S13 Ep01 | Amy Orr-Ewing | How Can We Learn to Forgive?

Watch or listen to Amy Orr-Ewing, International Author, Speaker and Theologian, being interviewed by Lorna Dueck. In this episode, Amy shares about her new book, Forgiveness, and why it is one of the most misunderstood teachings of Christianity. She explains how the Bible calls us to forgive without minimizing harm, ignoring abuse, or abandoning justice. They explore how Christian forgiveness speaks into today's cultural moment, from cancel culture and political division to our struggles with anger, resentment, and injustice. In this episode, Amy and Lorna discuss: The weaponizing of forgiveness against victims, and what healing actually looks like. The distinction between forgiveness and reconciliation in Scripture. Where science and the Bible intersect regarding trauma recovery. How trauma impacts the nervous system and how healing involves emotional, spiritual, and physical restoration. The suffering of Jesus reveals how seriously God takes human pain and wrongdoing while making forgiveness possible. How repentance and God’s grace offer forgiveness even when reconciliation with others is seemingly impossible. Amy’s hope that the church can rediscover forgiveness as a transformative and life-giving practice rooted in the Gospel. Read the transcript: https://biblesociety.ca/transcript-sc... ===== Canadian Bible Society: https://biblesociety.ca/ Help people hear God speak: https://biblesociety.ca/donate/ The Bible Course: https://biblesociety.ca/thebiblecourse/ ===== Dr. Amy Orr-Ewing is an international author, speaker and theologian who addresses the deep questions of our day with meaningful answers found in the Christian Faith. She is the author of multiple books including bestsellers ‘Where is God in All the Suffering?’, ‘Why Trust the Bible?’, ‘Mary’s Voice’, and her latest ‘Forgiveness Reclaiming its Power in a Culture of Outrage and Fear’ releases in 2026. Over the last twenty five years, Amy has spoken in more than 40 countries as a public advocate for the Christian faith including public lectures and open forums on university campuses, and addressing Politicians and Parliamentarians in the UK Parliament and staffers on Capitol Hill, the Senate and the West Wing of The White House. Amy speaks at conferences, businesses, banks, and churches about how theology connects with the deepest questions of life. In 2023, Amy was awarded the Alphege Medal for Evangelism and Witness by the Archbishop of Canterbury. She holds a DPhil (doctorate) from the University of Oxford and is Honorary Lecturer at the School of Divinity, University of Aberdeen, Distinguished Scholar at Wheaton College Illinois and Founder of Advocate Collective. Amy is married to Frog and they have three wonderful sons.