Interview: Why Tim Keller wrote his new book on Forgiveness

In reach through forgiveness is the only unified way forward. I continue to pray over Dr. Keller’s work. Blessings.

Can I forgive her in my heart? Sure, because she is a sinner like myself. However, even though I met with her and two elders, nothing came of it. Btw, in Japan we are really short of pastors; and she happened to be a pastor and the wife of a pastor, who was ill at the time. I am hoping she will open up and talk about it but feel like I’ve done all I can at this point.

I needed community, but that was not allowed to happen, so I went elsewhere. I’m really not sure what the pastor was thinking.

It was a really bizarre situation, being unable to study the Scriptures with a group headed by an elder. I realized how painfully little the elders knew the Word. The pastor never took the time to inquire into our activity before condemning it.

…unbelievers became a Christian. And ironically, the pastor in question began teaching the Scriptures on weekdays for those interested, imperfectly - asking for opinions instead of clearly using Scripture to interpret Scripture. But I left after a series of attacks on my efforts to draw more people to the church, including a wreath party and drawing my English conversation customers to the church (I rented a room during the weekdays), and other efforts as well.

…admitted to the hospital where he eventually passed away from an incurable disease. To a great degree this study had provided comfort and a way to deal with my suffering as well. I went to the pastor to ask for the restoration of the study, but was told neither now or ever would studies outside the church be allowed. The elder said I had gone over the pastor’s head in doing this - it was a surprise to me that the elder had never actually informed the pastor initially. All the same, one of the

…but have been blessed with teachers and authors who are squarely in the reformed Presbyterian tradition - R C Sproul, Sinclair Ferguson, Calvin!, E B White, just to name a few. I have a little more background in Jewish custom than my Japanese friends, so I took on the responsibility and opened Luke. Then one day the elder told me we had to stop. The reason for the stoppage was basically because the study was held outside the church building in a community. At the same time, my husband had been

Whoops - pressed the wrong button - the way it happened was, the four of us, two believers and two non-believers were reading Rick Warren’s The Purpose-Driven Life together. The other Christian besides myself was an elder, btw. However, the material was extremely challenging for the unbelievers; so I finally suggested that we study the Scriptures together. The elder agreed but hesitated to lead. So I said I would write up some questions and try to guide the process. Now, I am only a lay person,

This is a pretty interesting issue for me. I left a church almost a year ago now because the pastor would not allow a small group Bible study.