nbcrusader
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I'm not sure AEON knew what would erupt with his/her post.
I think we've got plenty of threads laying out the arguments on both sides (yes, Lies, even properly exegeted Scripture) of the issue - I'm not sure we will cover any new ground productively here.
It is odd pickle the Episcopal Church as got itself into. One might ask "are liars, thieves and gossips welcome at an Episcopal church?" The response (and correct me if I am wrong) would be yes, lovingly like anyone else. No one would ever think to say we need to treat you differently.
That is the part everyone is missing. We all approach the Cross on an equal footing as sinners. Take a worldly approach and you make the ground uneven.
And with all due respect to Dreadsox, I think that is what is happening here. In a desire not to elevate one sin over another, the church has elevated one over another by trying to say “It is not sin” – but then turning around and elevating it as a means to exclude people for the office of Bishop. In essence, the good intentioned effort to be welcoming has done just the opposite – it has separated out a group of people (we need to change our reading of the Bible to welcome you) and denied them access to certain offices.
People don’t erase sin – God erases sin. If we try, we are just fooling ourselves. For we all fall short of the Glory of God.
I think we've got plenty of threads laying out the arguments on both sides (yes, Lies, even properly exegeted Scripture) of the issue - I'm not sure we will cover any new ground productively here.
It is odd pickle the Episcopal Church as got itself into. One might ask "are liars, thieves and gossips welcome at an Episcopal church?" The response (and correct me if I am wrong) would be yes, lovingly like anyone else. No one would ever think to say we need to treat you differently.
That is the part everyone is missing. We all approach the Cross on an equal footing as sinners. Take a worldly approach and you make the ground uneven.
And with all due respect to Dreadsox, I think that is what is happening here. In a desire not to elevate one sin over another, the church has elevated one over another by trying to say “It is not sin” – but then turning around and elevating it as a means to exclude people for the office of Bishop. In essence, the good intentioned effort to be welcoming has done just the opposite – it has separated out a group of people (we need to change our reading of the Bible to welcome you) and denied them access to certain offices.
People don’t erase sin – God erases sin. If we try, we are just fooling ourselves. For we all fall short of the Glory of God.