http://terranovachurch.org/blog/2007/06/baptism-060307-reflections-by-stephen-burkhardt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=baptism-060307-reflections-by-stephen-burkhardt Terra Nova Church Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:49:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://terranovachurch.org/blog/2007/06/baptism-060307-reflections-by-stephen-burkhardt/comment-page-1/#comment-332 David J Cohen Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:24:01 +0000 http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2007/06/09/baptism-060307-reflections-by-stephen-burkhardt/#comment-332 I completely loved the way the Baptism went on Sunday as well. I was scheduled to lead our new tribe the following Monday and talking about the piece of the creed "I believe in the forgiveness of sins" Really made me think about what that meant. I almost immediately thought about Kristan Hodorowski's video. Kristan talked about how devastating her sins were and how she could not wrap her mind around a God that forgave her of her completely. It seems that humans have such a hard time accepting God's grace and his perfect forgiveness because we ourselves have such a limited capability when it comes to forgiveness. Part of believing the forgiveness of sins is forgiving those who have sinned against you personally. As the good book says “Forgive us of our debts as we forgive our debtors”. Congratulations to everyone who made the commitment last week! I completely loved the way the Baptism went on Sunday as well. I was scheduled to lead our new tribe the following Monday and talking about the piece of the creed “I believe in the forgiveness of sins” Really made me think about what that meant. I almost immediately thought about Kristan Hodorowski’s video. Kristan talked about how devastating her sins were and how she could not wrap her mind around a God that forgave her of her completely.
It seems that humans have such a hard time accepting God’s grace and his perfect forgiveness because we ourselves have such a limited capability when it comes to forgiveness. Part of believing the forgiveness of sins is forgiving those who have sinned against you personally. As the good book says “Forgive us of our debts as we forgive our debtors”.
Congratulations to everyone who made the commitment last week!

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