are people who…

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May 27, 2008

No Unforgiveable Sins

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The scandalousness of God’s indiscriminate forgiveness hits us even harder when we are called on to imitate it.  When we need to forgive, most of us, perhaps unconsciously, feel entitled…

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Mar 24, 2008

God Giving Through Us

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It will not help much if we simply remind ourselves:  God gives to the ungrateful, and so should we.  But it will help if we remember that it’s God who…

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