tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post3177448780942562673..comments2024-03-29T08:52:01.745-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: Via MediaUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-10495100107459064052007-07-09T11:01:00.000-04:002007-07-09T11:01:00.000-04:00Using the Bible as a source of guidance may well b...Using the Bible as a source of guidance may well become futile. Bishop Charles Bennison recently stated that "...the Church wrote the Bible and the Church can change it." Clearly, that process has begun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-27853022367134450362007-07-09T10:31:00.000-04:002007-07-09T10:31:00.000-04:00As I read today's psalm, I hope I am not sitting i...As I read today's psalm, I hope I am not sitting in the seat of a "scoffer" by reprinting it here.<BR/>Psalm 1<BR/>1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked,<BR/>or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; <BR/>2 But their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. <BR/>3 They are like trees planted by streams of water,<BR/>which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither.<BR/>In all that they do, they prosper. <BR/>4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. <BR/>5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; <BR/>6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-284262939890448312007-07-08T21:34:00.000-04:002007-07-08T21:34:00.000-04:00Rather than shaking the dust off his feet, he migh...Rather than shaking the dust off his feet, he might just sit down and die laughing at an Episcopal leadership (?) that seems incapable of defining for its members what constitutes sinful behaviour...or, whether the entire concept of sin may soon be up for negotiation in order to avoid giving offense to anyone.<BR/><BR/>Verily, what Paul warned would happen in the "end times" is coming true in our day: "For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine, instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn away from the truth and turn aside to myths." (2 Timothy 4:3-4 NIV)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com