The Forgiven, Forgive

In His famous Sermon on the Mount Jesus taught that the forgiveness Christians receive from the Lord is to have a profound impact on our relationships with others, so much so that a refusal to forgive indicates you’ve never been forgiven: If you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your…

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To Forgive is Divine, Failure to Forgive is …

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a series of short essays about Edinburgh, Scotland.  In his Picturesque Notes of Edinburgh, he tells the story of two unmarried sisters who shared a single room.  As is often the case when people share close quarters, they had an argument.  But in their case the argument was over a point…

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Learning to Forgive

After riding by horseback around his estate in freezing rain and snow, George Washington woke up with an inflamed throat and was unable to breathe properly. When doctors examined his condition, they prescribed a procedure called “bloodletting,” which followed the prevailing medical opinion that removing blood from the body would reduce inflammation. In this case,…

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Does the Bible Really Teach Two Types of Forgiveness?

Kristopher Schaal I’d like to make a case for two distinct types of forgiveness. When a person gets saved, God forgives all of his sin—past, present, and future. This is often referred to as “positional forgiveness.” Although some people may not like that term, I don’t think anyone even close to orthodoxy really disputes the…

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The Good Shepherd is the Forgiver of My Sin

Sandy Hartman Be a Forgetful Forgiver Forgetfulness is rarely a quality that people are proud to possess. Frequently, forgetfulness is associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s or the beginning of senility. In other scenarios people ascribe it to a lack of character or low intelligence (and to the person doing the forgetting, it can certainly…

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Qualities of Manliness: Apology & Forgiveness

Thomas Overmiller Opening Day for the Major League baseball season is just around the corner. Having moved to the Queens borough of New York City last summer, my family and I live a pleasant 20-minute walk away from Citi Field. And we officially have decided to be Mets fans. Go Mets!

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Marks of Masculinity: Apology and Forgiveness

By Thomas Overmiller The story is frustrating and very unfortunate. Major League pitcher Armando Galarraga flirted with a perfect game, but umpire Jim Joyce botched it with an erroneous call in the 9th inning. Though the story is three years old now, it still teaches some important lessons. The responses of both men provided rare…

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