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What role does belief in God play in our lives?  Essential, you say? If honest, many people would confess, “I believe in God, but live much of my life as if God doesn’t exist.”  We are people who believe in God (theists), but who practically live as atheists. We are not yielding the benefits fully available to us through life with God. This series will take us on a journey toward an authentic God-honoring life.

  • April 7: I Believe in God, but I Don't Know Him

  • April 14: I Believe in God, but I Want to be in Charge of My Own Sex Life

  • April 21: I Believe in God, but I'm Not Sure if He Can Make Me Happy

  • April 28: I Believe in God, but I Worry All the Time

  • May 5: I Believe in God, but I Still Carry a Grudge

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Actual Budget Giving:  $3,717,304
Budget Giving Target: $3,769,237
Ahead/(Behind): ($51,933)
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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Practical Atheist

I Believe in God, but I Still Carry a Grudge
Rev. Terence Gray
  1. The Impact of an Unforgiving World:
    • Recognizing the pervasive insecurity fostered by an unforgiving culture.
      • The detrimental effects of unresolved anger and resentment.
      • An unforgiving world makes us all a little _____
  2. Models of Forgiveness:
    • The Nonconditional-Forgiveness Model:
      • Places all the responsibility and emphasis on the ______ being therapeutically liberated from anger related to an offense or wrongdoing. (Genesis 27:5-10).
    • The Transactional-Forgiveness Model:
      • Places emphasis on the offending party earning the right to be forgiven. The victim gives up anger only if the wrongdoer earns it. (Genesis 27:30-32).
    • The No-Forgiveness Model:
      • Abandons forgiveness completely in favor of the pursuit of justice for the victim (Genesis 27:41).
  3. Consequences of Unforgiveness:
    • Reflecting on Esau’s bitterness and its consequences (Hebrews 12:12-16).
      • Esau’s grudge and its potential for causing harm and defilement.
  4. The Power of _____-Centered Forgiveness:
    • Understanding forgiveness as a gospel-centered process (Genesis 33:1-5).
      • Jacob and Esau’s reconciliation as a model of grace and forgiveness.
    • Dr. Tim Keller’s principles of gospel-centered forgiveness:
      1. Truthfully naming the wrongdoing.
        • “[It is] to name the trespass truthfully as wrong and punishable, rather than merely excusing it.”
      2. Identifying with the perpetrator as fellow sinners.
        • “It is to identify with the perpetrator as a fellow sinner rather than thinking how different from you he or she is. It is to will their good.”
      3. Releasing the wrongdoer from liability and seeking reconciliation.
        • “It is to release the wrongdoer from liability by absorbing the debt oneself rather than seeking revenge and paying them back.”
      4. Aim for reconciliation rather than permanent estrangement.
        • “It is to aim for reconciliation rather than breaking off the relationship forever.”

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