The ways that forgiveness is unconditional

Yesterday I suggested that there are elements of forgiveness that are conditional, and there are elements that are unconditional. I suggested that the offended party must unconditionally move toward forgiveness, but forgiveness can

Was Jesus CEO?

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Backyard Missionary: Was Jesus really the CEO of his followers?… Was Paul the CEO of the early church?… Were there any CEOs in

More Volf on non-retaliation and God’s justice

How does one not retaliate in the middle of brutal violence? How does one embrace non-retalitation when we’re talking about something like genocide rather than only an unkind word? Miroslav Volf,

The ways that forgiveness is conditional

Thinking about forgiveness over the past few weeks has been really good for me. I began this series wanting to examine my belief that forgiveness is unconditional. I think I’m prepared to