Good Friday forgiveness
Back in 2003, Detective Constable Stephen Oake was murdered in an incident at an asylum seeker’s house in Manchester. When his father Robin Oake, a senior police officer and a Christian, was asked at a press conference what he thought of the man who had killed his son, he said calmly: ‘I forgive him.’ His reply caused astonishment among the journalists.
John Benton
Christianity promises forgiveness to people and forgiveness is a hallmark of true Christianity. So we read, ‘Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you’ (Ephesians 4.32).
