As part of learning more about the self acceptance journey that Plus Figured supports,  I feel the book “The Law of Forgiveness: Tap in to the Positive Power of Forgiveness–and Attract Good Things to Your Life” by Connie Domino may be a valuable resource for you.  It helps to emphasize my belief of coming to

... given the power to "retain" sins, since forgiveness would be all-or-nothing and nothing could be "retained." Furthermore, if at conversion we were forgiven all sins, ... instance, he cites verses like these: "Let it be known to you therefore, brethren, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by him every one that believes is freed from everything ...

... explicitly admitted. Hence the sense we have that there is need for an apology from a perpetrator before forgiveness can be offered. I think it's fair to conclude, therefore, that the evolutionary ... virtue as we know it, perhaps setting some necessary but not sufficient initial conditions. But that as forgiveness itself has a history that is determining and, in terms of evolution, very recent ...

... forgive he meant it for all of us, no matter what. Anyone could speak words of forgiveness to anyone. The point was not to have it regulated but to have it proclaimed and received over and over again, so that the power ... philosophical, psychological and religious theories regarding guilt and forgiveness have abounded. In their wake, revolutionaries (and those otherwise optimistic about the advantages ...

... all, forgiven her father for his affair with a policewoman. She emphasized that without forgiveness he would never be able to move on. So the question is posed, "Should we forgive?" ... forgiveness is unconditional. God made the first move without asking us to do anything first. We are not offered forgiveness because we have made amends, done some community service, given to the poor or ...

... in relationship to God. As Christians, we should be very concerned about the message of forgiveness. But, in our fervor, many of us have focused more on us (the offenders) than we have on God (the Offended). As ... non-Christians alike have treated God's forgiveness as something that must be given instead of something that is undeserved. From God's perspective, he is the Most Honorable and ...