... , its own mantra, its own methods of physical seduction and spiritual reduction which prevent us from having a heart that is willing to confess. Confessing our sin unloads the burden of sin, unyokes the reigns of sin, unleashes the energy of sin, uncages the guilt of sin, unbinds the sorrow of sin, unearths the causes of sin, and unnerves the power of sin. Sin creates its own patterns of domestication and subordination that solidifies its dominion and reinforces its hegemony in our lives. Confessing our ...