Here is a new edition of an old classic on the vital subject of forgiveness. The first edition was published thirty five years ago and this latest edition is updated and includes a study guide. The author is from a Mennonite background and is currently a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and he specializes in pastoral concerns. Like most books on this subject the basic premise is that, when God has forgiven us the debt we owe Him, how can we be unforgiving to others who owe us so little in comparison? When we come to understand something of God’s forgiveness we have little reason to ask ourselves the question ‘Why must I forgive’. We know why we must and also find the grace to do so. This is a practical and motivational book and does not pretend to be a highly doctrinal and theological approach to the subject. It challenges and applies forgiveness showing the outrageous nature of living a forgiving life. There are a number of personal testimonies included to bolster the subject matter together with a study guide to direct the attention of the reader further into considering the subject and coming to a full obedience. It is not possible to read books of this nature without looking deeply into your own soul. Some will prefer to avoid such a book so that they may retain some apparently justifiable bitterness and anger against another, but there is tremendous release to be enjoyed as a result of following the counsels of God as reiterated by the author in this little book. Forgiving love is described as ‘the dragon killer’ in one of the chapters. Another chapter touches helpfully on the subject of the ‘tiger’ of anger and how it is dealt with. Each reader will be helped by this book.
