Forgiveness
Our Greatest Need, Our Greatest Gift
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"It is important to understand that in the process of our forgiving another person our primary concern focuses on what God expects us to do. So often, our forgiveness is conditioned on the response or behavior of the other person..In all of this we are insisting that our forgiveness is tied to the other person's repentance or lack of it."
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About the Book
One of the greatest struggles we have in our lives is not only forgiving other people but knowing what to do when we do not receive forgiveness from them. In this book, our whole desire is to not only define what true forgiveness is but to understand how we can forgive someone who has done something that initially seems to be unforgiveable.
What does true forgiveness look like? Is there a transgression that I do not have to forgive? Does my forgiving someone depend upon the degree of sorrow they demonstrate for what they have done, or must I forgive them anyway? Do I have to forget what a person has done to me in order to truly forgive them? These and many other questions will be addressed in the pages of this book. Forgiveness is our greatest need and the greatest gift we can receive and give to others.
About the Author
Dr. George W. Mitchell has a BS, MDiv, and Doctor of Ministry degree. He has been a senior pastor, executive pastor, and associate pastor of churches in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. In serving these churches, he has written numerous Bible studies for small groups, leadership development materials, men’s discipleship materials, and Christian education programs. He has planted two churches and established two Christian schools. Not only has he taught Bible and Latin in a Christian school, but he has been a professor at Birmingham Theological Seminary, teaching Apologetics, Systematic Theology, Old and New Testament Surveys, Worship, and Practical Theology, along with being the chairman of the Practical Theology Department and director of the Doctor of Ministry Program. Presently, he is pastor of the St. Luke Evangelical Church in Newton, Kansas. He has six wonderful children (including his daughters-in-law and his son-in-law) and four incredible grandchildren.