Focus on Forgiveness

05/14/2026

The forgiveness that God has established, not the world's ideas about forgiveness, is God's solution to the problem He calls "sin." Human beings do not have a solution to the problem of sin. Our politcal systems, our political parties, our technology, our medicines, our psychologies, our therapies, our willpower, our science, our econmic systems, our money, our rules, our religions, our determination, and not even AI can solve the problem of sin.

Only God can solve the problem of sin. And He does it through Jesus Christ. God solves the problem of sin through the identity of, the death of, the resurection of and the second coming of Jesus Christ. There is no other solution for the problem of sin.

And God's solution for the problem of sin begins with His forgiveness of the divine penalty for the sin of the world through the death of His Son, Jesus. God's solution then continues when a person believes in and trusts in Jesus as their only way to be saved from the problem of sin. When a person recognizes the problem of sin in them, and sees Jesus as the only solution, then God can continue His work of salvation in them.

Sin is like a disease. It infects every human being. It is lethal and is destroying everyone and everything it touches. Jesus is the only cure. Are you taking the medicine by which God can heal you?

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04/22/2026

The Peace that Comes from Thanksgiving

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7

These are among the most well-known verses in the Bible. Christians have been attracted to them because they promise peace, peace in difficult times, the kind of times that cause us to become anxious. But the peace that surpasses all comprehension doesn’t come automatically, or just because we ask for it. It comes when we train our minds to focus on a few significant truths and then act on them.

First, God is good. God always does that which is good and best. Always. Second, God loves you. He has proven that at the Cross of Jesus Christ. God loves you and there is nothing you can do to stop Him from doing so. For these reasons, and more, we can always rejoice in our Lord! And then, “the Lord is near.” He is not ignorant about what you are going through. He knows it and He feels it. He feels for His suffering children as a loving parent would do.

If we know that God is this way, then we can relax and have a gentle spirit. We can pray earnestly, making our requests to our loving heavenly Father, knowing that He hears us and will do what is good and best for all involved. And the key to whether or not we really believe this is if we are praying with thanksgiving to God.

When in distress, everyone prays to God. But only those who believe in His goodness and love will pray with thanksgiving. It is our faith in God’s goodness and love, that compels us to thank Him in every situation, that results in a peace that surpasses the understanding of those watching us.

Trust in God. Believe that He is good and loves you. Believe that He is causing all thing to work together for good in your life, so you can rejoice in who He is and thank Him for everything He is doing!

04/04/2026

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:5-11

04/02/2026

All of the religions of the world are born out of human imagination. And none of them can even be compared with what God has done for us through His Son, Jesus Christ. All the religions of the world are about how people can make themselves right with their god or gods. The true God, the Father of Jesus Christ, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, does what is necessary to make people right with Him. And that began with God bring about divine justice against all sins by executing Jesus instead of executing us. Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins, once for all. He is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only for also for those of the whole world. John 2:2 He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. John 1:29. God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, not counting our trespasses agains us... 2 Corinthians 5:19.
Jesus paid it all.
All to Him I owe.
Sin had left a crimson stain.
He washed it white as snow.
Rejoice in the goodness of God and His salvation through Jesus' death on the Cross.

03/19/2026

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03/10/2026

I will again be in KFAX radio live this Thursday at 5 pm, PST, interviewed by Craig Roberts on his Life!line show. Of course we will be talking about forgiveness. If you miss it, you can hear it, and all his interviews with me, on their podcasts of the show. If there is something in particular about forgiveness that you would like us to talk about, please let me know.

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03/07/2026

Most people are not practicing unforgiveness. They are practicing non-forgiveness. Non-forgiveness is when we simply ignore the sins in our lives, both the ones we've committed as well as the ones committed against us. We do this for at least two reasons.

First, we tend to think that forgiveness is only necessary for "big" sins, traumatic sins, obvious sins, like stealing, adultery, murder, sexual abuse, physical abuse, etc. However, ALL sins damage the human soul, and Jesus was executed for ALL sins, not just the big ones.

Second, human beings do not naturally know how to identify sins. We must learn what sin look like from God. This is a part of the purpose of the Mosaic Law. As the Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans, "I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'”

But the Law cannot cover all the ways we humans sin against God and each other. The best way to discover sin is to ask this question, "Would Jesus do this?" Jesus is God. Jesus is love. Jesus never sins. So, His behavior is the perfect standard for love, and its opposite, sin.

Here is an example. Would Jesus drive the way you drive? If you are driving differently than Jesus, then you are sinning against God and the people around you when you drive. Of course, the other people on the road are not driving like Jesus either. By this simple example you might see how there is a lot more sin in our lives than we are paying attention to. Again, all sins are damaging. As Jesus said, they can only steal, kill and destroy! God heals us as we practice forgiveness. When we do not practice forgiveness, we do not get healed!

Here is a more important example. If Jesus had been your father, would Jesus as you dad have talked to you differently than your dad did? Who Jesus have treated you differently than your dad did? What if Jesus had been your mom? Or your spouse? Or your high school coach, or elementary school teacher? Or your boss? And on and on I could go. And, did you treat them as Jesus would have in your place?

Can you see how we are ignoring the vast majority of the sins in our lives, sins Jesus suffered and died for?

There are three prayers I encourage people to pray.

First, "Lord God, how have is sinned against you and not yet received your forgiveness? Please show me my sins."

Second, "Lord, who has sinned against me, and in what ways. Show me how people, especially my parents and family, have not loved me as you do. I need to see their sins so I can forgive them as you have, at the Cross of Christ."

And third, "Lord, who have I sinned against, and in what ways, and I need to humbly, and sincerely go to them and ask them to forgive me? I want to give them the best opportunity to forgive me so you can heal them, and us together."

If you pray these prayers regularly, and sincerely want to let God show you, He will, because He wants to heal you.

If you ignore sins, you will be ignoring forgiveness. When you ignore forgiveness, God will not be able to heal your soul. You will stay wounded and broken. You will be in the hands of tortures, who cause pain, and in a prison, that limits your freedom. That is what Jesus told Peter in Matthew 18:33-35. And I am sure you do not want to continue in that condition.

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02/28/2026

It is an act of worship, honoring God, when we confess our sins and say "thank you" to Jesus for paying the penalty for those sins. It is also an act of worship when we bring the sins people have committed against us to God in prayer, and thank Jesus for dying for those sins, too. Worship God, honor Him, by saying "thank you" to Jesus for paying the penalty for your sins, and for the sins others have committed against you.

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02/09/2026

I will be on KFAX Radio (AM 1100) in the San Francisco Bay Area this Thursday at 5:00 pm. I will be interviewed by Craig Roberts on his Lifeline program. You can also listen to us on their website, www.KFAX.com, live or later on their podcast.
Is there anything in particular about biblical forgiveness that you might like to hear us talk about?

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02/04/2026

There are many statements of faith presented by churches and religious organizations. Here is ours. It may sound a little different than others, emphasizing some different aspects of the truth, or the same aspects in a different way. Tell me what you think.

We believe that there is only one God. He had no beginning and has no end. He is outside of time as we experience it. He is behind all, above all, and beyond all that we can see or imagine.

We believe that God is revealing Himself through Creation, uniquely through the Bible, through His people and perfectly through His Son, Jesus Christ.

We believe that this one God exists as one being, but three distinct persons; the Father; the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit. Each of these three persons is distinct and real, with different ministries. However, together, they are one entity, one being, one God. For this reason, God is never alone – He has three relationships within Himself.

We believe that God is love, that He is always willing to sacrifice Himself for the well-being of others. We believe that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit have perfectly loving relationships with each other. We also believe that God wants to share His experiences of loving relationships with others.

We believe that God is responsible for creating all things, both the things we can see and the things we cannot see. We also believe that God created human beings according to His own image and likeness. We have the capacity to think, choose, and feel like God does. We also have the capacity for loving relationships both with God and with other people. For these reasons, people are incredibly valuable!

We believe that the world as we know it is not the world God created. God’s world has been damaged and devastated by sin (man’s choice to love himself rather than God). Everyone has been contaminated by sin and is selfish by nature. We believe that all people are broken and are suffering terribly under the consequences of sin.

We believe that human beings cannot solve the problem of sin.

We believe that God solves the problem of sin through Jesus Christ and only through Jesus Christ. We believe that because of God’s love, God the Son became a human being, and volunteered to pay the penalty for the world’s sin by allowing Himself to be executed. We believe that Jesus was then raised from the dead and now lives to impart His perfect, good, and loving nature to those who believe in Him and want to stop sinning. Jesus fixes broken people. We believe that through Jesus Christ we will become people who love God and love people the way Jesus does.

We believe that the Holy Spirit lives within every true believer to transform him or her into the character likeness of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit heals, teaches guides, empowers, encourages, protects and comforts God’s people. The Holy Spirit makes it possible for us to be like Jesus.

We believe that God will bring an end to sin and to this broken world on a final “Judgment Day.” On that day God will restore His original design. Those who have believed in Jesus will receive new bodies and live on a newly created earth where love replaces sin and everyone lives in peace and joy. Those who would rather continue in sin and have rejected Jesus and His life transforming salvation will exist in another place where the terrible consequences of sins continue without relief.

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