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Does Forgiveness Require an Apology?

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Gary Chapman talked about issues of forgiveness in a radio interview this month.  Many assume that forgiveness has no qualifiers so our analysis of Bible passages about forgiveness may be surprising.  I thought my readers might like to hear what he is saying on this important topic.

CLICK HERE to listen to an in-depth radio chat with Gary Chapman.  Tip: Skip ahead to minute 11 to hear about forgiveness.  Here is a description of the whole interview.

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7 Simple Steps For Teaching Kids How to Apologize and Actually Mean It

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If adults need to apologize (And who would argue that?), then the art of apology needs to be learned in childhood. Here are the teaching steps we recommend:

  1. Help kids to accept responsibility for their own behavior. Our adult patterns of sweeping issues under the rug and shifting blame can often be traced all the way back to childhood habits. My own two-year old son passed gas and then blamed it on his diaper, saying, “My diaper burped!”
  2. Teach toddlers that their actions affect others. When you pull our pet’s tail, you hurt him.  When you rub our cat’s whiskers, he purrs.
  3. Instill the concept that there are always rules in life. The most important rule is the Golden Rule – treat others the way you would like for them to treat you. But there are other rules; many rules, and most them are designed to help us have a good life.  [linkback]

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