Renunciation of vengeance, relational reconciliation, divine judicial forgiveness — those are the three kinds of forgiveness. And Christians chronically conflate the three, which causes much harm and confusion to victims of abuse. Let us look at the scriptures about forgiveness. All scriptures are from the NASB1995 unless otherwise stated. First the one from the Lord's… Continue reading Three Kinds of Forgiveness
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Does the Bible Command us to “Respect no matter what”?
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. (Ephesians 5:33) Recently we received the following excellent email and question from a reader. This is what she wrote: I'm emailing you because I've been wondering a lot lately about what the opinion of… Continue reading Does the Bible Command us to “Respect no matter what”?
