Forgiveness Finding Freedom Through Reconciliation

by Clendenen, Avis; Martin, Troy

• ISBN13: 9780824519643
• ISBN10: 0824519647
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Crossroad
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Summary

The authors explore different models of The Forgiveness Exchange. This successful model, indicates that human beings can enter the experience of reconciliation that lasts into eternity.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Exploring the Dilemma of Fracture and Forgiveness through Story	1	(13)
The Sabotaged Forgiveness Exchange	2	(4)
The Stalled Forgiveness Exchange	6	(1)
The Successful Forgiveness Exchange	7	(2)
The Stories and Finishing Unfinished Business	9	(3)
Application	12	(2)
Interpersonal and Intrapsychic Models of Forgiveness	14	(9)
The Emergence of the Intrapsychic Model	17	(3)
Application	20	(3)
A Theology of Being Human	23	(15)
Imago Dei: Made in God's Image	23	(3)
Freedom	26	(1)
The Mystery and Reality of Sin	27	(3)
Grace	30	(2)
Jesus: God's Desire for Immersion in Humanity	32	(2)
Application	34	(4)
Biblical Confrontation and Accountability	38	(13)
Biblical Excuses to Avoid Confrontation	38	(5)
Confrontation as the Appropriate Response	43	(3)
Jesus the Confronter	46	(2)
Application	48	(3)
The Psychology and Theology of Confrontation	51	(15)
The Devaluing and Revaluing of Human Emotions	51	(1)
From a Culture of Avoidance and Alienation to a Culture of Embrace and Empathy	52	(4)
Painful Emotions and the Power of Love	56	(2)
Confrontation as Accurate Empathic Action	58	(3)
Application	61	(1)
A Guide to Effective Confrontation	61	(5)
Biblical Insights into Repentance and Accountability	66	(12)
Repentance, a Prerequisite for Forgiveness	66	(2)
Repentance, a Changed Understanding	68	(6)
Distinguishing Genuine from Contrived Repentance	74	(2)
Application	76	(2)
Theological and Psychological Insights into Repentance	78	(14)
The Repentance-Sensitive Personality	79	(3)
Personality Deficits	82	(3)
The Repentant Steven and the Forgiving Joseph	85	(3)
Application	88	(4)
Biblical Insights into the Transferal of Responsibility and Release	92	(10)
Transferal of Responsibility	92	(2)
Biblical Transferal, Not Psychological Transference	94	(1)
Biblical Transferal, Interpersonal and Not Intrapsychic	95	(1)
Biblical Transferal A Changed Relationship	96	(2)
Appropriate Situations for Transferal	98	(2)
Application	100	(2)
The Grace and Burden of Unfinished Business	102	(10)
Purgatory Revisited: A Special Kind of Hope	102	(4)
On Life after Death	106	(2)
Living until We Die	108	(2)
Application	110	(2)
Concluding the Stories	112	(12)
The Sabotaged Forgiveness Exchange: An Unexpected Healing	112	(3)
The Stalled Forgiveness Exchange: Hope against Hope	115	(4)
The Successful Forgiveness Exchange: Can You Drink the Cup?	119	(3)
Application	122	(2)
Bibliography	124