TO ERR IS HUMAN – TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE Rev. Sjirk Bajema   Sermon on Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 51 Scripture Readings: Matthew 6:9-15; 18:21-35   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ…   A word that’s not very popular today is ‘sin’. But when has sin ever been something we have really wanted to talk about? Especially our own sin.   What is sin anyway? Many people in our society have not even heard of the word “sin”, and many others deliberately avoid speaking about it.   Isn’t a sinner a bad person - the car thief; the wife basher; the...

Word of Salvation – Vol.53 No.27 – July 2008   Learning to Truly Forgive A Sermon by Rev Peter Abetz on Matthew 18:15-35 Scripture Readings:  Matthew 18:15-35; Luke 19:1-9 Dear Congregation. Introduction Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ. Philip Yancey in his book, What’s so Amazing about Grace, gives an account of a weekend in which the author M. Scott Peck brought together 10 Jews, 10 Muslims and 10 Christians with a view to trying to develop some kind of reconciliation or community on a small scale. He tells how the Jewish people talked about all the horrible things...