We lead our lives well when we love God with our whole being and when we love neighbors as we (properly) love ourselves.
Miroslav VolfWe will not "forget" so as to be able to rejoice; we will rejoice and therefore let those memories (of wrongs suffered) slip out of our minds!
Miroslav VolfThe significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion is portrayed as the pattern that we are to follow. It is a model of social behavior toward the other as well as a statement about what God has done for us.
Miroslav VolfForgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.
Miroslav Volf