Status Updates From Pastoral Confessions: The H...

"Lust is any desire ordered by the flesh. Lust is desire driven by pleasure rather than love. For the Christian, to lust is to be led by one's Adamic cravings rather than one's sanctified desires. It is to live according to our former manner of life apart from Christ, a life of enslavement to one's passions... Lust joins pride in centering the self... Love centers the other."

"Confession is exemplary pastoral behavior. I am convinced that the pastor who fails to confess their sins fails in their vocation...Without confession, pastors become like the scribes and pharisees who 'preach but do not practice.' Such a pastor will fail to love well, for 'the one who is forgiven little loves little.' Ultimately the pastor who is above repentance is not above reproach.'