Thank you for the reminder, David, though I am actually well aware of this. However, the Biblical precedent set in the Books of Kings about noting the facts of one bad ruler before moving on to the next strikes me as a part of the work of the faithful. I fully expect someone as theologically inept and destructive, whatever the veneer may look like. I pray for the opposite.
Above it all, of course, God remains firmly enthroned. That continues to be my pole-star in all of this and saves me from being a perpetual Gloomy Gus.
The Book of Kings may be a good place to look for what to expect. Who is there who will tear down the sacred poles, who is there who will stop the worship of Baal, and who is there who will stop the sacrifice of children?
One bad ruler after another is probably what we should expect.
The Book of Kings may be a good place to look for what to expect. Who is there who will tear down the sacred poles, who is there who will stop the worship of Baal, and who is there who will stop the sacrifice of children?
One bad ruler after another is probably what we should expect.
#4–That is why I am in PEARUSA/ACNA. I have been to two national conventions and two diocesan/network conventions and all we do is worship and praise. Our only business is a budget and, originally, a charter which we haven’t changed. We don’t have resolutions about anything and our PB is also a diocesan/network bishop. Its more Acts than Kings!
“Together, we have navigated a season of extraordinary change in recent years. Our Christian values have been challenged and we are becoming clearer and more confident about the faith we share.” KJS
Consider this sequence Browning, Griswold, and Schori whilst contemplating the effects of their incumbencies, their navigation, and their changes. One can certainly concur that their “Christian values” were challenged by the secular culture and zeitgeist and they caved and made all the clearer that “the faith” thus promulgated was not The Faith once delivered.
Does not bode well for the future, but the “boys” will have to take their seats on the front row instead of manipulating from behind. Even Humboldt squishops will be identifiable then!
But what a hoot the adoring comments are over at ENS — just demonstrative of the massive gap between the two foundational worldviews represented in TEC.
Let the games begin!
Thank heavens for this. What an era of destruction, willfulness, and arrogance.
#2–Be careful what you ask for. I can’t tolerate KJS, but what you get may be (and probably will be) worse.
Thank you for the reminder, David, though I am actually well aware of this. However, the Biblical precedent set in the Books of Kings about noting the facts of one bad ruler before moving on to the next strikes me as a part of the work of the faithful. I fully expect someone as theologically inept and destructive, whatever the veneer may look like. I pray for the opposite.
Above it all, of course, God remains firmly enthroned. That continues to be my pole-star in all of this and saves me from being a perpetual Gloomy Gus.
The Book of Kings may be a good place to look for what to expect. Who is there who will tear down the sacred poles, who is there who will stop the worship of Baal, and who is there who will stop the sacrifice of children?
One bad ruler after another is probably what we should expect.
The Book of Kings may be a good place to look for what to expect. Who is there who will tear down the sacred poles, who is there who will stop the worship of Baal, and who is there who will stop the sacrifice of children?
One bad ruler after another is probably what we should expect.
#4–That is why I am in PEARUSA/ACNA. I have been to two national conventions and two diocesan/network conventions and all we do is worship and praise. Our only business is a budget and, originally, a charter which we haven’t changed. We don’t have resolutions about anything and our PB is also a diocesan/network bishop. Its more Acts than Kings!
“Together, we have navigated a season of extraordinary change in recent years. Our Christian values have been challenged and we are becoming clearer and more confident about the faith we share.” KJS
Consider this sequence Browning, Griswold, and Schori whilst contemplating the effects of their incumbencies, their navigation, and their changes. One can certainly concur that their “Christian values” were challenged by the secular culture and zeitgeist and they caved and made all the clearer that “the faith” thus promulgated was not The Faith once delivered.
Does not bode well for the future, but the “boys” will have to take their seats on the front row instead of manipulating from behind. Even Humboldt squishops will be identifiable then!
When Christian values were challenged, she became clearer and more confident that they were wrong.
The damage having been done, it seems unlikely that the Holy Spirit will return to the church she helped destroy, but we can pray.
But what a hoot the adoring comments are over at ENS — just demonstrative of the massive gap between the two foundational worldviews represented in TEC.