You wrote:
“Since I am not a modern Lutheran, I am not qualified to answer your question.”
Okay, let’s try this: In the Augsburg Confession, section 11, Lutherans declared a belief in private absoultion after confession to their Lutheran ministers. How common is that today among Lutherans? Do you confess to a Lutheran minister? If a Lutheran doesn’t do that, isn’t he modern compared to the early Lutherans?
As for my Lutheranism, cf. my response to Judith Anne's post #173. I fail to see how you could have missed it.
As for my willingness to engage you in discussion of historical and/or doctrinal questions, please cf. my previous post (#190).