Visit Pastor Brauns website for further information and resources. Subtitle: Biblical Answers for Complex Questions and Deep Wounds Unpacking Forgiveness helps readers move beyond the wounds and. When you work through your personal beliefs about forgiveness, be thoroughly biblical.” You don’t need my opinion or anyone else’s. God only forgives those who repent of their sins and turn in saving faith to Him ( 1 John. Resolve that you are going to work out an understanding of forgiveness based on the Word of God. Packing Unforgiveness Christians are called to forgive others as God forgave them (Matthew, 6:12, Ephesians 4:32 ). So my caveat, as with any work, is to use discernment and be like the Bereans, just as Pastor Brauns encourages. There are some resources used in support of his material that I would not recommend while others, I would heartily recommend. Pastor Brauns uses a plethora of resources through quotes and other citations within Unpacking Forgiveness. I will add a personal caveat for conscience sake. And I don’t think Pastor Brauns would disagree simply because of the amount of questions he asks the reader to consider with the hopeful exhortation that they will dig deeper to find the Biblical answers. Is it comprehensive and all inclusive? No, but it’s certainly a profitable primer. Unpacking Forgiveness is replete with insight and application and perhaps, even essential provocation. Pastor Brauns delves directly into relevant issues surrounding forgiveness such as bitterness, vengeance, refusing to forgive the repentant or just getting over it.
One of the more prolific aspects addressed is ‘therapeutic forgiveness vs. Unpacking Forgivenesswades through the unbiblical applications propagated through modern Christendom. This is important for people who have been deeply wounded through abuse, exploitation, assault, betrayal or carrying other heavy burdens where we spit out cliches placing the unbiblical yoke upon them having to forgive an unrepentant individual for soul crushing sins. “Forgiveness – a commitment by the offended to pardon graciously the repentant from moral liability and to be reconciled to that person, although not all consequences are necessarily eliminated.” We have forgotten that repentance is commanded just as forgiveness is commanded. Much in the same way we have cheapened grace we have cheapened forgiveness. It became apparent this is an area than can be controversial, especially if questioned, making a gentle spirit a necessity to a productive discourse.Īn immediate quality to Unpacking Forgiveness is that its title couldn’t be more fitting. The wounds are too deep for us to find healing on our own, and the questions are too complex to be unraveled by anything. I would quickly learn that most Christians have strong convictions when it comes to the area of forgiveness. Unpacking Forgiveness combines sound theological thinking and honesty about the complicated questions many face to provide readers with a solid understanding of biblical forgiveness. While reading Unpacking Forgiveness, I posited one of Pastor Brauns’ questions on social media. Being someone who believes asking questions is one of the most efficient ways of learning as well as teaching, I appreciated his style of writing. Throughout Pastor Brauns’ book he asked readers questions…a lot of questions. In my quest to understand, for which I am still wrestling towards, Pastor Brauns’ book has been a valuable resource. “I write with the firm conviction that only God’s Word can unpack forgiveness.”Īs I work through my Biblical Counseling Certification I have found many areas where I have been taught wrongly when it comes to Biblical exegesis. Unpacking Forgiveness Biblical Answers for Complex Questions and Deep Wounds Chris Brauns Review this product Helps readers move beyond the wounds and baggage of bitterness, disagreements, and broken relationships. This book goes beyond a feel-good doctrine of automatic forgiveness, balancing the beauty of God''s grace and the necessity of forgiveness with the teaching that forgiveness must take place in a way that is consistent with justice.Unpacking Forgiveness: Biblical Answers for Complex Questions and Deep Wounds by Chris Brauns The wounds are too deep for us to find healing on our own, and the questions are too complex to be unraveled by anything but the wisdom of God.
Unpacking Forgiveness combines sound theological thinking and honesty about the complicated questions many face to provide readers with a solid understanding of biblical forgiveness. The truth is, pastors and counselors disagree profoundly on this subject.
"True or false: most Christian pastors and counselors agree on what forgiveness is and how it should take place." This question is part of Chris Brauns''s Forgiveness Quiz that draws readers into his book and gets them thinking about the subject of forgiveness. Helps readers move beyond the wounds and baggage of bitterness, disagreements, and broken relationships.
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