Some helpful thoughts and a turn of phrase that appealed to me (…That is his resting state) from Ed Welch. You are preaching to people with real problems and needs. Guilt is, indeed, a real problem, forgiveness is a real need. Yet competing with these is a popular myth. It suggests that Jesus is nice. …
Simone Richardson writes about an unhelpful tendency to mistake situations where forgiveness is extended when what should be properly offered is forbearance. Forgiveness is what’s needed when God’s standards are breached. Forbearance has more to do with when it’s our standards that are not being met. From the article. Forbearance is what is needed when …
Zac Hicks writes about corporate worship training and equipping disciples of Jesus for their day to day life following Christ. Part of [the church Hicks was attending at the time] weekly service structure was a rehearsal of repentance, a Confession of Sin and an Assurance of Pardon. Week in and week out, we would have …
This week’s Border Watch piece was a reflection on a parenting video I’d watched the week before. The paper titled this ‘Actions Key To Forgiveness’. It’s such an inescapable part of parenting that you think more people would tell you about it: at some point or another most parents will find themselves locked in the …
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