Biblical forgiveness... What is it and what does it look like? I have rarely struggled with any concept more than this one. I believed that if I forgave someone, I was condoning their wrong actions against me. That I was saying what they did was ok. My heart rebelled at the lack of justice I felt that the person who had wronged me would get off "scott free." Yet, I was the one who was in the … [Read more...] about What I Didn’t Realize About Forgiveness
The Paralyzing Pursuit of Perfection
I am realizing a subtle trap that Satan has laid down for you and for me. We live in an airbrushed, perfection-demanding, fake culture that has us believing that we are not someone until we are somebody. Somebody who continually has to bring her A game to anything in which she is involved. The longer I am in ministry, the more I realize I have given in to the lie that I need to pass up on what … [Read more...] about The Paralyzing Pursuit of Perfection
Encountering the Healing Power of Forgiveness Intro
Please take a minute and twelve seconds to hear me talk about my Bible study, Encountering the Healing Power of Forgiveness. Blessings!Encountering the Healing Power of Forgiveness from Shawn Lantz on Vimeo. … [Read more...] about Encountering the Healing Power of Forgiveness Intro
The Dark Night of the Soul
EHPF: Session Five: The Dark Night of the Soul from Shawn Lantz on Vimeo.But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night...'" Job 35:10I grew up in Congo on a remote bush mission station. The only running water we had was in the water in the tin bucket in our hand as we ran up the hill from our twenty-acre lake. Nothing happened when I flipped my room light switch on … [Read more...] about The Dark Night of the Soul
Encountering the Healing Power of Forgiveness Teaching Videos
Hello Friends! I wanted to let you know that I am releasing teaching videos on Encountering the Healing Power of Forgiveness at the following website: http://vimeo.com/35111240The first is an introduction to my study entitled: Two Kinds of SufferingThese teaching videos come from my current bible study teaching sessions at my home church Forest Hills Baptist Church in Nashville, TN. This study … [Read more...] about Encountering the Healing Power of Forgiveness Teaching Videos
Feeding the Pigs
God loves runaways who want to come home, but sometimes He has to get our attention in unforgettable ways. A lesson from the greatest short story ever told found in Luke 15. … [Read more...] about Feeding the Pigs
