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The art of forgiving : when you need to forgive and don't know how / Lewis B. Smedes. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, (c)1997, 1996.Edition: first trade pbk. editionDescription: xiii, 178 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780345413444
LOC classification:
  • BV4647.S637.A786 1997
  • BV4647
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Contents:
2. The sorts of things we forgive -- 3. Forgiving does not mean reunion -- 4. Forgiving does not mean restoring -- 5. Who can do it? II. Why we forgive. 6. The case against forgiving -- 7. In defense of forgiving -- 8. Because it suits us -- 9. For our own sakes. III. Whom we forgive. 10. We only forgive the ones we blame -- 11. Forgiving people who do not say they are sorry -- 12. Forgiving ourselves -- 13. Forgiving God. IV. How we forgive. 14. How God forgives -- 15. Owning our pain -- 16. Taking our time -- 17. We don't have to say so -- 18. We don't have to put up with it -- 19. How often? As often as we need to -- 20. When we are not sure we have done it -- 21. Forgive and remember. Postscript: Just remember this.
Subject: Describes the three stages of forgiveness and describes how to forgive using examples drawn from real life.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BV4647.F55 S58 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001699871

I. What we do when we forgive. 1.The three stages -- 2. The sorts of things we forgive -- 3. Forgiving does not mean reunion -- 4. Forgiving does not mean restoring -- 5. Who can do it? II. Why we forgive. 6. The case against forgiving -- 7. In defense of forgiving -- 8. Because it suits us -- 9. For our own sakes. III. Whom we forgive. 10. We only forgive the ones we blame -- 11. Forgiving people who do not say they are sorry -- 12. Forgiving ourselves -- 13. Forgiving God. IV. How we forgive. 14. How God forgives -- 15. Owning our pain -- 16. Taking our time -- 17. We don't have to say so -- 18. We don't have to put up with it -- 19. How often? As often as we need to -- 20. When we are not sure we have done it -- 21. Forgive and remember. Postscript: Just remember this.

Describes the three stages of forgiveness and describes how to forgive using examples drawn from real life.

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