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Tag Archives: forgiveness
Does God expect a victim of abuse to forgive their abuser?
I’ve just watched Mez McConnell talk with Andy Constable, Graham Thompson, and Ian Williamson about the difficult topic of abuse and forgiveness. I want to share it on my blog for some important reasons. If you have suffered abuse of … Continue reading
Why it pleased the Father to bruise the Son
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. Isaiah 53:10 Stephen Charnock considers God’s pleasure in bruising the Son and how the forgiveness of the sinner is a geater pleasure to God than the cost and the pain of the … Continue reading
Posted in The nature of grace
Tagged forgiveness, Stephen Charnock, substitutionary atonement
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What is forgiveness?
I was talking through what is means to forgive with another vicar recently asking “what is forgiveness?” It would seem to be obvious but it’s not. If someone sins against you, then how do you forgive? For lots of people … Continue reading
George Foreman on conversion and forgiveness
I’m reading George Foreman’s biography “By George” which is a really delightful book. Foreman’s renewed character, from feral street kid to proud boxer to humbled sinner saved by Christ, shines through his writing and he sounds a lot like he … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Christians
Tagged boxing, By George, conversion, forgiveness, George Foreman, olympics
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Blessed
This autumn at Holy Trinity we’re discovering how to receive God’s blessings. The dates on which we are dealing with each of nine blessings are shown below along with a Psalm. Check the date, the psalm and the blessing then … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Trinity
Tagged blessed, blessing, delight, forgiveness, Holy Trinity, West Bromwich
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