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Amish Grace: Love That Forgives the Unforgivable - Anabaptist (1 Corinthians 13)

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Amish Grace tells the true story of the Amish community's response to the 2006 schoolhouse shooting. While grieving their murdered children, they visited the shooter's widow, offered forgiveness, and attended his funeral. Their love kept no record of wrongs against the one who wronged them most. This is the Anabaptist understanding of 1 Corinthians 13: love is not sentiment but practice, rooted in Jesus' command to love enemies. The community doesn't merely believe in forgiveness—they embody it, visibly, counter-culturally. Such love astonishes the world because it reflects a kingdom operating on entirely different principles.

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1 Corinthians 13

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