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"On Forgiveness" – Matthew 18:21-33
Sermon by the Rev. Elizabeth N.H. Link from Sunday, September 17, 2023. "This is a difficult parable. The narrative swings back and forth between extreme mercy and severe judgment. Underneath it all, though, is a simple reality: forgiveness is not easy. We know this to be true. Sometimes, what others have done to us or people we love is so hurtful that we don’t want to forgive them. Sometimes, people are so dependent on their guilt or shame that they don’t want to be forgiven. It’s tricky and it’s hard. But forgiveness is one of the things that the church does well, that Christians do—or ought to do—that very few other sectors in our society talk about."
Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/on-forgiveness/
Sermon by the Rev. Elizabeth N.H. Link from Sunday, September 17, 2023. "This is a difficult parable. The narrative swings back and forth between extreme mercy and severe judgment. Underneath it all, though, is a simple reality: forgiveness is not easy. We know this to be true. Sometimes, what others have done to us or people we love is so hurtful that we don’t want to forgive them. Sometimes, people are so dependent on their guilt or shame that they don’t want to be forgiven. It’s tricky and it’s hard. But forgiveness is one of the things that the church does well, that Christians do—or ought to do—that very few other sectors in our society talk about."
Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/on-forgiveness/
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