1. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  2. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  3. A pastor shares his own experience of loneliness and hope
  4. Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
  5. Honest confession brings us into the fatherly care of God where we are always greeted with grace, mercy, peace, love, and forgiveness in Jesus Christ.
  6. God comes to us through the flesh and blood and spirit of Christ precisely where he promised to be manifest to us and for us.
  7. While we wait in tribulation for our white robes (or pants) to be washed in the blood of the Lamb, we confess to one another our seen and unseen stains.
  8. Christ Jesus brings his word and presence to where you are and he is even willing to do so through the likes of your personally present pastor.
  9. What I desperately needed was not to preach to myself, but to listen to a preacher—not to take myself in hand, but to be taken in the hands of the Almighty.
  10. It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
  11. God gives us the power and authority to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to burdened sinners who entrust us with their pain, guilt, and defeat.
  12. Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
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