Release, Restore, Repair. Why Forgiveness Is Not the Same as Going Back (en Inglés) - Sean A. Wilson

Forgiveness is between you and God, and you can give it today; trust is rebuilt between two people, and it moves at the speed of the evidence.

Many believers have been told that if they had truly forgiven, they would let the person who hurt them right back in as if nothing had happened. Others carry their own guilt for years, wondering whether every hardship is God getting them back. In this book, Sean A. Wilson, a pastor and licensed counselor, untangles three words the church often mashes together: release, which is forgiveness before God; restore, which takes two people and real repentance; and repair, the restitution that proves repentance is real.

In these pages you will discover:

Through the plain pictures his congregation knows well, a suitcase full of weight, a driver who hands over an insurance card, a lifeguard who refuses to swim, and Paul’s words for a runaway slave, "charge that to my account," Sean shows how forgiveness can set you free.

Each chapter closes with reflection questions and room to write, and the back of the book holds a nine-week study and leader’s guide, along with pages for a carrying list, a ledger for making things right, and a conversation planner, so the book serves personal study, small groups, and Sunday school classes alike.