To forgive another means to cancel a debt in order to provide (1) opportunity for repentance and (2) restoration of the broken relationship. In the next article we will look at three aspects of what true forgiveness means: hungering for restoration, revoking revenge, and pursuing goodness. Dan Allender is a professor of biblical counseling at Colorado Christian University, and a psychologist with the Institute of Biblical Counseling in Denver. He writes, "Forgiveness is central to the Christian