Forgiveness: An Open Forum

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The theme of forgiveness is something that’s in so much of opera, theater, and literature—because it’s a very important issue in human living. So our theme comes in the form of a question: should we always forgive? Forgiveness is always easy when you’re asking someone else to give it. And it’s always hard when someone’s asking you to give it. A lot of people have problems with forgiveness. They say forgiveness seems to make light of what was done wrong, or they say they can’t forgive unless the other person asks for forgiveness. But if you look at the whole story arch of the operas, you know that whenever people fail to forgive, bad things happen. This Open Forum, with a talk and open mic Q&A, is specifically designed for skeptics or those wrestling with the claims of Christianity. We’re going to discuss 1) whether we should forgive, 2) what it means to forgive, and 3) where we might get the resources for it. This talk was given by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 1, 2013. Series: Redeemer Open Forums. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:46.6	I'm Tim Keller from Pastor here at the Redeemer Church and what I want to do is talk about
0:53.1	the theme of the music, which is forgiveness, or the question that you might say this
1:00.4	talk and the theme of the evening has been put in a form of a question, should we always
1:06.3	forgive?
1:09.0	The music, which I've had a chance to, I spent some time reading and listening to the
1:15.0	last week or so, because unlike most of you, New Yorkers, my Italian and my French is
1:19.6	just a little rusty.
1:21.0	So I had to get them in translation and read through them.
1:25.1	The music's magnificent, but also the theme of forgiveness is something that in so much
1:32.1	of opera, so much of theater, so much of literature is brought to us because it's actually a very
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