What About When It’s Hard to Forgive?
Principle 1: Whenever the offender genuinely confesses and asks forgiveness, I am obligated to grant it fully and freely. The second time the topic of …
Book Review on The Contested Public Square: The Crisis of Christianity and Politics
Forster, Greg. The Contested Public Square: The Crisis of Christianity and Politics. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2008. Greg Forster’s The Contested Public Square is a readable, …
We Need More Christian Role Models
Which statement sounds more spiritual to you? A. “Don’t follow me. Just follow Jesus.” B. “Watch me, and do what I do.” Obviously, the first …
Missionaries at My Door
It’s early evening and you’re sitting down for dinner when the doorbell rings. Standing on your porch are two combed-over 19-year-olds brandishing short-sleeved, white dress shirts, poorly-knotted ties, and black rectangular name tags. Dinner’s getting cold, the kids are growing impatient, and now you get to deal with the Mormons!
To Forgive, or Not to Forgive (Part 2)
When we casually absolve everyone of everything irrespective of their own attitude toward their sin, we make light of sin, cheapen the grace of forgiveness, and short-circuit what God wants to do inside them. Sin is ultimately against God not me, so forgiveness is bigger than me; that’s why I have to exercise it according to God’s rules.
Because the Internet Needed One More Article About the Ice Bucket Challenge
If your Facebook feed looks like mine, you’re tired of ice bucket videos already. You’re probably also tired of articles telling you why ALS organizations …
To Forgive, or Not to Forgive?
As a Christian, am I obligated to forgive everyone who sins against me? Do I forgive only if the offender asks me to? What do I do if he never asks forgiveness?
All this came up while my daughter was counseling at a Christian camp this summer. One of her campers (“Anna”) asked her whether she was obligated to forgive her father for being verbally abusive to her, even if he never apologized for his behavior. See, someone else had told her that she needed to, and she wanted to know if that was right.
More Unjust than ISIS
The unrelenting advances of ISIS (an extreme muslim terrorist organization) in Northern Iraq combined with the shock of horrific images and videos has dominated headlines …
Managing Stress for the Glory of God
Several years ago a nagging toothache sent me to the worst place on planet earth — the dental chair. After a few x-rays and well-rehearsed …
Summer Break is Done—We’re Excited to be Back!
As a reader of Rooted Thinking, we wanted to give you a special update. We began Rooted Thinking with the intention of providing high-quality biblical …