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Confession

I was at a church recently where one of the elders was speaking, filling in for the minister who was out of town. During his talk, he confessed that in the past he gave in to the temptation of pornography. Even now, he hasn't completely overcome this struggle. He talked about some of his strategies for dealing with this issue...mostly through accountability with his wife and a good friend and avoiding situations where he might give in to temptation. I was really impressed. In my experience in the churches of Christ, confession is one of the most ignored biblical principles. It's hard to admit your mistakes in anything other than the most generic sense of "we all sin." People walk around pretending they're perfect, and so people who can't hide it so well don't really fit in. I thought this elder displayed a great example of transparency and confession.

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