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Since It Is No Longer You Who Lives, It Is No Longer You Who Forgives

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Pastor Foley

Pierce O’Farrill’s forgiveness of Aurora movie theater gunman James Holmes–within hours of Holmes shooting him–has us all thinking this month about what exactly we mean when we say that we forgive our enemies. As we shared in our previous post, … Continue reading →

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4 Promises and 7 Principles of Forgiveness, But are We Missing the Most Important Foundation?

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Pastor Foley

Pierce O’Farrill’s forgiveness of gunman James Holmes raised the question for us in our previous post, What exactly does it mean to forgive your enemy? In that post we attempted to piece together a possible definition of Christian forgiveness from O’Farrill’s … Continue reading →

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What Exactly Would It Mean For You To Forgive James Holmes, the Aurora Gunman?

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Pastor Foley

Baptist Press and the Denver Post each ran stories recently on Pierce O’Farrill, who pronounced forgiveness for gunman James Holmes hours after being shot in the arm and the foot and injured in the chest in Holmes’ Aurora theater massacre  in July. … Continue reading →

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