As we near the end of Lent moving toward the cross and resurrection, the need of forgiveness commands our attention. This post from Scot McKnight says it well.
March 30, 2007Friday is for FriendsFiled under: Books: Remarks and Reviews — Scot McKnight @ 2:30 am Any study of the disciplines that shape Christian community eventually comes face to face with forgiveness, and Darryl Tippens, Pilgrim Heart, turns to this theme in chp. 9. I remind readers that we touched on forgiveness and memory when we looked for weeks at Miroslav Volf’s The End of Memory; Tippens gets us there once again. The theme must remain central to any understanding of the The chp is called “Forgiving: The Love that Travels Farther.”We are back to the same question: How might we learn to forgive more? Are we ready to be the genesis of forgiveness in our world?Tippens opens up with stories of those who were about to die, at the hands treachery, but who publicly declared their forgiveness of perpetrators. “The rec…
March 30, 2007Friday is for FriendsFiled under: Books: Remarks and Reviews — Scot McKnight @ 2:30 am Any study of the disciplines that shape Christian community eventually comes face to face with forgiveness, and Darryl Tippens, Pilgrim Heart, turns to this theme in chp. 9. I remind readers that we touched on forgiveness and memory when we looked for weeks at Miroslav Volf’s The End of Memory; Tippens gets us there once again. The theme must remain central to any understanding of the The chp is called “Forgiving: The Love that Travels Farther.”We are back to the same question: How might we learn to forgive more? Are we ready to be the genesis of forgiveness in our world?Tippens opens up with stories of those who were about to die, at the hands treachery, but who publicly declared their forgiveness of perpetrators. “The rec…