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How's your list? Not your Christmas list. I'm talking about the list many of us keep all year. Maybe it's written down, or maybe it's just memorized. It's the list of times someone hurt you. If you keep one, you're actually in good company. Peter had a list too. Peter brought that list to Jesus in Matthew 18, asking what seemed like a reasonable question: How many times do I have to forgive? Perhaps he was thinking about James and John positioning themselves for power. Or maybe it was Matthew, the former tax collector, who had offended him. Whoever it was, the offenses were adding up. Jesus' answer must have shocked him. This Sunday, we're starting a new series called "Regifting." Over the next three weeks, we'll explore the gifts God has given us that we're called to regive to others. We're beginning with the hardest gift to regive: forgiveness. With Christmas gatherings just weeks away, some of us are already dreading certain encounters. Names on our list. Hurts we've carried. Offenses we can't seem to forget. Join us as we discover why keeping score only hurts us, and how the forgiveness we've received is meant to be regifted to others—even when they don't deserve it.

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