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In Why Forgive? Arnold lets the untidy experiences of ordinary people speak for themselves-people who have earned the right to talk about forgiving. Some of these stories deal with violent crime.

In Why Forgive? Arnold lets the untidy experiences of ordinary people speak for themselves-people who have earned the right to talk about forgiving.

Why Forgive? Johann Christoph Arnold Foreword by Steven D. McDonald. The book also addresses the difficulty of forgiving oneself, the futility of blaming God, and the turmoil of those who simply cannot forgive, even though they try. Twelve years ago, Why Forgive? appeared in bookstores under the title "Seventy Times Seven" – a reference to Jesus’s advice on how many times we should be ready to forgive in one day.

In Why Forgive? Arnold lets the untidy experiences of ordinary people speak for themselves-people who have earned the . The book also tackles what can be the biggest challenge: forgiving ourselves. Some of these stories deal with violent crime, betrayal, abuse, hate, gang warfare, and genocide. Others address everyday hurts: the wounds caused by backbiting, gossip, conflicts in the home, and tensions in the workplace. These people, who have overcome the cancer of bitterness and hatred, can help you unleash the healing power of forgiveness in your own life

Johann Christoph Arnold (November 14, 1940 – April 15, 2017) was a Christian writer and pastor. He was the elder of the Bruderhof Communities between 1983 and 2001. Arnold authored 12 books.

Johann Christoph Arnold (November 14, 1940 – April 15, 2017) was a Christian writer and pastor. Arnold is the son of Annemarie (née Wachter) and Johann Heinrich Arnold (1913–1982), and grandson of Eberhard Arnold (1883–1935), who co-founded the Bruderhof Communities in 1920. Arnold was born in the Cotswolds, where the Bruderhof fled from Nazi Germany. Some of these stories deal with violent crime, betrayal, abuse, hate, gang warfare, and genocide

In Why Forgive? Arnold lets the untidy experiences of ordinary people speak for themselves-people who have earned the right to talk about forgiving. These people, who have overcome the cancer of bitterness and hatred, can help you unleash the healing power of forgiveness in your own life

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A noted speaker and writer on marriage, parenting, and end-of-life issues, Arnold was a senior pastor of the Bruderhof, a movement of Christian communities, until his death in April 2017.

Johann Christoph Arnold and Steven McDonald during a Breaking the Cycle Assembly. The following quotes from Christoph’s book Why Forgive? give an idea of his insight into every human’s struggle to find peace. Breaking the Cycle will go forward with the inspiration of these two great peacemakers, Johann Christoph Arnold and Steven McDonald, before us. What does forgiving really mean? Clearly it has little to do with human fairness, which demands an eye for an eye, or with excusing, which means brushing something aside. Life is never fair, and it is full of things that can never be excused.

Why Forgive? Johann Christoph Arnold. Foreword by Steven D. Why did you forgive him? They say, I can’t even get along with my sister (or their brother, or mother or dad) and they haven’t really done anything to hurt me. They’re just mean.