Forgiving & Being Forgiven (ft. Bethany Allen) | Forgiving As We Have Been Forgiven E1
4/20/202643 min
Why do we need to forgive? Bethany Allen, Associate Pastor at Bridgetown Church, opens a new series on forgiveness by clearing away common misconceptions and returning to the teachings of Jesus. She walks through what forgiveness is not and invites us to release our grip on revenge and surrender to the justice of God.
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 7v36-50; Matthew 6v14-15
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First 90 secondsYinka Dosin· Host0:00
[gentle music] Hello, and welcome to the John Mark Comer's Teachings Podcast. My name is Yinka Dosin, and I'm your host. Each week, we feature teachings by John Mark or other voices in the formation space, and it's great to have you with us. We're starting a new series this week on forgiveness. To start us off, Bethany Allen, Associate Pastor at Bridgetown Church, unpacks what forgiveness is and what it isn't, and why unforgiveness can be an even heavier burden. She shares vulnerably from her own journey, and invites us to release our desire for revenge and surrender to God's justice. Here's Bethany.
Bethany Allen· Guest0:37
We are gonna start our next practice tonight, which is, yeah, it's exciting, except that it is on forgiveness. So, you know, like one, two, punch, and well, forgiveness, thank you. One person's excited. Uh, well, it's, it is exciting. I think there's the reality that there's a tension even when we speak about forgiveness, particularly with those that we like or don't like. Uh, so I think just like with some of the other practices, this has the potential to hit us at our core, which is why I think more than ever, we need to be settled in this space just to receive what the Lord has for us tonight. A lot of you know that we as a country saw a gunman shoot up a high school, and while there were a lot of different messages that kind of came out of that horrific tragedy, there is one that has continued to surface as we've seen