WOF 296: The Fading of Forgiveness

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

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🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today we discuss a recent article by Tim Keller, the popular Protestant pastor, titled “The Fading of Forgiveness: Tracing the Disappearance of the Thing We Need Most”. Why are people increasingly skeptical about forgiveness? Keller proposes two reasons: a therapeutic culture, and religion without grace.

A listener asks, how did God create the universe if not from potentiality?

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0:00.0	Go on social media again, you'll see it in spades, right?
0:03.0	Is people get a thrill obviously from claiming victim status
0:07.2	and blaming their opponents.
0:08.9	But then it wears off.
0:10.7	Okay, go to another site.
0:12.4	Okay, let's find something else that we can be outraged about.
0:15.0	Let's find someone else we can blame.
0:18.3	And there's no outlet for this.
0:21.1	And the outlet is our theme, forgiveness.
0:25.5	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show.
0:35.5	I'm Brandon Vott, the senior publishing director at Word on Fire.
0:39.5	Today we're going to be discussing the fading of forgiveness,
0:42.8	why the practice of forgiveness has seemed to have dwindled
0:46.0	in recent years.
0:47.2	Also the connection between forgiveness and God,
0:50.1	and specifically Christianity.
0:52.5	Before we get there though, Bishop Baron, welcome.
0:54.6	It's good to see you.
0:56.3	Hey, Brandon, always joy to see you.
0:58.2	How are the kids doing in Orlando?
1:00.6	We're doing pretty well.
1:01.5	We're back in the school year now.
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