How to Forgive the Unforgivable

I don’t know how many times I’ve been in a conversation with someone who is recounting something horrible they’ve gone through at the hands of another person.

The other person is evil. And I get totally drawn in.

I want justice. I want that other person to experience pain for what they’re doing.

Then the person I’m talking to asks me, “How am I supposed to forgive him (or her)?”

I’m so into their story, that I can’t forgive this person, and I didn’t even experience it!

Pat answers simply won’t come to me. 

I had one of these conversations recently. I said, “I don’t know. But I’ll be preaching on it in a couple of weeks.” 

That's this weekend, and I'm eager to share it with you. 

Do you have someone you can’t forgive?

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“4 Conditions for a Lasting, Vibrant Faith”

You’ve seen it way too often: someone makes a faith commitment and it doesn’t last. 

That doesn’t usually surprise us.

What does surprise us is the guy who walks away from Christ after decades of following him.

Or the gal who grew up taking in all the best the church and her family had to offer but left it all when she started living on her own. 

In this week’s text, Jesus explains the conditions necessary for a lasting faith (i.e., a genuine, saving faith)—a faith that’s lasting and vibrant. 

Parents, this will be an important one for your teens to hear. 

Actually, it will be an important one for all of us to hear.

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