TS&TT: Forgiveness, Repentance, and Reconciliation

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss what is involved in forgiveness and reconciliation, and what role repentance plays in both. They address the perennial question of whether Christians are obligated to forgive those who have not repented. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2025 Founders Pastors' Seminar: https://founders.org/pastorsseminar/ Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com Order "Abstract of Systematic Theology": https://press.founders.org/shop/abstract-of-systematic-theology/ Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order "King of Kings": https://press.founders.org/shop/king-of-kings/ Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/ Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/ The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/ Follow Founders Ministries: Website: https://founders.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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0:00.0	Thank you for joining us for this conversation on the sword and the trial today.
0:03.3	Today, Pastor Tom and I talk about the issues of forgiveness and repentance and reconciliation.
0:08.6	And are we required to forgive those who have sinned against us and have not repented or asked for our forgiveness?
0:14.8	These are issues that Christians are talking about a lot today.
0:17.0	And so we thought it would be helpful to have this conversation.
0:19.0	I hope it's a helpful conversation to you. Tune in. Welcome to The Sword and the Trial. The Sword in the Trial is a podcast of
0:27.9	founders' ministries and founders exist for the recovery of the gospel and the reformation of local
0:32.3	churches. I'm Graham Gundin. I'm Tom Ascorn. And today's episode is brought to you by the Miller's Grove
0:37.3	Soap Company and Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center as well. Have you been to Lake Yale?
0:42.8	You know, many years ago, I didn't stay there, but I drove through there. And Lake Yale was owned by the Florida Baptist Convention for years. Now it's under private ownership, but still serving baptists and other christian groups it's a
0:55.0	wonderful facility yeah i was just there a few months ago and very impressed it's beautiful on lake yale
1:00.5	there in north central florida and uh those who uh run the facilities are very uh founders friendly
1:07.2	it's a it's a great facility so if you're looking for a conference center in North Central
1:11.3	Florida or in Florida in general, I hear that the Southern Baptist Convention next year is
1:16.5	going to be around that area. Yeah, in Orlando, Lake Yale. So definitely check out Lake
1:21.5	Yale Baptist Conference Center. Today, Pastor Tom and I want to have a conversation with
1:26.1	you today about reconciliation and forgiveness and repentance and the duties that Christians have when it comes to forgiving those who have sinned against them.
1:36.2	Yeah, if you don't learn to forgive, you don't learn to repent, you're not going to go very far in your Christian life.
1:41.5	And I've told the congregation I serve here in Cape Coral many times,
1:44.6	one of the reasons God made me their pastor is to teach them how to forgive. Because I give
1:49.1	the many opportunities to learn how to forgive. And we have to be willing to do that, able to do
1:55.4	that, understand what's involved in that, as well as understanding what it means to repent. So Christians ought to constantly
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