Confusion about the three kinds of forgiveness causes great harm to victims of abuse

There are three kinds of forgiveness, but most Christians do not understand how to differentiate between them. To help remedy this, I have significantly updated my Three Kinds of Forgiveness post. The three kinds of forgiveness are: renunciation of vengeance, relational reconciliation, Divine judicial forgiveness. Christians chronically conflate the three kinds of forgiveness, which causes… Continue reading Confusion about the three kinds of forgiveness causes great harm to victims of abuse

Love without truth is sentimentality. Sentimentalism in churches leads to abuse.

Churches often have a sentimental idea of what it means to be loving. Love without truth is a hypocritical love called sentimentality. There is no justice without truth. Sentimentalism gives no justice to victims of abuse. It is loving to hold accountable your brothers in sisters in Christ who have corrupted the gospel and enabled… Continue reading Love without truth is sentimentality. Sentimentalism in churches leads to abuse.