"Forgiveness is when someone owes you a debt and, instead of making them pay the debt back, you absorb the debt," says our guest, pastor and theologian Tim Keller. Tim shares why forgiveness is crucial to building and keeping relationships, and how daring to forgive brings the humility and empathy we need to restore the world.
Quotes
- "The more I sense that I am a sinner forgiven by God, the easier it is to forgive other people. Why? Because I don't feel superior to them. It's very difficult to forgive somebody that you feel vastly superior to. And it's much easier to forgive somebody that you say, 'Well, you know, I'm a lot like that myself.'" - Tim Keller
- "If you don't know how to forgive, you stay bitter, frankly, and it can just poison your life." - Tim Keller
- "If you don't forgive in your heart, you actually won't be pursuing justice, you'll be pursuing vengeance. And they are not the same thing." - Tim Keller
- "Forgiveness is when someone owes you a debt and, instead of making them pay the debt back, you absorb the debt. No one deserves that, yet we cannot live without it. If you are a Christian, you know that your relationship with God is impossible unless God forgives you." - Tim Keller
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