Deek Dubberly preached on forgiveness last night at his church. He has distilled his thinking down into 5 principles we learn from Jesus. Of course, where forgiveness is concerned it’s hard for me to remain underground when reading a blog. …
Is it the Haggard’s place to be critical of the process by which New Life church disciplined Ted Haggard?
In a Christianity Today interview, Gayle Haggard responds to questions about her decision to stay with her husband after his infidelity became public. I’m thankful the Haggard’s are together. While there are biblical grounds for divorce (Matthew 19:9), and Gayle…
“Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error . . .”
David Augsburger: Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness. This quote is a good…
Douthat on Whether or Not Mark McGwire Should Be Forgiven
My brief answer: yes, but forgiveness doesn’t mean the elimination of consequences. Douthat’s point is that we should be careful in saying that we won’t forgive McGwire, because we may have to discount every hero from that era of baseball.…
Brit Hume reaches out to Tiger Woods
I pray Tiger hears this and responds. HT: Sarah Flashing at Evangel
Podcast of my interview with Cisco Cotto about Unpacking Forgiveness is now available
The podcast of Cisco Cotto interviewing me about Unpacking Forgiveness is available here.
Should Christians always forgive?
Of course, the title of this post is not a new question here at “A Brick in the Valley.” But, Timmie Brister has raised it on his blog. You might stop by there and read his insights which are well…
An Interview with Cisco Cotto about Unpacking Forgiveness
Cisco Cotto of WYLL AM 1160 (Chicago’s Christian Talk Radio!) recently interviewed me about my book, Unpacking Forgiveness. You can listen to the interview at noon C.S.T. on Sunday (December 13) or online. The podcast will be available at a…
Questions 11 & 12 of a New Forgiveness Quiz and the Winner of a Flip Camera
And the winner of the drawing for A New Forgiveness Quiz is . . . kingsbro27 Question #11 – Where broken relationships are concerned, forgiveness can be unpacked in a moment. TRUE. Okay, “False,” is probably the better answer. But,…
Unpacking “Down Under”
It amazes me that with the Internet we can so easily communicate with people on the other side of the world. After all, I am an Iowa farm kid who grew up eight miles from a town of a thousand…