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The Russell Moore Show

Tim Keller Says Forgiveness Is Key to Christian Witness

The Russell Moore Show

Russell Moore

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to forgive? Is it just a matter of forgetting and moving on? How do justice, vengeance, and accountability factor into the equation? On this episode of The Russell Moore Show, pastor and author Tim Keller and Russell discuss the "thorny," as Keller refers to it, topic of forgiveness. They talk about the biblical approach to forgiveness and how to understand the subject theologically. And they consider the role of forgiveness in real-life circumstances, ranging from the idea of forgiving oneself to what it means to forgive in situations of abuse. For more on the subject, check out Keller's latest book, Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? Resources mentioned in this episode include: Timothy Keller, Forgive  Wendell Berry, The Need to Be Whole Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace David Powlison, Good and Angry Jonathan Rausch, The Constitution of Knowledge Yuval Levin, A Time to Build “The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today  Chief Creative Officer: Erik Petrik  Executive Producer and Host: Russell Moore  Producer: Ashley Hales  Director of Podcasts: Mike Cosper  Director of Operations for CT Media: Matt Stevens  Production Assistance: CoreMedia  Coordinator: Beth Grabenkort  Producer and Audio Mixing: Kevin Duthu  Associate Producer: Abby Perry  Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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O.G. The Hello this

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is Russell Moore and you're listening to the Russell Moore show brought to you by Christianity today

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every week we explore conversations and questions from a Christian

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perspective and I'm I'm really excited about this week's show. I think I've told you all

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before about being a teenager and kind of learning what weaponized forgiveness could be,

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even though I wouldn't have had that category for it,

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sitting around a campfire at Youth Group

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and there was a girl in the youth group who was notorious for saying to people,

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you know Janet I need to ask you to forgive me because I just hate it.

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And every time you walk in the room,

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I just hate it, and I've got all this hatred for you.

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And I know everybody else does too,

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but that's no excuse for me.

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