tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post6770487377843479606..comments2023-10-25T09:45:40.318-04:00Comments on The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: Episcopal Church Descends Into a Parody of ChristianityCraig Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-83050310166535092632009-10-08T01:06:32.710-04:002009-10-08T01:06:32.710-04:00Indeed. Agree with you there.Indeed. Agree with you there.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738560902077094558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-50209805770435410302009-10-07T16:35:04.332-04:002009-10-07T16:35:04.332-04:00To All:
Bruno apologizes, according to this story,...To All:<br />Bruno apologizes, according to this story, which I assume to be accurate, for attempts to convert Hindus. No Christian can apologize for that. <br /><br />Apologize for specific injustices relating to colonialism - sure, no problem. But we cannot deny the Great Commission. This strikes to the very heart of the Gospel - it rips the heart out of the Gospel.<br /><br />Nothing he could have said regarding homosexuality or abortion or divorce or socialism or any kind of social issue could come even close to being as offensive and heretical as what he said on this topic. Some would like to portray the Anglican Communion split as being only about homosexuality, but that is almost to trivialize the real issues at stake, even though homosexual acts are clearly seriously sinful.Craig Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-52251998865833121212009-10-07T14:51:06.064-04:002009-10-07T14:51:06.064-04:00mnfu,
I would say that I absolutely agree with yo...mnfu,<br /><br />I would say that I absolutely agree with you, I even agree with the clipped out statement of Bruno's "I believe that the world cannot afford for us to repeat the errors of our past, in which we sought to dominate rather than serve." The problem is that this isn't what Bruno is <i>doing</i>. His actions in regards to the churches that separated themselves from his diocese shows that what he's doing is trying to dominate with a certain "liberal" worldview. <br /><br />What upsets me, and I believe Craig Carter as well, is the actions taken in relation to this statement. A combined worship service is not an act of service, it's an act of idolatry, and it shows no belief in the actual truth of Christianity, but rather a belief in a kind of ideological synchretism based on a twisted interpretation of the word "tolerance" that is coated with Christian imagery.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738560902077094558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-84940269972883882732009-10-06T19:06:03.847-04:002009-10-06T19:06:03.847-04:00But the church in Europe was part of a system that...But the church in Europe was part of a system that DID try to dominate. If we cannot see any daylight between colonial subjugation, forced conversions, and cultural genocide on one hand and true preaching of the gospel on the other, then we are in grave danger. I think the church can repent though without giving away the shop as it were.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-48532439028032718842009-10-06T13:08:44.593-04:002009-10-06T13:08:44.593-04:00Indeed.
This is actually slightly old news (I rem...Indeed.<br /><br />This is actually slightly old news (I remember reading this story some time ago) but it retains its disturbing nature. <br /><br />Nathan: As a member of a church who's property is threatened by Bruno himself trying to use his ecclesiastic authority to bully us into his liberal worldview, I can assure you that his words have nothing to do with Christ. What Bruno has done is to usurp and mouth the ideas of Christ without any of the content or any faithfulness to His ministry (taking the Lord's name in vain in other words). And a joint service praising both Christ and other gods is blatant synchritism and would have enraged Christ and PaulKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738560902077094558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-71337380354958393232009-10-05T17:48:38.080-04:002009-10-05T17:48:38.080-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738560902077094558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-63396627442515590022009-10-03T08:47:55.158-04:002009-10-03T08:47:55.158-04:00Nathan,
There is nothing beautiful about disobedie...Nathan,<br />There is nothing beautiful about disobedience to Jesus. What Bruno means by "dominate" is to preach the Gospel to every person, make disciples, baptize and teach them to obey all things Jesus told us. Jesus commanded us to do these things and there is nothing Jesus-like about taking the command of Jesus and throwing it back in his face. <br /><br />Bruno is too "enlightened" to obey the commands Jesus gave us.<br />On the Day of Judgment, Jesus will look at Bruno and ask: "Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things I command?"Craig Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-84835121534865549862009-10-03T00:39:36.402-04:002009-10-03T00:39:36.402-04:00There is still something beautiful in it and I thi...There is still something beautiful in it and I think its encapsulated in this phrase<br /><br />"I believe that the world<br />cannot afford for us to repeat the errors of our past, in which we sought to dominate rather than to serve"<br /><br />Sounds very Jesus-like to me.NathanColquhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813551262937303118noreply@blogger.com