Trevin Wax, author of the forthcoming, Holy Subversion: Allegiance to Christ in an Age of Rivals
. . . Two things caused me to give Unpacking Forgiveness a chance. First, I read the book As We Forgive, which chronicles the forgiveness taking place in post-genocide Rwanda. I was deeply moved by the stories of forgiveness in that book. Secondly, I knew from the testimony of others that Chris is a godly man and a biblically-informed thinker. Therefore, I came to realize that Unpacking Forgiveness would not be like the standard evangelical offerings on this subject.
As I began reading Unpacking Forgiveness, I discovered that I needed this book a whole lot more than Chris needed a review. This book radically altered my own understanding of forgiveness. Even though I saw the vaccuous nature of therapeutic forgiveness, I had not yet replaced society’s view with biblically robust teaching on the subject.
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