FORGIVENESS: GOD’S GREATEST GIFT
and the
CHRISTIAN’S TOUGHEST CHALLENGE
Falls Village Congregational Church
November 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023 2-3 p.m.
Jan Van Hemessen – The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, 1548-52
| November 7 | The Problem Posed: Why Forgiveness is The Divine model; How people forgive Matthew 6: 9-16; Matthew 18:21-35: Mark 11:25-26 |
| November 14 | The Stages of Forgiveness Psalm 137; John 8:1-11; Matthew 18:21-22; Genesis 43-50 |
| November 21 | The Divine model; How people forgive Psalm 103:8-14; Luke 23:34; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 11-24; Acts 7:54-60 |
| November 28 | Forgiving and forgetting; What forgiveness does not mean; What happens when people do not forgive? Luke 15: 25-32; Luke 17:3-4; Matthew 18: 15-20; Matthew 5:38-48 |
Supplemental Reading
Lewis Smedes – Forgive and Forget. Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve
The Art of Forgiving. When You Need to Forgive and Don’t Know How
