Product Description

R. T. Kendall's Total Forgiveness touched a raw nerve amongst Christian readers and rapidly became this prolifiic writer's fastest- and best-selling book. It still sells 5000 copies a year, five years after original publication.

But it only told half the story - how to forgive others. The teaching is completed with R. T.'s brilliant account of how it is equally important that we forgive ourselves.

Totally Forgiving Ourselves is classic R. T. Kendall - honest, sympathetic, biblical teaching on an aspect of the Christian life common to us all. Everyone has something in their past for which they need to forgive themselves as well as other people. Unless we do so, we are not only damaging ourselves but restricting our usefulness in God's service.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #219193 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
''I am delighted to let you know that my dear friend Dr R.T.Kendall will be speaking in England to introduce his book Totally Forgiving Ourselves. I read this book in manuscript and was deeply impacted. I consider R.T.Kendall's book to be one of the most important I have ever read. I believe this message is one we urgently need to receive for our own well-being and the well-being of others' (Canon J.John )

Synopsis
R. T. Kendall's "Total Forgiveness" touched a raw nerve amongst Christian readers and rapidly became this prolific writer's fastest- and best-selling book. It still sells 5000 copies a year, five years after original publication. But it only told half the story - how to forgive others. The teaching is completed with R. T.'s brilliant account of how it is equally important that we forgive ourselves. "Totally Forgiving Ourselves" is classic R. T. Kendall - honest, sympathetic, biblical teaching on an aspect of the Christian life common to us all. Everyone has something in their past for which they need to forgive themselves as well as other people. Unless we do so, we are not only damaging ourselves but restricting our usefulness in God's service.

About the Author
Dr R. T. Kendall, who served for 25 years until 2002 as Minister at Westminster Chapel, London, is a hugely popular speaker and writer. His most recent books include Out of the Comfort Zone, Your Words Have Power, Total Forgiveness, The Anointing and The Christian and The Pharisee.

Customer Reviews

Where is this idea in the bible?
I believe this book is very dangerous for the following reasons:-

(1) The bible has plenty to say about God forgiving us and us forgiving others - but nothing about us forgiving ourselves. We can therefore conclude that the concept is not biblical, as a matter of simple fact.

(2) It is also very bad theology, as it implies that (a) God's forgiveness is in some way incomplete or inadequate, unless or until it "becomes" self-forgiveness, which is really a roundabout way of saying that the ultimate forgiveness is self-forgiveness.

(3) It gives credence to a secular/New Age idea that we are the ones who deal with our guilt, not God (New Age of course teaching that we ARE gods!) and as such is hugely dangerous.

(4) It therefore compromises the bible's clear message of the importance and SUFFICIENCY of God's forgiveness to achieve a true state of "blessedness".

(5) It confuses the distinction between the gospel message of God's forgiveness in Christ and the world's view that we simply need to feel better about ourselves (the extent of most folks' ungodly sorrow (which leads to death) being "I just can't forgive myself" - implying that that is the great need that has to be met - it isn't.

(6) It focuses on self rather than God/Christ and is therefore contrary to the focus of all NT teaching on forgiveness. Because of this, it is actually pandering to the flesh.

(7) There is I believe a world of difference between accepting God's forgiveness (which we must do) and forgiving oneself (which we don't have to do, or the bible would encourage us to do so!) and it is both misleading and unwise (at best) for RT to equate the two as being the same thing - he's encouraging his readers to buy into the world's idea of forgiveness and that is extremely irresponsible.

The point is that to accept God's forgiovness DOES free us from guilt - that is what it does! "And you forgave me the GUILT of my sin"! Ps 32:5b NIV. What we need to do is APPROPRIATE God's forgiveness -apprehend that for which we've been apprehended! But that's NOT forgiving ourselves!

I'll give him one star for actually saying that God's forgiveness is total and that we should not therefore carry guilt around with us - but the answer is NOT to forgive ourselves!

Don't miss this one!
I wish I could have given this book 10 stars. If you read one book as a Christian, make it this one. It has opened my eyes to a lot of things that I have been struggling with, without even realising it. This author has a way of putting things that make them clear and plain and understandable. It is clear that he has battled many unforgiveness issues himself, and he offers a way to total forgiveness, as well as motivating the need for it very convincingly. Read this book - you will not be disappointed.