by Bill Elliff
October 03, 2023
Everyone gets hurt in life. And the immediate, natural path is to hold those who’ve hurt us in our hearts to make sure they pay for what they’ve done. We seek revenge, and we can be very precise in how we pursue repayment.
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by Bill Elliff
April 13, 2023
A genuine follower of Christ enters a relationship with Christ through repentance and continues repenting in various ways for the rest of their life. To be a true Christian is to be a lifelong repenter.
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by Bill Elliff
September 09, 2021
What is the most hideous action anyone has ever committed? This is not hard to answer, for it was a sin against the One who least deserved the blow. The worst sin ever committed was by those who condemned and crucified Christ.
And what was Christ’s response to this horrible atrocity?
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by Bill Elliff
April 16, 2020
If we fail to forgive and seek to retaliate, the “correcting” of the one who offended us is in our hands. And we’re terribly deficient in our ability to accomplish the right results. In fact, we can do great harm both to others and ourselves. Often our efforts put is in the prison of unforgiveness and even bitterness.
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by Bill Elliff
February 28, 2020
God is perfect in every way. This means He is perfect in His judgments, and will “by no means clear the guilty.” But He is also perfect in His mercy. He longs to forgive and cleanse us from our sins. But there are conditions for this to happen.
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by Bill Elliff
October 25, 2019
Anyone can love those who love them, Jesus said on the Sermon on the Mount. But the most profound witness is to genuinely love—and respond in love—to those who hate and persecute us, leaving vengeance in the hands of a perfect Judge. Paul tells us how.
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by Bill Elliff
December 19, 2018
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by Bill Elliff
January 28, 2017
The miraculous reality of forgiveness is taught from Genesis to Revelation. In fact, you could say the whole Bible is about this glorious theme.
And God desires His children to live forgiven and extend forgiveness. This counter-culture trait is liberating for the believer and one of our most compelling witnesses to a watching world.
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