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The Dark Side of Christian Forgiveness


8 Steps to Forgiving Others - Irvine Christian Counseling

1. Acknowledge the pain. · 2. Think through things. · 3. Imagine being on the other side. · 4. Remember God's forgiveness. · 5. Reflect on our Biblical command. · 6.

The Poison of Unforgiveness - Joyce Meyer Ministries

Your fellowship with God flows freely when you're willing to forgive, but it gets blocked by unforgiveness. Forgiveness also keeps Satan from getting an ...

1John: Light, Darkness, Sin, and Forgiveness - Dave R Phillips

I'm hoping to have a Ride-Along with our local police department soon, 12 hours of darkness to learn about our city from the dark side. God is ...

Answering the Hard Questions About Forgiveness - Grace to You

It's your word against the other fellow's. This might not be resolved until Christ Himself sorts it out and you lay your differences aside in heaven. Give it up ...

Why Forgive? | Today's Christian Woman

Remind yourself that you've forgiven the person. We can exert self-control to reach forgiveness. Self-control is part of the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians ...

When Forgiveness Teaching is Harmful - Defined By God

The part about someone who hurts or abuses you repenting is usually left out of most teachings about forgiveness. And repent means to change ...

Forgive and Forget: 1 Corinthians 13:5

He gives complete forgiveness, stemming from the pure and powerful love he has for us. And like himself, we are meant to love like God, and ...

God's Dark Side Brought to Light - Biblical Christian Worldview

Maybe because people don't like the sound of God having a dark side or don't understand it. What dark side of God am I referring to? His dark ...

The Promise of Forgiveness - In Touch Ministries

Recognize that God will often use an offense to reveal a weakness. An unforgiving spirit is an ugly part of us that the Lord wants to bring into the open so we ...

Forgiveness: Healing the Hurt We Never Deserved

1) Forgiveness is not an optional part of the Christian life. It is a necessary part of what it means to be a Christian. If we are going to follow Jesus, we ...

I may not be a Christian anymore, but Lord knows I need forgiveness

I found the Book of Romans cheerless: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” and “For the wages of sin is death”. Even Jesus said, ...

Our Precious Sins We Don't Want God to Forgive - 1517

There is a repentance that is anti-repentance, for it clings tightly to the sin over which it sorrows, because in that sorrow is its ...

The biblical need for justice and not just for forgiveness

Forgiveness, as modelled to us in the Bible, is the choice to release wrongdoing that's been committed against us. It may be possible to do this ...

Why Should God Forgive Your Sins? | Modern Reformation

The essence of Christianity is the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the essence of the gospel is the forgiveness of sins. Being a Christian means that your sins are ...

Why Can't I Just Let it Go? A Christian Counselor on Forgiveness

The returns are in — not forgiving can produce significant emotional turmoil, mental stress, and mental and even physical fatigue. And, on the positive side, ...

Justice, Forgiveness, Restoration, and Truth-telling

The Bible shows that God loves justice (Isaiah 61:8; 16:7-8) and that Christians ought to forgive (Colossians 3:13). Yet, how forgiveness and ...

The Divine Logic of Forgiveness - Christians for Social Action

Christ has every right to be offended: He alone never offends, and we continually offend him. Yet never clinging to his rights, he continually forgives. Human ...

Christian Forgiveness - DiscipleHeart

The need for forgiveness is based on Christ's call for his followers to love each other and to demonstrate to the world a unity that is "other worldly"!

Forgiveness and Boundaries | ViewPoint - Christian Feminism Today

Forgiving is all about deciding to move forward, holding the lesson learned in your hand, instead of standing there with the suffering clutched tightly to your ...

The Freedom of Forgiveness | YCFC - Yale Center for Faith & Culture

He contrasts forgiveness as an obligation with forgiveness as a gift that frees one from captivity to the past and opens up possibilities for the future.