Comments on: confession and forgiveness (remix) http://anewdoxology.com/2008/06/15/confession-and-forgiveness-remix/ reflections on faith and life in a hyperreal world Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jim http://anewdoxology.com/2008/06/15/confession-and-forgiveness-remix/#comment-311 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:31:19 +0000 http://anewdoxology.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-311 Per the definition below, I’m kind of liking prone. Nice job Calvary.

prone |prōn|
adjective
1 [ predic. ] ( prone to/prone to do something) likely to or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcome : years of logging had left the mountains prone to mudslides | he is prone to jump to conclusions.
2 lying flat, esp. face downward : I was lying prone on a foam mattress | a prone position.
• technical denoting the position of the forearm with the palm of the hand facing downward.
3 archaic with a downward slope or direction.

We are prone to sin because we are sinners at heart. Our inclination is to sin and orient our lives in a downward direction (so to speak picking up on the third definition).

Jim

]]> By: SSK http://anewdoxology.com/2008/06/15/confession-and-forgiveness-remix/#comment-310 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:39:07 +0000 http://anewdoxology.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-310 This is different, something that someone who is used to the “Traditional” liturgy would stumble over some of the words. Here is my issue: the use of the phrase “prone to sin”. I don’t see my self as being “prone to sin” as much as I see myself as a sinner. Being prone gives me an avenue to be “good and sinless at times” but that is not the case as we understand it with original sin. Its like saying that I am “prone” to doing good things… frankly, without the Spirit working all the time, I would be prone to do absolutely nothing of any “good worth”. I think that when we see our selves as completely broken, then we start seeing the beauty of God’s amazing grace at work in our lives for the good work of furthering His kingdom on earth. I guess that is where I am prone to default to theologically.

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