by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
If we are the offended party, how are we to forgive the offender? Here are the only two possible scenarios: 1) The offender is NOT repentant. 2) The offender is repentant. In scenario #1, we are required to have a FORGIVING SPIRIT (or attitude) toward the person. If...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
Forgiveness by God is conditional. It is conditional upon Christ first and our repentance and faith in Him alone second. By definition, forgiveness involves 2 persons. One must be the offender and one must be the offended. In our salvation experience, God was the...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
I left you hanging yesterday. Sorry about that! When we talk about forgiveness, we must understand that it is relational between at least 2 persons. God is a personal God – He is a Person. How does He forgive us? Unconditionally? No. Because of our disobedience...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 25, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
How do we grant forgiveness? Are there different types of forgiveness? What is forgiveness? Forgiveness by definition involves 2 persons. It is relational. Forgiveness is NOT needed unless someone hurts someone else. If no one is hurt or offended, then forgiveness is...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 16, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
When a person is born again, he/she becomes a child of God and is adopted into the family of God. It is a gift of salvation which cannot be earned and certainly is not deserved. The righteousness of Christ is placed upon the Christian and the sins of this person were...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 15, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
One of the most hopeful passages of Scripture is in I Cor. 6:9-11: “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice...
