[Bill,
June 28, 2008]
Now, was that so hard to say?
A group of Anglicans finally get up the nerve to speak plainly:
Praise God for leading faithful Anglicans away from a church that is indeed preaching a different Gospel.
Of course, we'll see if faithful Anglicans mean it. After all, they haven't all left, and many have good reasons to stay -- why not stay and fight. But The Episcopal Church suffers from clericalism run amok, and the top bishops and people who are more activist than Christian are attempting what amounts to a slow-motion coup d'etat.
Still, it was good to hear someone with a mitre speak plainly.
The first fact is the acceptance and promotion within the provinces of the Anglican Communion of a different ‘gospel’ (cf. Galatians 1:6-8) which is contrary to the apostolic gospel. This false gospel undermines the authority of God’s Word written and the uniqueness of Jesus Christ as the author of salvation from sin, death and judgement. Many of its proponents claim that all religions offer equal access to God and that Jesus is only a way, not the way, the truth and the life. It promotes a variety of sexual preferences and immoral behaviour as a universal human right. It claims God’s blessing for same-sex unions over against the biblical teaching on holy matrimony. In 2003 this false gospel led to the consecration of a bishop living in a homosexual relationship.
Praise God for leading faithful Anglicans away from a church that is indeed preaching a different Gospel.
Of course, we'll see if faithful Anglicans mean it. After all, they haven't all left, and many have good reasons to stay -- why not stay and fight. But The Episcopal Church suffers from clericalism run amok, and the top bishops and people who are more activist than Christian are attempting what amounts to a slow-motion coup d'etat.
Still, it was good to hear someone with a mitre speak plainly.