In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Brad Hambrick about his book, Making Sense of Forgiveness: Moving from Hurt Toward Hope. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• Why is forgiveness one of the subjects where Christians are most prone to rush one another?

• What does—and doesn't—it mean to extend forgiveness to someone?

• In what ways might we be tempted to leverage an offense against someone who has asked for our forgiveness?

• Is God's forgiveness for us in Christ unconditional?

• What are four principals that can help us think wisely about the role that boundaries might play in the context of forgiveness?

• What does it mean that trust is a "proportional value" and how might acknowledging this be helpful to us as we seek to move forward in the process of relational reconciliation?

• Why do we often struggle with feelings of fear, anger, mistrust, shame, and even intrusive thoughts in the wake of extending initial forgiveness to someone who has wronged us?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/forgiveness-brad-hambrick

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