The Bible has led the Christian church to understand its corporate gatherings as directed by God, directed to God, with blessings for Christians, and a witness to unbelievers. When the order is reversed that which God has directed for Christians to offer to him, along with the blessings they receive from obedience can be jettisoned …
Zac Hicks writes about corporate worship training and equipping disciples of Jesus for their day to day life following Christ. Part of [the church Hicks was attending at the time] weekly service structure was a rehearsal of repentance, a Confession of Sin and an Assurance of Pardon. Week in and week out, we would have …
From Robert Farrar Capon: Confession is not the first step on the road to recovery; it is the last step in the displaying of a corpse. Between Noon and Three, pg 74. Confession is not a transaction, not a negotiation in order to secure forgiveness; it is the after-the-last grasp of a corpse that finally …
At mgpc we’ve included corporate prayers confessing sin and repentance as part of our corporate worship. This is followed by a verse from the Bible that announces absolution. It’s taken a while to get folk used to reading a prayer in unison as that hasn’t been part of our tradition. But for some it may …
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