Father Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do

Most Christians accept the traditional belief and teaching that, at the time of His crucifixion, Christ's forgiveness prayer, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do," was about those crucifying Him. Discover who the prayer of forgiveness was really directed toward and the reason for the prayer. See how it was a crucial component of God's salvation plan as you travel with the author through parts of the Bible from before the creation to the cross to find the answer.

For the first time in one volume this book presents contributions to the textual criticism of the New Testament made over the past twenty years by Bart Ehrman, one of the premier textual scholars in North America. Including fifteen previously published articles and six lectures (delivered at Duke University and Yale University), this collection will be of vital importance to all students and scholars of the New Testament and early Christianity.

Nothing is more important than what a person believes about Jesus Christ. To understand Christ correctly is to understand the very heart of God, Scripture, and the gospel. To get to the core of this belief, this latest volume in the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series lays out a systematic summary of Christology from philosophical, biblical, and historical perspectives—concluding that Jesus Christ is God the Son incarnate, both fully divine and fully human. Readers will learn to better know, love, trust, and obey Christ—unashamed to proclaim him as the only Lord and Savior. Part of the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series.

Our faith in Jesus is a daily walk with Him. Each day we look to Jesus for everything we need as we walk through life. Strengthen your daily walk with these 365 daily devotions to encourage and challenge you.

Since the publication of the bestselling Sounding the Seasons, Malcolm Guite has repeatedly been asked for more sonnets. This new collection offers a sequence of 50 sonnets that focus on many passages in the Gospels: the Beatitudes, parables and miracles, teachings on the Kingdom, and the ‘hard sayings’ - Jesus’ challenging demands with which we wrestle. In addition this collection includes: •A sequence of seven sonnets on 'The Wilderness', exploring mysterious stories of divine encounter such as Jacob’s wrestling with the angel. •Poetic reflections on music, hospitality and ecology. •Seven short poems celebrating the days of creation. •A biblical index pairing the poems with scripture readings for use in worship.

As Jesus is dying on the cross, taking away the sins of the world by His suffering, His humiliation, and His precious blood; He had enough grace to say to His Father, "Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do." If the Son of God {Jesus} can forgive us, despite the pain and shame He endured for us; who are we to not forgive our fellowman! We must truly learn how to forgive those who have committed wrongs against us so that we can become better servants of the Lord our God. "Father, Forgive Them" is a Book of Prayers that will remind us of the power of forgiveness as we endure hardships and betrayals from our fellowman. "Father, Forgive Them" is the 35th Career Book Publication of Christian Author & Minister Bobby John Richard, Jr. (BA) in hopes that we all come to the understanding that if we are not able to forgive others: God Will Not Forgive Us! Amen.

The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

Father Forgive Us, for We Know Not What We Do is a first-person account of a series of lucid thoughts, a quilted inner delving. In some ways Descartes redux, in others Holden Caulfield, it is observational and analytic, a work of "philosophy" - but only to a sort. Entirely non-academic and written for a popular audience, the book promotes the reader's thought and engagement, challenging every preconception and assumption. Supporting this is a methodology which is loosely aphoristic: sometimes carrying a thought over several paragraphs, sometimes only a line or two. It is a work to be explored and re-explored, and its short sections and frequent divisions will keep the reader blissfully turning pages. Presenting a philosophical soliloquy, the inquiries into life, art, culture, human nature, thinking and language, and finally technology and machines, form the sections of the book and explore what it is to be human today. Its deliberations don't attempt any final answers (because how could there ever be any), but profound and unsettling questions are raised time and again. Father Forgive Us, for We Know Not What We Do will evoke, entertain, enlighten, and above all encourage. Each of us is a work in progress.