Tag Archives: Forgiveness

Reflections on the Cross

Posted on March 30, 2018 by David

“They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). And they crucified him” (Mark 15:22, 24). God loves humankind with a love the depth, the cost, and the unselfishness of which I cannot fully … Continue reading →

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O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

Posted on April 13, 2017 by David

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on … Continue reading →

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It Causes Me to Tremble

Posted on April 10, 2017 by David

They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. When they had crucified him, they divided … Continue reading →

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The Grace and the Call of the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Posted on March 24, 2013 by David

In the March 2013 issue of Christianity Today magazine, Jordan Monge shares her journey, as a student at Harvard, from atheism to faith in Jesus Christ (“The Atheist’s Dilemma”, pages 88, 87).  She first came to belief in the existence … Continue reading →

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Forgiving Yourself

Posted on September 30, 2011 by David

(This is the ninth entry of a series on forgiveness.) “Do you dare release the person you are today from the shadow of the wrong you did yesterday?                         … Continue reading →

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On The Other Side of Forgiveness

Posted on September 17, 2011 by David

(This is the eighth entry of a series on forgiveness. Repentance.) HONESTY. Forgiveness is honest, severely honest. None of us want to be on the other side of forgiveness. We do not want to be the target of the severe … Continue reading →

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Remember No More

Posted on September 14, 2011 by David

(This is the seventh entry of a series on forgiveness. Forgetting.) I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remember your sins no more (Isaiah 43:25). Forgive each other, just as in Christ … Continue reading →

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Relationship Restored

Posted on September 9, 2011 by David

(This is the sixth entry of a series on forgiveness. Reconciliation.) The story of the twin brothers, Esau and Jacob, is one of deception, theft, rage, revenge, and hatred. Jacob tricked his brother out of his birthright. He later lied … Continue reading →

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Father Forgive Them

Posted on September 8, 2011 by David

(This is the fifth entry of a series on forgiveness. Can you forgive the unrepentant?) “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds … Continue reading →

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How Lord? How?

Posted on September 6, 2011 by David

(This is the fourth entry of a series on forgiveness.) Within the fallenness of this world, the reality of sin, and human weakness, forgiveness seems unnatural. God intends forgiveness to be natural and to be the norm in disciples of … Continue reading →

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