Focus on Forgiveness

09/03/2026

Individuals sin against individuals.

Individuals sin against groups. i.e. one member of a family against the whole family, a boss against his/her employees, a politician against his/her constituents, a coach against his/her team, a pastor against his/her church, etc.

Groups sin against individuals. i.e. a family against one member of the family, a group of employees against a co-worker, a group of students against a fellow student, a church against their pastor, etc.

Groups sin against groups. i.e. a business against customers, whites against blacks, blacks against whites, a goverment against its populous, men against women, etc.

There is much more sin in this world than you probably realize. All sins damage your soul, affecting how you think, decide and feel. That damage affects all of our relationships. Practicing all aspects of forgiveness is how God heals your soul.

As you pray and ask God to show you the sins in your life, both the ones you have committed, and the ones committed against you, remember to consider sins you have committed against groups and groups have committed against you.

Learn what real forgiveness is, why it is so important for inner healing and loving relationships, and how to practice it.

08/21/2026

One of the reasons I failed for two years to forgive my wife, Becky, for fifteen years of little sins was because I had been mistaught in the churches I grew up in. Not only was I mistaught in the churches, but I was also mistaught by the major Christian teachers on the radio as well.

In desperation, I finally prayed and told God that if He didn't show me how to get rid of my growing anger, not just suppress it, I didn't know where I'd be in five or ten years. I told Him that I must not know what real forgiveness was since I couldn't do it with my own wife for little sins! Then I asked Him to teach me, from the Bible only. That was the beginning of Forgiveness Ministries.

Since then I have documented over thirty-three ways to forgive taught by major Christian teachers, pastors, counselors and professors. I've documented these from over 70 different sources. Tragically, 22 of those ways do not include God in their steps to forgive. The rest include God, perhaps Jesus, in one or more of their steps, but none of them state that we can and should forgive others because Jesus died for their sins, just as He died for ours.

Believing that Jesus had been executed to pay the divine penalty for Becky's sins is how I came to forgive her, and be released of all my anger against her. I could do what Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:26, "Be angrey, but do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your anger..."

If you would like to see what is being taught in the church today about how to forgive, I just added a document to our Forgiveness Ministries website called, "Thirty-three Ways to Forgive???" There are many great and helpful directions in many of them, but not even God can forgive without the Cross of Christ, so how could we? As He says in Hebrews 9:22, "...without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness."

Check out this document at www.ForgivenessMinistries.org under "Resources" and then, "Free Downloads." Download it for free. Print it. Share it with others. And then learn to practice forgiveness the way God does. He will heal you and set you free.

Learn what real forgiveness is, why it is so important for inner healing and loving relationships, and how to practice it.

08/20/2026

I want to build into our website answers to the most asked questions about forgiveness. I have my list, but I am sure I am missing some. Would you please share with me three of the most important questions about forgiveness you have? Send to me at [email protected]. Thank you.

08/18/2026

I will be on KFAX radio, at 5:00 this evening with Craig Roberts on his Life!line program. KFAX is in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you miss it, you can listen to it later this week on their website, KFAX.com.

08/15/2026

I have been updating our website. I would appreciated if you would check it out and offer suggestions.

I also added last month's interview with Craig Roberts about our new book, "Why Jesus Died -- Sixty-five Reasons Why Jesus Went to the Cross" on our audio resources.

I will be again on Life!line with Craig this Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. (pst) on KFAX radio, 1100 am in the San Francisco Bay Area. What would you like us to talk about regarding forgiveness? Let me know and I will suggest it to Craig.

Also, I have reorganized our YouTube channel, "Focus on Forgiveness." YouTube now has ways to create learning courses, which include additional ways to learn beyond the videos. I am still working on adding all that, but I am building a Course on Forgiveness.

I also added to the channel the videos to our "Unwrapping the Gift of Forgiveness" seminar. If you went to a seminar and want to see one again, or never had the opportunity to do so, it is not on our YouTube channel. If you don't already have one, you will want to order the workbook that goes with the seminar to get the most out of it. You can purchase that through our website,

Learn what real forgiveness is, why it is so important for inner healing and loving relationships, and how to practice it.

07/20/2026

I will be on the radio live tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 5:00 pm pst on KFAX radio, 1100 am. Craig Roberts will be interviewing me on his show Life!line. We will be talking about my new book, "Why Jesus Died--Sixty-five Reasons Why Jesus Went to the Cross."
You can listen live or recorded on their website, www.KFAX.com.
You can get your copy of the book on Amazon.

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07/15/2026

How do you know when a toaster is broken?
When it doesn't work the way it was designed to work.

How can we know when a human soul is broken?
When it doesn't work the way God designed it to work.

God designed human beings in His image, to be able to think, act and love the way He loves.

Sins damage everything they touch, including the human soul. As our Lord Jesus said, "The theif comes only to steal, kill and destroy..." John 10:10

Every human being has sinned and has been sinned against. Every human being has be damaged by sins. Every human being is broken, does not function the way God designed us to function.

God heals the human soul when a person practices real forgiveness, the one made possible through Jesus Christ, His death and His resurrection. This is why Jesus answered Peter the way in did in Matthew 18:21-35.

Your soul has been damaged by sins, both your sins and the sins of others committed against you. If you want God to heal you, so you can think, act and love more like God, then you must practice real forgiveness; receiving God's forgiveness and forgiving others.

Not practicing forgiveness leaves you broken, frustrated, worn out, depressed, angry, self-condemned, etc.

God has made forgiveness possible through Jesus Christ. The gift and the opportunity is yours. What do you want to do with it?

Learn what real forgiveness is, why it is so important for inner healing and loving relationships, and how to practice it.

06/29/2026

Practicing real forgiveness is like riding a bicycle. Once you learn it you never forget it. However, until you learn to ride a bicycle, you'll probably fall off several times. If you are finding yourself falling off;
-not feeling loved by God
-unsure of your future
-trapped in incomfortable emotions of anger, depression, guilt or shame
-unable to love your enemy
-angry at God
-feeling of self-condemnation
-certain people or situations trigger you to anger
-unable to set appropriate boundaries in relationships
-addicted to particular substances, behaviors or emotions
then, please, for your own sake, and for the people around you, learn to ride the bicycle of forgiveness.
It is more than worth you time and it will take you to wonderful places you've never been before, because God will heal you!

Learn what real forgiveness is, why it is so important for inner healing and loving relationships, and how to practice it.

06/21/2026

Sin damages the human soul and destroys loving relationships. Practicing all aspects of real forgiveness made possible by Jesus Christ is how God heals the soul and make reconciliation possible.

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06/09/2026

We have a new book on Amazon.
Why Jesus Died--Sixty-five Reasons Why Jesus Went to the Cross

Before the coming of the Holy Spirit, the death of Jesus was not really understood by His followers. In fact, before the coming of the Holy Spirit to enlighten them, Jesus' followers rejected the idea of His death. To them, suffering and death were understood as failure and rejection by God. However, the resurrection of Jesus, and the coming of the Holy Spirit to explain what God had accomplished through His death, caused them to radically change their evaluation of it.

Through the New Testament writers, God has explained what He accomplished through the death of Jesus. And there is so much more than what most people realize. There are at least sixty-five different things God accomplished at the Cross of Christ. The sacrificial death of our Lord Jesus is an overwhelming treaure chest full of riches both of truth and blessing. There is nothing else like it.

In this book we look at each of these sixty-five reasons, the verses that identify them, with a brief explaination, so you will have an opportunity to better understand them, appriciate them and benefit from what Jesus has done for you.

The book is in paperbake and kindle.

Before the coming of the Holy Spirit, the death of Jesus was not really understood by His followers. In fact, before the coming of the Holy Spirit to enlighten them, Jesus’ followers rejected the idea of His death. To them, suffering and death were understood as failure and rejection by God. Howe....