Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. - James 5:16
If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - 1 John 1:9
Mark here. Wow! This chapter really, really got to me. I found myself thinking about that Crusader's Cross that I talked about a couple of weeks ago in church. There are people walking around our world with open wounds that disciples of Christ have inflicted upon them. Even if we have not been directly involved, we carry that burden. The story of the confessional really blew me away. I found myself wanting to go out and do the same thing. I guess that is the first discussion point I wanted to throw out there. What did you think of the confessional? Would you ever want to do something like that? What do you think would be the value of such an opportunity?
We often talk of confessing our sins to God. Do you think there is a need to confess to another person as well? What are the conditions under which you would confess your sins and struggles to someone else?
In this chapter, Miller talks about Rick, who believed evangelism was reaching a felt need. Miller described evangelism to a radio host as talking about Jesus and his own journey to believing that Jesus exists and that Jesus liked him. What is your definition of evangelism? What is the difference between evangelism and "the network marketing guy trying to build my down line"?
Throughout the book, Miller has talked about embracing Christian spirituality, not Christianity. I don't think we have really asked this question yet: what do you think he means by Christian spirituality? What does that term mean to you? What do you think Miller means when he says that he is embracing Christian spirituality and not Christianity?
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