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Overview
A Lenten Online Conversation exploring Timothy Keller’s book Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? Keller, a renowned evangelical thinker, addresses the challenges of forgiveness with depth and grace. This series will provide insight into the power of forgiveness and practicalways to apply it in our lives. Sessions will be held Thursdays in Lent from 6:30–8:00 PM (March 13,20, 27, April 3, 10).
Author
Timothy Keller (1950-2023) was the one of the most influential evangelical thinkers of our time and the long time pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. A gifted and influential communicator, he also was a prolific writer, and his book The Reason For God reached No. 7 on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller. Although a conservative evangelical notably opposed to LGBTQ inclusion, he rejected culture-war antagonism, was committed to social justice, and was widely admired even by those who disagreed with him for his graciousness and his genuine effort to listen to others.
Today’s Topic
According to Timothy Keller our secular understanding of forgiveness is deeply flawed because when we try to forgive all we want is (1) either not to feel hurt internally without any consideration for the person who has hurt us (therapeutic), or (2) we might be willing to forgive only if the person who hurt us shows repentance, change, and pays for it (transactional). Christian forgiveness should not be focussed on me, but also care for the person who hurts me (the ‘enemy’).
Speaker
The Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia is the Theologian in Residence at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York City, and Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute at the University of Cambridge (UK). He is the author of several books including Say It To God. In Search of Prayer. The Archbishop of Canterbury Lent Book 2018 (Bloomsbury 2017), and The Wisdom of St Benedict. Monastic Spirituality And The Life Of The Church (Canterbury Press 2021). His books have been translated in six languages.
If you would like to take part in the Webinar please write to Fr Luigi Gioia. You can also watch a YouTube video on the book.
