tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728845570179741211.post1403025842320117745..comments2023-11-16T00:38:23.751-08:00Comments on Stand Firm: Confession and Absolution: Is It Optional?Scott Diekmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03227142854778319475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728845570179741211.post-11679011295541024682011-11-24T21:42:47.317-08:002011-11-24T21:42:47.317-08:00As an add on to my previous comment...there was a ...As an add on to my previous comment...there was a pastor here who did offer private confession until he took another call. <br /><br />Before going to him for confession & absolution the first time, I asked him if the sins people confessed to him ever changed how he felt about them or behaved toward them. He said that if anything, he felt even more respect for those who took that part of their faith seriously and who felt they could trust him enough to come to him and allow him to be their pastor and share those sins with him so that he could speak God's forgiveness to them.I wonder as I wanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788234130211214031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728845570179741211.post-49637643818716719052011-11-24T15:32:56.926-08:002011-11-24T15:32:56.926-08:00This post should be read and taken to heart by eve...This post should be read and taken to heart by every pastor and seminarian. <br /><br />In a district over 120 churches, I've only been able to find one where the pastor openly offers private confession and absolution-his church is about 14 hours away. While I would be more than willing to drive an hour or so to go to private confession, 14 hours is more than even I'd be willing to go.I wonder as I wanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788234130211214031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728845570179741211.post-68140487776843376832011-11-22T17:45:53.421-08:002011-11-22T17:45:53.421-08:00The segments of Dr. Ken Korby on Issues, Etc. on c...The segments of Dr. Ken Korby on <i>Issues, Etc.</i> on confession and forgiveness were really good. He makes a strong argument for individual confession: http://issuesetc.org/guest/kenneth-korby/Scott Diekmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227142854778319475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728845570179741211.post-44215575542745012752011-11-22T17:39:33.901-08:002011-11-22T17:39:33.901-08:00For the most part I believe in the general confess...For the most part I believe in the general confession of sins. I am not one for the laundry list of sins, atoning for each one. Mainly I suppose for those sins I have committed and either don't realize I have or are too numerous and (not to trivialize) too minor to acknowledge. But, there are those times when I have that burden weighing me down, and I need to unload and many a time my Pastor has been there to listen and absolve my sins. In fact one a year on our men's retreat we have that opportunity to kneel before him and unburden ourselves one by one, and I can think of nothing more uplifting than that.Fallhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00558598370555827002noreply@blogger.com