These recent entries about a proposed alternative baptism liturgy scrolled off the main page quite quickly, and perhaps many blog readers missed them. They deserve close attention in our opinion – the elves
The proposed baptism service is here:
Church of England””Alternative Baptism Materials
News and commentary:
(BBC) Church of England accused of ”˜dumbing down’ baptism service
Bishop Nazir Ali””Why the CofE must abandon this dumbed-down christening
The Bishop of Willesden in reponse””The experimental baptism rite – baptism lite
Church of England””Statement on proposal to Synod on baptism service wording
I was so upset when I first read of this on Midwest Conservative Journal, I called the liturgy committee idiots. I regret the name-calling, but maintain this proposal is deeply misguided. The wording of the new liturgy is nebulous (an Al-Qaeda militant could claim his work was to “reject evil”). It does not acknowledge Jesus’ reason for coming:[blockquote]The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. (1 John 3:8b)[/blockquote]
John Richardson suggests an alternative “alternative” here:
[url=http://ugleyvicar.blogspot.com/2014/01/an-alternative-baptismal-liturgy-for.html]Alternatve Baptismal Liturgy[/url]
Bruce Robison