Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. Lewis B. Smedes bigforgivelove Change image and share on social
The Holy Spirit, thank God, often enables people to forgive even though they are not sure how they did it. Lewis B. Smedes enableforgivegod Change image and share on social
No one really forgives unless he has been hurt. Lewis B. Smedes forgivehurt Change image and share on social
Sometimes I like to list the strongest arguments I can find to support a point of view I think is wrong. When I have them before me, I am up against a real opponent rather than a hypothetical one that is an easy target for me to hit. Lewis B. Smedes argumenteasyfind share on social
As I read the New Testament, I find only one path to salvation - the path of an informed faith in Jesus Christ. Lewis B. Smedes christfaithfind Change image and share on social
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Lewis B. Smedes discoverforgivefree Change image and share on social
Promise keeping is a powerful means of grace in a time when people hardly depend on each other to remember and live by their word. Lewis B. Smedes dependgracekeep Change image and share on social
The problem with revenge is that it never evens the score. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. Both are stuck on the escalator as long as parity is demanded, and the escalator never stops. Lewis B. Smedes demandescalatoreven share on social
At the cross, God was punishing Jesus for the sins of the world. God's justice required a penalty from sinners, and in his unspeakable love, he paid the penalty himself in the person of his crucified Son. Lewis B. Smedes crosscrucifygod share on social
Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness. Lewis B. Smedes componentforgivenessgrip Change image and share on social
