» confession http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:54:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Friends for the Fray: The Lost Art of Confession (part 4) http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/03/14/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-4/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/03/14/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-4/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:00:36 +0000 admin http://northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=1237 Continue reading →]]> confession (1)We conclude looking at the art of confession with this lesson on two themes…
1. what is penance, and what is it’s value to our souls?
2. how do we receive a confession well?

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doug

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So, after a few weeks championing the benefits confession affords our souls, we come today, to the practical “how-to’s” of this ancient practice.

We look at making a good confession in three parts,
1) self-awareness,
2) thoroughness, and
3) penance

(Only some beginning remarks on penance; just enough to let you know it is probably not what you think it is.  We’ll finish up next week).

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Doug

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The themes of this lesson are very personal for me. The bulk of last week’s digression-lesson was a personal story, and this week is too. It was embarrassing 15 years ago, now it is one of my most cherished memories.

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Doug

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]]> http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/28/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-2/feed/ 0 Friends For The Fray: A Digression to Reinforce http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/21/friends-for-the-fray-a-digression-to-reinforce/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/21/friends-for-the-fray-a-digression-to-reinforce/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:33:12 +0000 admin http://northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=1200 Continue reading →]]> In this lesson, we digress for a moment before addressing the practicalities of the ancient art of confession (next week).

This digression will expand what I said last week, and I’ll spend the lion’s share of our time telling you a story from my own life. It’s a story of love for people, and how without it, we cannot give our gifts to one another, and consequently, we fall short of our destinies.

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Doug

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]]> http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/21/friends-for-the-fray-a-digression-to-reinforce/feed/ 0 Friends for the Fray: The Lost Art of Confession (part 1) http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/14/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-1/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/14/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-1/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:29:58 +0000 admin http://northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=1196 Continue reading →]]> The ancient art of confession is lost to most Christians today.  It is a loss that causes great peril to our souls. In this lesson, we talk about the importance of this ancient practice, and some of the reasons we tend to resist it.

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]]> http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/14/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-1/feed/ 0 The Earth: Are We Owners or Renters? (part 1) http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2008/09/21/the-earth-are-we-owners-or-renters-part-1/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2008/09/21/the-earth-are-we-owners-or-renters-part-1/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:52:02 +0000 admin http://NorthRaleighCommunityChurch.org/audio/?p=22 by Doug Hammack

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