Lewis Smedes: Acceptance Is Not the Same as Forgiveness

Are you forgiving? Lewis Smedes says it's easier to forgive people for what they did than who they are. When it comes to who we are, he suggests we must accept--not forgive--ourselves and others.


 

 

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