..What is being proposed here is more conversations, more discussion, and more documents from the House of Bishops.<\/p>\n
I doubt there is one member of General Synod who will welcome the idea of more conversations and more debate time on this issue. The House of Bishops is such a diverse group, so thus far they have not produced any documents with a coherent doctrine of marriage, and proposals for practices on the ground that are consistent with that, all lacking any ambiguity or the proverbial fudge.<\/p>\n
The archbishops are proposing that the next thing is to do more of the same thing that’s already been done. This will not solve things any more than the previous incarnations of the same strategy.<\/p>\n
There is no way around the fact that what we now need is a clear decision. A decision as to what our doctrine of Scripture is to be going forward. A decision as to what our doctrine of marriage is to be. A decision as to which God we will serve – the God of this age, or the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ..<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a> and there is a useful earlier analysis When it comes to the boundary of tolerance you have to choose<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ..What is being proposed here is more conversations, more discussion, and more documents from the House of Bishops. I doubt there is one member of General Synod who will welcome the idea of more conversations and more debate time on…<\/span><\/p>\n