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Despite what they read in the Bible, a new Barna study suggests many Christians find it hard to forgive. The study found that 23% of Christians identified someone they could not forgive, and 27% said they knew someone they did not want to forgive. 15% of respondents said they had not offered unconditional…

In November 2018, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a formal apology for his country’s actions in WWII. A ship carrying German Jews sought safe haven in Canada but was rejected. It had no other choice but to return to Europe resulting in the death of over 250 of those passengers. Expressing…

Hannah Oliver-Willetts of the United Kingdom was working tirelessly to raise funds in support of her son, Zac, who is suffering from Leukemia. The special treatment, while likely to be successful, is not yet available in the UK and is therefore very expensive. The Hospital contributed by cutting the…

In 1986, Detective Steven McDonald, a New York City police officer, spotted three teenagers stealing bicycles in Central Park. When he approached the boys, 15 year-old Shavod Jones shot McDonald three times. One of the bullets pierced McDonald’s spinal column, paralyzing him from the neck down. Six months…

When her car disappeared, Erin Hatzi looked at the video from her surveillance camera and saw a woman walk up to her car, sit in it for a few minutes, and then drive away. She thought it was odd that the person would sit in the car for several minutes, but she filed a report anyway. The next afternoon,…

In the book, Forgiveness and Health: Scientific Evidence and Theories Relating Forgiveness to Better Health, the authors write, “Unforgiveness has been positively associated with psychological disorders including depression, anxiety, and PTSD.” In other words, not forgiving others hurts your mental health.…

New York Yankee fallen super star Alex Rodriguez is returning to baseball after a yearlong suspension, the longest ever given to an active player for drug use. As he prepares to begin spring training for his comeback year he has issued an apology to the Yankees, their owners, the Players Association…

The family of Micah Pate, who was murdered by her husband in 2009, has chosen to follow a path of forgiveness and service rather than seeking revenge. They are working with a documentary filmmaker to put together an educational film for young women that can help them make wise decisions when choosing…

Little six-year-old Lucy Magnum said, “I forgive him,” speaking of the shark that sank its teeth into her leg off the Carolina coast. Lucy was in shallow water on her boogie board when the attack took place. Only a quick response by her parents saved her leg until emergency workers arrived. “I hate sharks,”…

A mother’s decision to forgive the boy, who murdered her only son, has had a bigger impact than she could have imagined. In 1993, a 16-year-old killed Mary Johnson’s son Laramiun during an argument at a party. Mary wanted justice and said the killer, Oshea Israel, deserved to be caged because he was…

For 100 days in 1994 Rwanda was a killing field. Saveri Nemeye was one of the aggressors. With a machete he brutally killed Rosaria Bankundiye’s husband and their four children. Released from prison in 2004, Saveri went to Rosaria and begged for forgiveness. Rosaria considered his request and then granted…

FORGIVENESS On November 12, 2006, Frank, a follower of Christ, and his wife Becca were walking in Denver with their two children, Macie, four years old, and Garrison, two. Mom and Dad were pushing Macie and Garrison in a side-by-side stroller. As they crossed an intersection, a drunk driver named Lawrence…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax. Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted,…

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES The command of the Lord Jesus to love our enemies is easy in abstraction, but somewhat more difficult in real life. Gregory Jones tells a true story of forgiveness and this kind of love in his book, Embodying Forgiveness. A Turkish officer raided and looted an Armenian home. He killed…

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Source: Lewis Smedes

Culling the Army of God Purpose: To equip saints to be effective soldiers in the Lord's Army. Judges 7:2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved…

A railcar carrying 12,000 gallons of napalm headed back to California after political protests prompted an Indiana company to back out of a Navy deal to recycle the jellied gasoline. The Navy decided yesterday to send the shipment to China Lake Naval Weapons Testing Center, about 120 miles northwest…

The effectiveness of the Bible in your life lies in how much of it you obey. The US Department of the Interior once conducted an experiment using migratory birds. The birds were tagged with metal strips reading "Wash. Biol. Surv."—for Washington Biological Survey. The code was changed, so the story goes,…

FORGIVENESS A Grinch of sorts was busy in South Florida this past holiday season. On Christmas Eve, Ron and Helen Meijer found a ransom note in their front-lawn nativity scene. The plastic baby Jesus had been kidnapped. The kidnappers did not demand money. Instead, they made a demand the Meijers refused…

Greater Faith, 10/5/08 Intro. Praise & Worship Scx: eph 5: 15-21 Title: Blessed anyhow , be wise 15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord…

John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…

#1 — The Conflict In God’s FamilyPlease press the microphone to listen to the talk. Requires the free RealPlayer®. Installation instructions available. “The Conflict In God’s Family” — another look at the Biblical basis for understanding the plan of salvation as God’s provision for restoring peace in…

Matthew 5:14-16 you R THE light of the world Acts 26:18 message gien to Paul open the eyes of the gentiles so they may see the light of Jesus and turn from darkness 2 Cor 4:3-6 let lightness shine out of darkness 2 Cor 11:14 satan poses as angle of light Eph 5:8-14 children of light Phil 2:15we shine…

I. Introduction When God created the universe and all within it, God looked and saw that it was good. At some point, however, evil entered the world and corrupted it. People may have different understandings of how this happened, but I don’t think anyone would argue that the world as we know it is the…

A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…