tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post6147639171920291432..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: Don't Mess With My LoricaUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-31234377095821882522009-06-08T09:49:38.715-04:002009-06-08T09:49:38.715-04:00Good one Chuck!Good one Chuck!Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-70327394992936540172009-06-08T09:37:22.114-04:002009-06-08T09:37:22.114-04:00"And he who overcomes, and keeps My works unt..."And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations -- <i>He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potters's vessels</i> -- as I have received from My Father..." (Revelation 2:26-27)<br /><br />The challenge facing Thyatira and the one facing us today is the same. The reward comes from a Master who sympathizes with our infirmities, within and without.Chuck Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929470338280066656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-43530151787218707462009-06-08T09:13:34.363-04:002009-06-08T09:13:34.363-04:00The rector never said he did not believe in the Tr...The rector never said he did not believe in the Trinity, the implication was that Christians mistake the Trinity as a means to control, to dominate, and win the battle. I got the impression that it is better to be silent and capitulate to the enemy, as I accuse the President of doing, than to declare with a bold voice "We believe." By praising the President's speech, I can only conclude that the method of peace through silencing the creed is being supported. I think that liberals fear the conclusion others draw from that declaration of faith. The conclusion that "All of you who don't believe are going to you know where." The creed is a statement of faith and of our trust in salvation, not words of condemnation.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-45842213306161425702009-06-08T08:15:12.509-04:002009-06-08T08:15:12.509-04:00How in the world does one purport to be a Christia...How in the world does one purport to be a Christian <b>without</b> believing in the Trinity? It boggles the mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-5341401692594235802009-06-08T00:05:07.121-04:002009-06-08T00:05:07.121-04:00I, too, was hurt and horrified at today's serm...I, too, was hurt and horrified at today's sermon. Although, after ten years of this, I probably should be used to it. The Episcopal Church tries to canonize a person who murdered 60,000 children and, in the same breath, villifies Christian soldiers who were called up to defend the Holy Land and its various sacred treasures some 900 years ago. This is the same intellectual argument that justifies Muslims beheading non-Muslims over every imagined slight. Is it any wonder that the young couple grabbed their Bible and got the hell out of there? "Get behind me Satan." How many more people will need to leave the Episcopal Church before someone pays attention? Clearly, as the average Sunday attendance at ECOOS continues to decline, no one here is paying attention.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890870828860228480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-66345597324968066102009-06-07T23:02:16.008-04:002009-06-07T23:02:16.008-04:00Having learned the Faith from the preaching of Wil...Having learned the Faith from the preaching of William Wallace Lumpkin<br />(not to mention the sterling spirituality he exhibited during his long and fruitful ministry in Rock Hill), I am bound to grieve when forced to read of such apostasy. Psalm 79 describes the condition of the Church of Our Saviour<br /><br />"O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an heap of stones.<br /><br />The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.<br /><br />"Read it all."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-2667400901554643712009-06-07T19:36:24.282-04:002009-06-07T19:36:24.282-04:00This truly breaks my heart, especially when I reme...This truly breaks my heart, especially when I remember the mighty and persuasive explication of the Catholic faith of the Episcopal Church that Fr. Lumpkin regularly expounded from that same pulpit. Surely "an enemy hath done this." May God and his saints come to our aid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com