Gene Robinson: The new MLK: NOT!!!!

http://telling-secrets.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_telling-secrets_archive.html#116895408656104461

Here is another one for the books. Gene Robinson, the new Martin Luther King, Jr. There is no comparison.
First of all, King was a visionary; Robinson is an unrepentant sinner.

Erik

A Bit Off-Topic, but....

The Saints beat the Eagles, 27-24! Deuce McAllister ran for 143 yards! Now they have the Bears to worry about and play up in the cold weather in Chicago...

Erik

Huh?

"And in this one sense Cranmer was right: the church does have the authority to set aside commandments -- not only the ones made by human authority, but the ones which even though placed in the mouth of God by the Scriptural authors, can be determined to reside only upon human culture and human agendas and human failings. Ultimately all of Scripture comes to us through human agency -- and it is no good idealistically pretending otherwise; to do so is to turn the Scripture itself into an idol. The Scripture is not the Word of God spoken, but the Word of God written -- and in all cases apart from the purported engraving of the original Decalogue, the writing is made by human hands. For Israel in its long wanderings, for the church in its pilgrimage, and for us today, the Scripture is an instrument through which God's will is made known, but an instrument which must be played: and the people of God are the musicians.read it all or some, as the case may be...."

The above is a quote from the HOB/D list. The thing I find funny is that it says that "...the church does have the authority to set aside commandments--not only the ones made by human authority, but the ones which placed in the mouth of God by the Scriptural authors," I almost find this laughable. This is HERESY; picking and choosing what scriptures fit one's agenda. If indeed Cranmer wrote this, I wholeheartedly disagree. One cannot just "set aside" commandments. In that case, a person could just set aside, "Thou shalt not murder," and go ahead and take a machine gun and blaze a trail of blood through the streets. I do not think that God expects people to take His Word for granted.

Erik

The Diocese of Fort Worth Vindicated!

The Panel of Reference has sent their report on the issue of Women's Ordination and Women Clergy to the Diocese of Fort Worth, and the news is VERY good for Bishop Iker! To read the report, here is the link :

http://www.aco.org/commission/reference/docs/Fort_Worth_final.pdf

Erik

Something that's sticking in my craw...

I'm a lurker on the HOB/D(House of Bishops/Deputies) Listserv, and I cannot help but get ANGRY at the utter idiocy of the people about gay marriage. The majority of the deputies and bishops on the list believe that gays and lesbians should have the right to be married and that there should be a liturgy regarding this. Well, let me tell you. THEY ARE DEAD WRONG. They said that Jesus didn't talk about gays and marriage. Well, let me show you. First of all, let me state that JESUS IS GOD. Plain and simple. I can back this up with scripture.

"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination."
Leviticus 18:22(NKJV)

How much plainer can you get? To go any further and DEMAND that you have the RIGHT to get married is just plain HERESY. Next, homosexuals and lesbians now have minority status where they never should have been given that status. Homosexuality is a CHOICE, not genetic. I would like to see some unbiased scientific evidence regarding it as being genetic. No one will take me up on the offer, BECAUSE THERE IS NONE!

Erik

Schori: Jesus a "Vehicle to the Divine?"

I must admit that when I read the interview I busted a gut. Every time that Madame President speaks, she puts her foot in her mouth. Here are some quotes that have been noted from the new Presiding Bishop:

"Jesus is a vehicle to the divine,"

"Jesus is an event...."

Let us remember what the Gospel of John says about Jesus:

John 1:1-14(NKJV)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness for the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness to that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

This, first of all labels Jesus AS divine, not as a vehicle of the divine. Jesus is not some event that just "happens." He is GOD! In my opinion, Ms. Schori has a LOT to answer to. Gnostic gospels are not in the canon.
They are not even in the Apocrypha! JESUS IS GOD: PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

Erik