Sunday Devotions: God's Memory

Psalm 25

What does it mean for God to forgive sins? As theologian Miroslav Volf notes in his book, Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace (2005), the Bible offers several metaphors for God’s forgiveness. In Psalm 32 and Romans 8, God both covers (or hides) sin and decides not to reckon it — like an accountant opting to omit a debit f…