Forgiveness as an Indicator of Health: Part 6

Forgiveness as an Indicator of Health: Part 6

This series of blogs examines the relationship between forgiveness and health. The following research describes benefits of forgiveness therapy for patients dying of cancer. 

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Forgiveness as an Indicator of Health: Part 5

This blog is one of a series on forgiveness and its' health benefits. This report is about forgiveness and patients with heart disease.

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Forgiveness as an Indicator of Health: Part 4

This blog is one of a series on forgiveness and its' health benefits. Science continues to show a relationship between health and forgiveness.

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Forgiveness as an Indicator of Health: Part 3

This blog is the third of a series on forgiveness and its' health benefits. A recent study (April 2010), conducted at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, investigated the relationship between forgiveness and apology based on the heart's ability to return to normal rate following a laboratory mental exercise.

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Forgiveness as an Indicator of Health: Part 2

This article is one of a series on forgiveness and its' health benefits.Florida State University conducted research on prayer and forgiveness. The objective? To test whether praying for a relationship partner would increase someone's willingness to forgive that partner. Participants who were assigned to pray for their romantic partner reported greater willingness to forgive that partner than…

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Forgiveness as an Indicator of Health

This article begins a series examining the topic of forgiveness and the health benefits that come from forgiving. Research shows that forgiveness and health are definitely related.First, let’s look at forgiveness in a general sense and what the Bible says about it:It is not uncommon for Christians to have questions about forgiveness. For most of…

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