Forgiveness is one of those beautiful and yet complicated aspects of the Christian life… we revel in God’s forgiveness of us, and yet we sometimes struggle to see how we could forgive others if they haven’t repented or even said sorry to us.

I’ve recently read a wonderfully challenging and helpful article on this that I recommend to anyone thinking about forgiveness. A key sentence was,

“[the concept that one must not forgive the sin of another until they repent, is...] an impossibly twisted exercise in Zen godliness that would defeat Yoda himself. It deserves a round of applause given by a single hand.”

Its a long article, but well worth the read.

Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.)

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