IT SEEMS THE WORLD
WOULD LIKE TO SILENCE THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND DECLARE
IT TO BE OUT OF DATE AND
IRRELEVANT; THEN, JUST WHEN NO
ONE IS EXPECTING IT, GOD BREAKS
IN WITH A SHOW OF SUCH GRACE
THAT IT CANNOT BE ANYTHING
THAT A HUMAN BEING COULD
DO ON HIS OR HER OWN. FOR
INSTANCE, ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
COMMITTEE, PEOPLE WHO HAD
WATCHED LOVED ONES TORTURED
AND KILLED WERE ABLE TO
FORGIVE AND LOVE THOSE WHO
WERE RESPONSIBLE. IN NORTHERN
IRELAND, GORDON WILSON,
BRAVELY FORGIVING THOSE WHO
HAD KILLED HIS BELOVED
20�YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE
1987 ENNISKILLEN BOMBING,
SPOKE TO A GASPING WORLD
ABOUT WHAT GOD COULD DO.
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