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Practical Advice on Confession

This article offers a few practical pointers about confession of sin: confess it early, confess it to one another, and at times, sit among the weeds to learn from them.

Five Problems with Roman Catholic Confession

This article presents five problems with the Roman Catholic practice of confession: priests cannot see the heart, only God can forgive sin, the practice encourages easy-believism, it propagates sin, and it damns people to hell.

Laughing through Your Tears

A biblical way for attaining happiness is through sorrow. This article shows how through sorrow for and confession of sin happiness is gained.

Christ Our Scapegoat

"Scapegoat" is a word so rich with meaning when understood from the biblical context. It speak about how God deals with our sins. It speaks about God’s forgiveness and encourages us to a life of confession. Most of all it speaks about Christ, the scapegoat. This article brings all this meaning from Leviticus 16 and Isaiah 53:6b.

Faithful to Scripture and Confession Today

Looking at the changing character of the world and context in which Christians find themselves, this article considers what it means to be faithful to Scripture and confession. Arguing for the normative character of Scripture, this article shows how it relate to confession and tradition, and points to the way of working with Scripture in its context and the confession in our context.

Owning Up!

It is through confession, rather than blaming, that sin is dealt with.

Seeking the Unity of the Church (4)

Christians confess with one voice that they "believe in a holy catholic church" - a confession which highlights the importance of pursuing church unity. Church unity is found in the truth of scripture and is based on the confessional foundation of the church. However, subscribing to the same confessions does not guarantee church unity.

The Lord's Prayer (Part 5): Forgiveness

This is the fifth article in a seven part series on the Lord's Prayer. Praying for forgiveness (the fifth petition) is necessary because sin is directed against God. The author discusses the relationship between confession of sins and repentance, and points to God as the model for forgiveness.

Confession in Prayer

This article is a Bible study on confession in prayer.

What Luther Says to This Confessional Age

Our celebrity culture, with its self-promotion attitude, has eroded the practice of true confession of sins. This article shows Martin Luther's perspective on confession of sins as part of the worship service and in private communication with others.

The Church and the Confession

The church is not only built on the truth of Scripture, she equally has the task to confess that truth. In this article, the author looks at the necessity of the creeds in the church, and the history, authority, and interpretation of the confession.

The Need for a Confessional Basis for Our Children's Education

Should a Christian school have a confession as its basis? This article also discusses the vows of parents at the baptism of their children and what this means for the education of the children, as well as the relation of school, church and home.

Should We Change the Westminster Confession of Faith?

This article interacts with the question of whether a confession like the Westminster Confession of Faith should ever be changed. It discusses why we should not change the confession, what is lost when churches do change the confession, and why the confession is important for us today.