Posts with the tag “forgiveness”

“But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’” (Mark 16:7) I have recently been reading through Mark’s gospel, and the jo...  Read More

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:43-44)Last year, we began a discipline in...  Read More

Today’s post is adapted from the February 26th, 2013 blog.Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified h...  Read More

“If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” (Luke 17:3-4)The 2...  Read More

“Love keeps no record of wrongs” (1 Corinthians 13:5)Brennan Manning’s The Ragamuffin Gospel is one of those books that I try to read on a regular basis, at least once every year or two. Manning’s sto...  Read More

“Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you” (Colossians 3:13)This past Sunday I shared from Matthew 18 about forgiving thos...  Read More