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In: Forgiveness

Of crucial importance to mental, emotional, spiritual and public health, Amy Orr-Ewing offers a superb account of why forgiveness is vital. What’s more, she elucidates how forgiveness looks in various contexts and circumstances making this an immensely practical guide. Although writing from her personal story,read more ➜

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In: Forgiveness

As pandemic restrictions continue, members of the Society of Christian Philosophers were asked a few months ago to provide suggestions on ways to bring their content to a wider audience. In addition to their first-rate journal Faith & Philosophy, I suggested they consider adding a YouTube channel to reach a broader audience. Now this resource is available so …read more ➜

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In: Atonement, Forgiveness, Theology

Terrance Tiessen has an especially insightful post on the penal substitution theory of Christ’s atonement (PSA). Although the theory is full of complexities and not without controversy noted by many theologians, the value that Tiessen brings shows a warm pastoral heart and very special and important insightsread more ➜

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In: Forgiveness, Theology

Does God forget my sins when he forgives my sins? Aren’t we supposed to “forgive and forget?” After all, the Bible clearly states “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more” (Isaiah 43:25).read more ➜

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In: Forgiveness, Reviews

Miraslov Volf says it was the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) that launched his “theology of embrace” for his book, Exclusion & Embrace (see previous post). Volf writes that in “some sense” the whole book is his attempt to “draw out” the social significance ofread more ➜

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In: Forgiveness, Reviews

I’ve been taking my time reading through Miraslov Volf‘s Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation. As observer of the war between the Serbs and Croats fought between 1991-1995, this is Volf’s theological reflection on the ethnic and cultural conflicts thatread more ➜

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Once again N. T. Wright has done an eloquent job articulating a very difficult teaching that so many for so long have wrestled with intellectually, existentially, or both. This short book goes a long way toward building a framework for understanding practical ways to liveread more ➜

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In: Forgiveness

Before leaving the great state of Colorado, for a number of years I met each Friday morning with two dear friends and fellow brothers in Christ. Whether praying together, studying Scripture together, or just enjoying the company of each other, I looked forward to ourread more ➜

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In: Forgiveness, Theology

I hold it true, whate’er befall;I feel it when I sorrow most;‘Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all. In Memoriam A.H.H. Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) The first few instances where the notion of remembrance is found in Scripture itread more ➜