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Forgiveness

How to Keep “Short Accounts” When Confessing Sin

By Nick Batzig / March 12, 2025

Believers are people who confess their sin. That is part and parcel of what it means to be a Christian. Here are 7 things we can do to keep “short accounts” when confessing sin.

5 Important Things We Can Learn about Repentance from Psalm 51

By Christina Fox / February 28, 2025

King David described the conviction he felt over his sin like that of crushed bones. Here are 5 important things we can learn about repentance from Psalm 51.

When It Seems Impossible to Forgive

By Le Ann Trees / February 21, 2025

Even when we’re confident that we have truly forgiven someone, feelings of rejection, pain, and anger can resurface unexpectedly. Do we need to forgive again or somehow do a better job of forgiving? What should we do when we struggle to forgive?

2 Things Jesus Did That Everyone Desperately Needs

By Le Ann Trees / December 27, 2024

Here are two things Jesus did that everyone desperately needs.

I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins — The Apostles’ Creed, Article of Faith 10

By Campbell Markham / August 21, 2024

The author of a large part of the Bible did some desperately wicked things. I’m talking about David, Israel’s greatest general and king, and author of at least seventy-three of the Psalms. What can we learn about God’s forgiveness from the life of David?

Repeated Sinning and the Hope of Forgiveness

By Nick Batzig / July 25, 2024

Many who have trusted in Christ struggle deeply in their consciences over their post-conversion sins. How can a true believer commit a particular sin—sometimes repeatedly—after he or she comes to Christ?

Forgive—We Can—We Must

By Campbell Markham / April 11, 2024

Forgiving others is much easier said than done. What does the Bible teach us about the nature of forgiveness that will help us to truly forgive others from our heart?

Check Your Spirit Before Doing These 4 Things

By Nick Batzig / March 1, 2024

Just as we need to check the oil when our car is spewing smoke, we likewise need to do a “spirit-check” before rashly drawing conclusions about people based on something they have said or done.

2 Ways Boaz Points Us to Christ as Our Kinsman Redeemer

By Nick Batzig / February 13, 2024

In the book of Ruth, what are the two things Boaz has to do to be Ruth’s redeemer and how does Boaz point us to Jesus?