Beyond Forgiveness

Beyond Forgiveness

Let’s say I do it. I choose. “I . . . um . . . I . . . forgive . . . you.” There. I said it. Have I now forgiven as Christ forgave me? I’ve started, which is probably the hardest part. I’ve ignored my emotions that still scream for...
Forgive a Killer?

Forgive a Killer?

Five-year-old Steven burst through the front door, anxious to tell his mother about his morning at pre-school and to get on with an afternoon of play in the autumn sunshine. Instead, his mother quickly ushered him to his bedroom. His young age could not insulate him...
Moving Toward Forgiveness

Moving Toward Forgiveness

Corrie ten Boom, author of The Hiding Place, was taken captive and spent time in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. She tells stories of the filth and horrendous conditions, of how she and her fellow captives were herded like cattle, strip-searched, and...
Spend and Be Spent

Spend and Be Spent

John Wesley, one of the great revival preachers of the eighteenth century, is known popularly for a number of things. This is the man who had his “heart strangely warmed” and became the preacher who would declare not that the parish was his world, but...
Rich Man, Poor Man

Rich Man, Poor Man

Today more than a billion people in the world live and die in desperate poverty. They attempt to survive on less than a dollar per day. Close to two billion others live on less than two dollars per day. That’s nearly half the world struggling today to find food,...