I don't think what
he said about forgiveness was primarily for the benefit of any perpetrators, but that any victim be free of the burden of resentment and bitterness.
Thank you for sharing may I applaud what you have
said about forgiveness and what you have talked about with sharing, not being afraid and with alchemising your own pain into doing good for others.
Isn't what you are saying what is basically being
said about forgiveness... just in different words?
An ever accumulating amount of research is finding that what every religion and moral teaching has
said about forgiveness is true.
We see this when we understand what the Bible
says about forgiveness.
So instead of trying to explain every verse about forgiveness, let me try to briefly summarize what the Bible
says about forgiveness and why there is so much confusion surrounding this concept in the church today.
Not exact matches
For example, 17 percent of parents
said they knew
about «Obama student loan
forgiveness» — even though no such program exists.
It's just really something to think
about, like you have this debt and whether you're going to be on a Dave Ramsey style like debt snowball or you're going to go for public service loan
forgiveness or you're going to go for IBR and take 20 years, like I just
say come up with a plan and stick to the plan.
I actually agree with what you have to
say about the discussion of the topic of family, love and
forgiveness with your dying patients.
«It's all very well to talk
about forgiveness for the sake of «Oh, you're a Christian, you need to forgive», but
forgiveness is actually much more than just someone
saying sorry and I won't do it again;
«For me, gospel music and old hymns were always addressing the big questions —
about God, redemption, sin and
forgiveness,» he
says.
I can't really suggest anything because I don't know much
about the situation in particular but I can
say they must not fully understand the doctrine of
forgiveness and their duty as parents.
As I
said to one of the women who came up to me after church: «I needed to narrate some «good news»
about forgiveness that didn't kill me.»
You would think it would be a hard sell given the fact that the real estate mogul and reality star has boasted
about his extramarital affairs, profited off casinos and strip clubs,
said he doesn't need to ask God for
forgiveness, called for targeting innocent civilians in war, mocked a reporter with a disability, threatened the religious liberty of minority groups in the U.S., and gained wide support among white nationalists for consistently lying
about and demeaning blacks, Mexican immigrants, Muslims, and Syrian refugees.
He was surprisingly open with his ideas and questions
about God, and we were in the midst of discussing the
forgiveness and love of God when, as if disgusted by himself, he
said, «But you don't even know the thoughts I've had
about you before we were talking.
If we know anything at all
about the ministry of Jesus, we know that no action of his ministry brought greater offense to his hearer than his
forgiveness of sin; and no theme of his
sayings or parables overshadows the proclamation of
forgiveness, although we must recognize that originally this
forgiveness was inseparable from the eschatological situation of the dawning of the Kingdom of God.
If you are concerned
about what you
said, that means the Spirit is still with you, encouraging you to go to the Father and thank Him for the
forgiveness you have in Jesus Christ.
But before we discuss these parables, we must
say something
about the understanding of the
forgiveness of sins among the Jews at the time of Jesus, and especially
about the frequently recurring «tax collectors and sinners» in the gospel tradition.
Cardinal Burke
said: «I must
say sincerely, even though I haven't read the words of the Pope, that I don't see why the Church ought to ask
forgiveness for teaching the truth
about sex and sexuality.»
Jeremy Myers, i think you are wrong and David is right, so many out there are preaching you can live any way you want and be right that Grace covers any sin, they really believe that, that is not what the bible
says, God was very concerned
about sin so much he sent Jesus his son to die on a cross for us, if we accept Jesus as our savor then we are to obey his commandments, not break them, we are to live a righteous and holy life as possible, the bible plainly list a whole list of things if we live in will not to to heaven unless we repent, if we die while in these sins, we will not go to heaven, what is the difference, between someone who
said a prayer and someone who did not, and they are living the same way, none, i think, if we are truly saved it should be hard to do these things let alone live and do them everyday, i would be afraid to tell people that it does not matte grace covers their sins, i really think it is the slip ups that we are convicted of by the Holy Spirit and we ask for forgivness, how can anyones heart be right with God and they have sex all the time out of marriage, lie, break every commandment of God, i don't think this is meaning grace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for
forgiveness, a lot of people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not
saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hates sin,
That is an odd thing to
say about a Church that donates millions of dollars in medical and relief supplies to several different areas of the world for assistance after natural disasters, and that puts so much emphasis on strong marriage, dedicated parenting,
forgiveness, and striving to be like Christ.
However you
said about Christians: «They follow the teachings of Jesus who teaches love, tolerance, and
forgiveness.»
They are only concerned
about forgiveness, and have no concept that repentance is not just
saying «Ooops, oh well God will forgive so I can continue in my fleshly ways».
So I decided to preach a sermon
about the Unpardonable Sin, and what I believed the Scriptures taught
about God's love and
forgiveness for us — no matter what we
say or do.
Could it be, for example, that a kairos for suffering and hope does not preclude theological attention to other clarnant issues, not only as they bear upon this one, but also in their own right - sin as how we all stand accountable before God, death as our common mortality, error as our common lot - and what the Good News
says about all these things, i.e.,
forgiveness, resurrection, revelation?
But, when we look at the gospel's and in particular Jesus's model to us of how to live and how to act, it is all
about grace, love, mercy,
forgiveness, tenderness, kindness...... Jesus did» nt
say; «blessed are those who judge for they will be given more authority»!
In Practicing Our Faith we talk
about practices that address fundamental human needs: honoring the body, hospitality, household economics,
saying yes and
saying no, keeping Sabbath, testimony, discernment, shaping communities,
forgiveness, healing, dying well and singing our lives.
The author talks
about practices that address fundamental human needs: honoring the body, hospitality, household economics,
saying yes and
saying no, keeping Sabbath, testimony, discernment, shaping communities,
forgiveness, healing, dying well and singing our lives.
He also
says that, for any knowledge of God beyond «the bare outline of the dimensions of his being,» we must look to empirical science and theology.6 This,
says he, is the reason why purely philosophical theology can
say nothing
about such pivotal religious doctrines as sin, grace, and
forgiveness.
E. F. Scott
says: «He (John) has nothing to
say about love, humility,
forgiveness.
The fact that aethiests have a problem with a holiday that calls for Joy, Love and
forgiveness says it all
about that, enough
said.
The topics of God's infinite grace and
forgiveness will be looked at in later posts, and so nothing more will be
said about it here except to
say that God's grace covers even divorce.
David, this cartoon illustrates so clearly what the church has got wrong
about forgiveness, compared with what Jesus
said, «Forgive, and you will be forgiven.»
Sometimes with a lack of coffee and sleep we suck at this and through that our girls learn
about forgiveness and that mommy and daddy know how to
say sorry.
«Near the end, most people think
about death and the afterlife and they repent and ask for
forgiveness from God,» the church manager
said.
«There's ultimately an uplifting message
about reconciliation and
forgiveness — understanding the ways of others,» Cooper
says.
But the couple's disturbing meet - cute casts everything Jim
says or does in a threatening light; a comment
about «giving you space» comes off like stalking prey, and his plea for
forgiveness over the ship's PA when his secret is finally revealed plays more like obsessive surveillance than rom - com quirk.
There is not a lot to
say about myself other then I am a bum who needs God's love and
forgiveness.
It became apparent there was a lot more to
say about this crime — its wide ripples, its possible antecedents, the people whose lives it dramatically changed and what we can learn from them
about love, pain,
forgiveness, and serious shortcomings in our mental health and criminal justice systems.
Camilla Gibb, Author and Non-Fiction Judge,
says: «Wab Kinew's story is a deeply moving memoir
about the possibility of
forgiveness and healing within a family, a community and a country coming to terms with the damaging legacy of the residential school system.
I have
about $ 90,000 in federal loans and they
said i was eligible for
forgiveness and would only have
about $ 18,000 to pay.
There is a lot to be
said about the implementation of the loan
forgiveness program among other aspects such as the consequences and motivation of the policy.
The opposition to these policies may
say that the pro-loan
forgiveness side «dissembled
about the cost» according to the Wall Street Journal.
I'm confused at the part where you mention that under ibr there isn't a chance for
forgiveness after the 25 years... i was just reading a document
about all the repayment options and it
said that under any of them there is a chance for
forgiveness after the 20 - 25 years though the time can vary from plan to plan.
I saw a post on Facebook
about student loan
forgiveness for
said schools.
i had called devry
about the loan
forgiveness that was mandated by the department of education and they
said they would transfer me to the department that can help me (without telling me it was actually a seperate debt consolidation company) later i find out the «department» they transferred me to is actually a debt consolidation company called alumni aid assistance and that i only supposedly qualified to have
about $ 1200 removed from my loan and i had to pay back the rest.
For example, 17 percent of parents
said they knew
about «Obama student loan
forgiveness» — even though no such program exists.
But since I didn't request an Income Driven Plan until
about two years ago, the company that currently holds my loan
says I've only made 26 payments that are part of the Public Service Loan
Forgiveness Program.
The fact that they so rarely do
says much
about their power of
forgiveness.
Bass also applauded the appropriation of an additional $ 2.3 million that she
said would be used «to correct deficiencies in the Department of Education's efforts to educate and certify borrowers
about their eligibility for the federal Public Service Loan
Forgiveness program.»