by Stuart | 26 Mar 2026 | Blog
The charge has long been levelled against the doctrine of the Trinity that it is difficult to describe, impossible to understand, and not found in the Bible, anyway. And yet for centuries, orthodox Christianity has affirmed it as a core tenet of the faith. Every major...
by Stuart | 22 Mar 2026 | Blog
You’ve heard it from people wrestling with guilt and shame: “I can’t forgive myself.” Sometimes, the sentiment is uttered by Christians who, at least verbally, acknowledge God’s forgiveness. The language is heard in counselling rooms, in small group conversations, in...
by Stuart | 21 Mar 2026 | Blog
There is a particular cruelty to bitterness that is easy to miss in the early stages. When we are first wronged—when the hurt is fresh and the sense of injustice is acute—holding onto the grievance can feel almost righteous. It can feel like a refusal to minimise what...
by Stuart | 20 Mar 2026 | Blog
Few phrases in the Christian vocabulary are more frequently used and more poorly understood than “forgive and forget.” It appears with great regularity in conversations about reconciliation, and carries an implicit expectation: that genuine forgiveness produces a kind...
by Stuart | 19 Mar 2026 | Blog
There is a version of the call to forgiveness that, when applied without nuance, ends up doing harm. It goes something like this: If you have truly forgiven someone, you will restore the relationship to exactly what it was before. Any hesitation to do so, any distance...
