Someone new to our church recently asked me, "Is there any forum for the public confession of sin in our church?" It was a great question. We talked about a number of scenarios but agreed that the context of a small group is key. A small group provides fellowship afterward, in which we give a fellow child of God courage.
The following activity will help your group cultivate openness with one another; ...
In Where Is God When It Hurts? Philip Yancey wrote about a peculiar handicap of lepers who feel no pain in the afflicted parts of their body. They can burn a leprous hand in the fire or have a toe gnawed off by a rat and never feel a thing. A cut becomes abscessed or an injury critical because a leper has no sensation of pain. Much of the disfigurement of leprosy comes not ...
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