Hi, this is Justin. And today on TheoCast, we're going to have a conversation that is a heavy one

and that will strike close to home we trust for pretty much all of us. The title of today's

episode is hard to forgive. The reality of life in a fallen world is that we will sin against

others and we will be

sinned against, sometimes in ways that are indescribably painful and hard and may go on for a really

long time. So today, John and I are going to talk about how hard it can be to forgive others

when we've been sinned against in these ways. And at the same time, the teaching of the scripture

is very plain and very clear that because God in Christ has forgiven us of a debt that is incalculable,

we are to forgive others when they sin against us and no longer hold their sin over them as a record

of wrongs. We aim to have this conversation in a way that is pastoral and filled with compassion,

acknowledging that oftentimes the spirit is willing and the flesh is weak.

So we hope this is encouraging for you, and we hope it's clarifying.

Stay tuned.

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Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian life from a confessional, reformed, and pastoral perspective.

Your hosts today, sitting together in Knoxville, Tennessee, are John Moffin, who is the pastor of Grace Reform Church over in Spring Hill, Tennessee, west of here.

And I'm Justin Perdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church

in Asheville, North Carolina, a couple hours east of where we sit today.

John, it's great to be together in the same space.

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