The pastor’s vocation is to minister the Word and Sacraments, which give what they promise. He must carefully distinguish guilt and shame in those whom he treats. Almost always we are both sinning and sinned against, but it is harmful to confuse these and to produce a false guilt or fail to deal with a sense of shame, however unjustified that might be.
Pastors must listen carefully enough to differentiate shame and guilt. The medicine for the 2 are very different.
HT: Rev Marc Lloyd
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