Forgiveness
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Cain and Abel
God, in His great love, developed a plan whereby we could receive forgiveness for our mistakes. He made provision for certain animals to be killed as our substitutes. These animals represented the Messiah and how He would die for our
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Corrie Ten Boom
The Nazis arrested Corrie and the rest of the ten Boom family in Febuary 1944. Ten days after their arrest her father died. Among his last words to his family were words from Psalm 119: "You are my hiding place and my shield: I hope in
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Forgive and Forget
“Forgive and forget” is a popular saying and while forgiveness is definitely a Biblical value, is that statement truly Biblical?
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Forgiveness
Three years ago, a friend said something to me that hurt very deeply. I was speechless. I could not believe she could say that and mean it. When I had no response, she said, "I love you and don't want to see you hurt." My thought was,
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Righteous among the Nations - Corrie Ten Boom
At Least There Is Hope for a Tree . . . There is a young carob tree that isn’t quite leafy enough to offer much shade yet, but its space along the Avenue of the Righteous offers visitors another type of (dis)comfort: reflection.
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The Hiding Place
In November of 1972 my parents emigrated from Israel to the United States, several months prior to my birth in January of 1973. At the age of six my parents were involved in a fatal head-on collision, leaving me without any living
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The Power of Forgiveness
Forgiveness establishes healthy boundaries of respect in our relationships, if mutual respect is not present because the other person has no intention or desire to respect our values and boundaries, than there may be no grounds for
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