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The Friend Who Forgives (Tales That Tell the Truth)
Role
Author: Dan DeWitt
Illustrator: Catalina Echeverri
School or Department
Biblical and Theological Studies
Files
Description
Do you ever talk before you think? Mess up? Let others down? That's what Peter did, again and again and again, and it led him to abandoning his best friend, Jesus.
Peter loved Jesus. He felt terrible when he pretended not to know him. He thought all was lost when Jesus died.
But Jesus is not like our other friends. He wants to forgive us when we are really sorry, even when we mess up again and again and again. And because Jesus died and rose again he can. Jesus' death took the punishment for all of Peter's mistakes and all our mistakes, and his resurrection showed the penalty was lifted.
After he rose from the dead, Jesus went and found Peter and forgave him, and he can do the same for us. Peter spent the rest of his life telling people that if they put their trust in Jesus, they could be forgiven too again and again and again.
Children know all about failing, but they don't always experience true forgiveness. This book points them to Jesus, the one who will forgive them again and again and again.
ISBN
9781784983024
Keywords
Bible, Peter, juvenile literature
Publication Date
9-1-2018
Publisher
The Good Book Company
Disciplines
Creative Writing | Practical Theology
About the Author
Dr. Dan DeWitt is from a small town in the middle of a cornfield in central Illinois. He was, however, close enough to the city of Springfield to manage to get a little culture. He came to faith in Christ at the age of 15. He always wanted to be an artist, but felt that serious Christians didn't bother with such trivialities. Reading a British author named G.K. Chesterton changed his mind. In addition to teaching and writing, he sometimes doodles. He feel that there's a time for an academic textbook and a time for a sketch book. His favorite author is C.S. Lewis, and he thinks yours should be, too. Dr. DeWitt spends most of his research and writing time at the intersection of faith and secularism.
Visit Dr. DeWitt's SelectedWorks page.
Recommended Citation
DeWitt, Dan, "The Friend Who Forgives (Tales That Tell the Truth)" (2018). Faculty Books. 211.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/faculty_books/211