Famous Mountain Climber Struggled to Forgive

Many mountain climbers regard Italian Walter Bonatti as the greatest climber of all time. In 1954, when he was 24-years-old, he was the youngest member ...

Basketball Star Chris Paul Forgives His Grandfather’s Killers

In April, 2011, Rick Reilly wrote a moving story about forgiveness from the life of Chris Paul, the all-star basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets. ...

Early Church Leader Helps Younger Christian Overcome Anger

During the days of the "desert fathers" (a 4th century Christian movement that tried to renew the church), a young man came to his spiritual ...

Pastor Works through Resentment and Learns

Twenty years ago, [my wife Bonnie] and I went through what was for us the most difficult experience of our lives. We were sued by a young woman … ...

Former POW Forgives the Guard Who Terrorized Him

In her book, Unbroken, Laura Hildenbrand (author of Seabiscuit) recounts the amazing true story of World War II veteran and prisoner-of-war survivor Louis ...

Thanking God for His Goodness Prevents Envy

"Envy is resenting God's goodness to others and ignoring God's goodness to me."

Father of Murdered Son Learns That Forgiveness Is a Daily Choice

In a recent interview in The Sun, Sister Helen Prejean, the author of the book Dead Man Walking, talked about one of her heroes of faith and forgiveness—Lloyd ...

Bitter Man Chooses to Forgive Longtime Enemy

Pastor Matt Woodley writes:

My friend Steve warned me that he didn't believe in forgiveness. "God could never forgive me," he said. "Okay, ...

Viewing a Friend—and Even God—As an Enemy

In an article for ChristianityToday.com entitled "Our Divine Distortion," Christian songwriter Carolyn Arends shared a personal story that shows ...

Website Guards Against "Dissing the Dead"

The laws of etiquette proclaim that we should not speak ill of the dead—especially the recently deceased. There is one place, however, where this ...