With The Perrys Turning the Cheek and Forgiving Offenses with Yana Conner
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Nov 17, 2025 
Yana Conner, a theologian and author of Living Beyond Offense, dives deep into the transformative power of forgiveness. She discusses candidly her struggles that motivated her writing, revealing how biblical peace and shalom-making reflect God’s character. Yana explains the true meaning of 'turning the other cheek'—a call to restore, not enable. She offers practical steps for forgiving, highlights Jesus’s example with Judas, and encourages living in God's forgiveness instead of self-forgiveness, all while emphasizing how forgiveness is central to our faith.
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Lost Edits Nearly Broke Her
- During final edits her computer reset and erased two weeks of changes, threatening the deadline.
- The incident tested her faith but publishers granted an extension and she finished the book.
Turning Cheek As Restorative Confrontation
- Turning the other cheek confronts dehumanizing honor-shame violence, not enablement.
- Jesus models a humble public stance that awakens an offender's conscience and restores dignity.
Live Forgiven, Don't Self-Authenticate
- Scripture never models self-forgiveness; it directs us to live forgiven by God.
- Carrying self-condemnation joins the accuser and undermines the gospel's verdict of justification.
