Forgiveness: The Power and the Puzzles

A forgiveness handbook. Forgiveness is often a key for overcoming problems such as: anger, hurt feelings, guilt, arguing, depression, sexual abuse, eating disorders, marriage problems, parenting stress, and divorce.

Forgiveness: The Power and the Puzzles is a complete theology on forgiveness in that it develops, with clarity of text and graphics, all six kinds of forgiveness that are taught in the Bible. It leads the reader so logically and methodically to a complete understanding of all kinds of biblical forgiveness that no special theological training is needed to fully understand and apply the power of forgiveness to life situations. However, additional exegetical material is included in End Notes for pastors, missionaries, Bible school and seminary professors, counselors, and others who have a special obligation to be sure that they understand and teach truth.

Forgiveness: The Power and the Puzzles is also a complete handbook on forgiveness in that it teaches which kind of forgiveness applies to each situation. In addition, as a handbook, it includes situational illustrations that show, with crystal clarity, how to forgive, how to know that you have forgiven, and what to do when "forgiveness doesn't work."

In addition to When Forgiveness Doesn't Work, many readers find the chapters Overcoming Enemy Control and Extending the Power of Forgiveness to be especially helpful.