Revolutionary Forgiveness: Keys to relational harmony (Topical) - Softcover

Wright, Eric E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852345259 ISBN 13: 9780852345252

Publisher: Evangelical Press, 2020

Synopsis

Living lives that reflect revolutionary forgiveness is the greatest gift we could give our society. Such a lifestyle can make the greatest difference to the greatest number of lives.Although being a forgiving person fills a life with sunshine and promotes relational harmony, multitudes live lives of bitterness, alienation, and conflict. Marriages end in acrimony. Nations find it impossible to live at peace. In "Revolutionary Forgiveness" Eric Wright examines the whole subject of forgiveness using abundant illustrations and quotations from helpful sources. He includes what forgiveness is and is not; who should take the first step in seeking reconciliation; finding healing for emotions damaged by unforgiveness, the place of restitution; the sources of relational alienation and much more.Wright challenges us to embrace a lifestyle of forgiveness by following the model forgiver, Jesus Christ who outlined the attitudes we should adopt in His famous beatitudes.

About this title

About the Author

Eric E Wright has led a rich life with time spent in both Asia and Ontario. He grew up in the west-end of Toronto, studied forestry at the University of Toronto then transferred to Columbia International University in South Carolina to receive training in overseas ministry. There he met and married Mary Helen, a nurse from SC.

Together they served in Pakistan for 16 years where Eric was the co-founder of the Open Theological Seminary, which now serves over 6000 students in centers throughout the country. Before venturing into writing for a western audience, Eric had already honed his skills by writing 5 self-teaching textbooks for OTS, this wildly successful extension training program.

Upon their return to Canada, he pastored a church in Toronto for nine years until the passion to write became too strong to deny. From 1991 to the present, he has written and published thirteen books and served as interim pastor in a number of churches. Based on his ministry experience in these churches he published, Revolutionary Forgiveness. 

In February of 2022, after 61 years of marriage, God called Mary Helen home to heaven. His book, A Man's Journey Through Grief, describes both the depths of his grief and the hope he found in his Christian faith.

In September of 2023, after meeting through providential—even miraculous—circumstances, he married Phyliss Hammerstrom. They live in Port Hope, Ontario where Eric continues to write.

From the Back Cover

If love makes the world go round, forgiveness is the oil that lubricates the gears. Learning to give and recieve forgiveness is an essential element of Christian living and foundational to a harmonious soceity. Without it our relationships become brittle and tattered--or non-existent!

This volume examines the whole subject of forgiveness, including what it is (and what it isn't!); forgiveness from both a personal and heavenly perspective; who should take the first step; reconciliation, restitution and much more.

This book challenges us to use the biblical keys available to unlock the doors of bitterness and resentment that have slammed shut between us and others. It urges us to embrace a lifestyle of forgiveness by following the model forgiver, Jesus Christ. Such a lifestyle is revolutionary!

Edition details

• Publisher: Evangelical Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852345259
• ISBN 13: 9780852345252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 289