Three Kinds of Confession

I've made reference to different ways that Christians confess their sins and that they receive the absolution (i.e., the announcement of the forgiveness of their sins).  They are:

1.  Corporate Confession and Absolution

2.  Individual Confession and Absolution

3.  Private/Personal Confession and Absolution

If you are participating in New Beginnings after gathering with St. Paul Lutheran Church - Annapolis, MD, then you've already seen corporate confession, since this is a part of the liturgy every week.  If you've been a Christian for some time, you probably also know about the last one (i.e., private/personal confession and absolution).  But precious few Protestant (i.e., non-Roman Catholic) Christians know about the second kind of confession and absolution.

In the next three posts, I want to briefly review these three types of confession and talk though "how they work"... so unless you have a lingering question about confession and absolution more generally, hold your questions for another day or so.