Monday, August 13, 2007

An Anglican FINALLY Stands Up To Spong

I am so happy! Finally, an Anglican bishop with guts. Too bad he is in Australia.
The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, The Rt. Rev. Peter Jensen, said that the Heretic, former Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, The Rt. "Rev." John Shelby Spong, can not speak or preach in any of the churches in his jurisdiction. HOORAY!
You know "Bishop" Spong. He denies the Virgin Birth. He says that Christianity must change all traditional belief or "die." Now, as if it is not enough, "Bishop" Spong is selling a new book essentially denying the deity of Jesus Christ in "Jesus For The Non-Religious."
Ol' "Bishop" Spong will not be satisfied until he destroys Christianity from within. It does not help Archbishop Jensen that the Archbishop of the Australian Anglican Church, The Most Rt. Rev. Phillip Aspinell, was the one who invited "Bishop" Spong to Australia to peddle the latest dreck from such a heretic.
But, Archbishop Jensen is standing up to his boss and will not allow "Bishop" Spong to pollute his diocese.
I do not usually want to stifle meaningful debate, but there is no debate when the opponent, in this case "Bishop" Spong, does not even believe the basics of the Christian faith. That is why I refer to John Shelby Spong as bishop in quotation marks. If he does not believe in the basics of the faith, I do not think he deserves the honorific bishop.
"Bishop" Spong all but bankrupted the Diocese of Newark, closed well over half the Episcopal churches within the diocese and lost somewhere in the neighborhood of 40% of the flock in his ignoble tenure as "Bishop".
Yet, most of the Episcopal leadership think he is a serious man when he is nothing but a buffoon that attracts the DDBMSM types and fringe people. People in the pews raise a collective sigh at the mention of his name.
So, it takes an archbishop in Sydney, Australia to essentially say, enough is enough. Now, when will the first Episcopal bishop say enough is enough? Don't hold your breath!
HT: Stand Firm

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