A Book Review... about Forgive by Tim Keller
Over the past few months, I have read the book "Forgive: Why Should I, How Can I?" by Tim Keller. I rarely read books when they are released, but this one caught my attention and I wanted to read it. For the most part, I really enjoyed the book. I found the text to be very helpful and it challenged me to look at my own heart and past experiences and responses. It also helped me articulate and identify some of the changes I have seen in our culture over the past decade that have concerned me. I would recommend this book--with two warnings. The first warning is that this book doesn't give a lot of attention to addressing abusive relationships and forgiveness. I wish that had been more attention given to abuse and harmful relationships and what biblical responses to such relationships might be. That would have been helpful, I think. The second warning is my disagreement with Appendix D: Reconciliation Practices. In Appendix D, Keller walks the read...