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One and Three: The Monotheistic Doctrine of the Trinity
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam stand as the three major monotheistic faiths in world religion. They are not the only three—other monotheistic faiths include Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, and the Bahai Faith—but they are the largest, and they share a common thread in that...
Introducing the Trinity: The Mystery at the Heart of Christianity
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...
Forgiving Self: Biblical Category or Meaningless Psychobabble?
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...
Poisoning Yourself: The Danger of Bitterness to the Soul
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...
When God Forgets: Forgiving and Forgetting Rightly Understood
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...
Drawing the Line: Why Wise Boundaries Are Not the Same as Bitterness
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...