This is part 11 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. What’s missing from this “clear” teaching that repentance is required for salvation? I’ll give you a hint: That right, faith is conspicuously missing. This is quite the achievement: a theology of forgiveness without faith! It seems that …

This is part 10 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. Recall in Part 6 that just prior to giving his instruction on forgiveness and dealing with a brother who sins against another, Jesus talked about stumbling blocks. Here we have Paul also talking about stumbling blocks: Notice …

This is part 9 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. A question is asked over at the “In the Habit of Goring” blog: In Part 3, we had discussed the Lord’s Prayer. Let’s look at it again: …and… In the Lord’s Prayer we are not asking for …

The Lord is Risen!

As much as I enjoy posting on a blog, there are times when I desire to do other things. A few weeks ago my posting took an unexpected and unexplained bump because I picked up a new (mis)adventure: That’s right, I’m teaching myself Real Analysis. That’s a higher-level undergraduate course …

This is part 8 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. There are many misconceptions regarding forgiveness. Let’s discuss a few of them. This highlights the problem with describing sin in abstract moral, ethical, behavioral, or spiritualized terms. People are completely unable to understand when and how sin creates …

This is part 7 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. Six years ago a commenter asked me the following: Walt, a former Anabaptist, had converted to Calvinism. This was, IMO, a lateral move. I responded: There are many theories of atonement, including: View Key Idea Notable Proponents …

This is part 6 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. Throughout this series we’ve discussed sinning, forgiveness, repentance, reconciliation, and excommunication. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about what to do if your brother sins against you (Matthew 18:15-22) and the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant …

This is part 5 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. In our last post, we discussed how repentance differs from forgiveness, concluding: After posting that, Bruce Charlton posted an article where he discussed in his view of the role of repentance in the life and work of …

This is part 4 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. In the last part of the series, you may have missed something that I said: For those who believe that forgiveness is conditional, they believe that the condition required for forgiveness is repentance: the sinner must first …