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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

The Question of Forgiveness

Brian Zahnd · 2011
80/100
👍 Worth It

Brian Zahnd opens with Simon Wiesenthal's unanswerable dilemma and doesn't flinch — which is exactly what a book on forgiveness needs to do. The concise format forces precision, and the honest engagement with hard questions (does forgiveness enable evil? can there be limits?) elevates this above generic Christian encouragement. Readers who want more theological depth will wish it were longer, but what's here punches well above its page count.

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