I've already given entirely too much posting space to Mr. Robinson, but I feel compelled to make this small point. When confronted with Scripture and Tradition in general he falls back on John 14 in every single interview I have seen him do.
"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."
To paraphrase Mr. Robinson he says that Jesus understood that the people of the time could not handle or countenance a "faithful, long-term homosexual commitment" like the one that he is in. So God has not "changed" but the Holy Spirit is acting to teach the Church about the fullness of God's will which includes gay marriage.
So, to put this in perspective with the other pronouncements of Jesus: I am the Son of God. I am the New Covenant. I will be resurrected. I call for you to make disciples of all nations Jew and Gentile alike. Love your enemies. But, you're not ready to hear that it's ok to sodomize one another. Let's hold off on that for a bit.
BBC news has video of him being heckled while attempting to sermonize today and his later interview with a reporter about the incident.
Monday, July 14, 2008
On the uninvited guest at Lambeth
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This poor man is scandal to the gospel. He's worse than the archdyke-- I mean, archbishopress (?) of the American Epsicopal "Church" Katherine Jeffers.
ReplyDeleteIt's so sad and frustrating that the one person willing to stand up for the truth is drowned out and lead away.
ReplyDeleteOf course gay and lesbian faithful shouldn't be ignored and overlooked. But there's no love and compassion in lying to them and leading them away from God!
A good point, Katie. It is one thing to walk down your own path and face the consequences of that. It is another thing entirely to try and replicate a Coca Cola commercial where people merrily dance behind the joyful coke drinking person down the road to perdition.
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