Mission: Forgiveness

Mission: Forgiveness
Author: Jean Elizabeth Boonstra
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020
Genre: Plot-your-own stories
ISBN: 9780816366521

Invites the reader to make a series of choices as a new student in Chaplain Jake's class at Discovery Mountain Academy, who accidentally injures another student then seeks forgiveness.

Forgiving the Nightmare

Forgiving the Nightmare
Author: Mark Sowersby
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2021-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781951475185

Forgiving the Nightmare is a testimony of forgiveness, God's grace, and overcoming in the midst of life's hurts, pains, and abuses. Mark has been rescued from traumatic childhood abuse and restored through the power of God's Word and prayer.

Forgiveness and Justice

Forgiveness and Justice
Author: Bryan Maier
Publisher: Kregel Academic
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2017
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0825444055

Bringing practicality back to the work of forgiveness for counselors and pastors Much work in both academic and clinical counseling has focused on forgiveness and what, precisely, it means. We now know forgiveness offers both physical and psychological benefits. Yet despite all this exploration, most Christians are far from having a clear, consistent, theologically informed definition. Bryan Maier wants this conceptual ambiguity to end, especially for the pastor or counselor sitting across from a hurting person seeking immediate, practical help. The Christian counselor needs to be able to walk the client through the question, "Can forgiveness coexist with justice?" To this end, Maier examines current popular models of forgiveness, considering where they merge and diverge, and what merits each type of forgiveness has. He then delves directly into Scripture to discover the original model of God's forgiveness to humankind. From there, he builds a new construct of human forgiveness with practical guidance to help those in counseling understand the concept theologically. In doing so, he demonstrates that our understanding that forgiveness leads to healing is inverted; being whole leads to true forgiveness, not the other way around. Forgiveness and Justice is extremely useful for any practitioner needing to form a useful, theologically sound understanding of forgiveness for those who come for help.

The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness

The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness
Author: M Berzins McCoy
Publisher: Messenger Publications
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2022-01-31
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1788125304

Forgiveness is hard. But Jesus knows how much we need it. True forgiveness can be complicated because the pain of betrayal, loss, deception, and personal attack clings tightly to our emotions, memories, even our bodies. We may intend to forgive yet become stuck in our own mixed motives, others’ silence or anger, and the skewed stories we believe and tell about our lives. In The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness, Marina McCoy delves into the principles of Ignatian spirituality and uses gentle honesty to lay out 10 steps toward forgiveness, including: • Sort out true desires • Honor anger while deepening compassion • Make friends with time • Create a new story • . . . and more. Each chapter offers stories, real-life steps to take, and a powerful prayer for healing Forgiveness is hard, but it’s also possible—with our “habits of mercy” and God’s abundant grace.

Radical Forgiveness

Radical Forgiveness
Author: Colin Tipping
Publisher: Sounds True
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1591798213

Experience the Liberating Power of "Radical Forgiveness" Is there a divine purpose behind everything that happens? If you're willing to embrace that possibility, every aspect of your life can change. This is the theory behind Colin Tipping's revolutionary method for experiencing the freedom, peace, and renewed energy that come with Radical Forgiveness. Radical Forgiveness gives us step-by-step instruction in what begins as a healing process, and culminates in an entirely new way of living in the world. Radical Forgiveness is available in both book and audio format. With more than a dozen tools that can help us find peace in a difficult work situation or let go of painful events from the past, this book offers quick, easy-to-use practices and clear insights for exploring the transformative Radical Forgiveness process. The audio edition brings you Tipping's original adaptation of his award-winning book distilled into three CDs. Topics covered include: How to transform difficult emotions like anger, fear, and shame into unconditional love, gratitude, and peaceThe five essential stages of Radical Forgiveness, and how they help us transcend the victim archetype and embrace the inherent perfection of lifeThe Radical Forgiveness Worksheet—an effective and easy-to-use tool for tapping into your "spiritual intelligence" to resolve grievances "Radical Forgiveness is much more than the mere letting go of the past," writes Colin. "It is the key to creating the life that we want and the world that we want." With Radical Forgiveness, he puts that key in our hands.

The Miracle of Forgiveness

The Miracle of Forgiveness
Author: Spencer W. Kimball
Publisher: Bookcraft, Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Christian life
ISBN: 9780884944447

In The miracle of forgiveness, Spencer W. Kimball gives a penetrating explanation of repentance and forgiveness and clarifies their implications for church members.

A Just Forgiveness

A Just Forgiveness
Author: Everett L. Worthington Jr.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830895825

Christian faith calls for forgiveness and mercy. But how can Christians forgive without excusing wrongdoing? Psychologist and leading forgiveness researcher Everett Worthington gives Christian foundations for understanding just forgiveness and dealing with wrongdoers in this comprehensive guide which offers practical resources for both individuals and communities.

Radical Forgiveness

Radical Forgiveness
Author: Brian Zahnd
Publisher: Charisma Media
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1621365263

Recover the true beauty of Christianity as found in forgiveness. If Christianity is to be a compelling and relevant voice in the twenty-first century, it needs a fresh message. Not a new innovation or novel interpretation, but a return to our roots. For if Christianity is not about forgiveness, it’s about nothing at all. Beginning with the horror of the Holocaust, Radical Forgiveness explores what forgiveness means--and how far it should go--in the real world of rape, child abuse, genocide, and other atrocities. With honesty and compassion Zahnd tackles questions such as... Should we always forgive? Is forgiveness always even possible? Does forgiveness enable evil? Does it sacrifice justice? Are there ANY limits? Pushing you beyond intellectual exercises, Radical Forgiveness will challenge your thinking by juxtaposing absolutely bottom-line examples with the simple question: What would you do? Previously published as Unconditional?

Jesus and the Forgiveness of Sins

Jesus and the Forgiveness of Sins
Author: Tobias Hägerland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2011-11-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1139503111

The Gospels record that Jesus purported to forgive sins. What significance would such a claim have had for his contemporaries and what would the implications have been for his identity as a first-century popular prophet? Tobias Hägerland answers these questions and more as he investigates the forgiveness of sins in the mission of the historical Jesus. The Gospels are interpreted within the context of first-century Judaism as part of a broader reconstruction of Jesus' career as a healer and prophet, and rhetorical criticism is introduced as a tool for explaining how the gospel tradition about Jesus and forgiveness developed. Hägerland combines detailed exegesis and rigorous methodology with a holistic view of the historical Jesus, evaluating recent scholarship about first-century Jewish prophets and utilizing previously neglected textual evidence to present a thorough investigation of the theology of forgiveness in early Judaism and primitive Christianity.

Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Restoration

Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Restoration
Author: Martin William Mittelstadt
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2010-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608991946

Although history is replete with tales of revenge, Christian forgiveness provides an alternate response. In this volume, Pentecostal scholars from various disciplines offer their vision for forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration. The essayists offer long-overdue Pentecostal perspectives through analysis of contemporary theological issues, personal testimony, and prophetic possibilities for restoration of individual relationships and communities. Though Pentecostals remain committed to Spirit-empowered witness as recorded in Luke-Acts, these scholars embrace a larger Lukan vision of Spirit-initiated inclusivity marked by reconciliation. The consistent refrain calls for forgiveness as an expression of God's love that does not demand justice but rather seeks to promote peace by bringing healing and reconciliation in relationships between people united by one Spirit.