Bishop Chane's letter stated that "in keeping with good Anglican Liturgical order, it is my intention at some point to form a task force to study those liturgical rites that have clearly been in use for sometime within the Diocese of Washington to see if there is a form that could be uniformly used by parishes, should they request it."
This concern for "good Anglican Liturgical order" disguises this Bishop's intention to undermine "good Anglican theological conviction."
One Episcopal church in the diocese has already posted a draft liturgy, which the parish approved back in 1998. Its current interim rector, the Reverend Elizabeth Carl, is identified in the newspaper as "the first openly lesbian priest in the diocese."
Back in New Hampshire, Bishop Robinson is claiming to be the victim rather than the perpetrator of this theological atrocity. In satellite-broadcast comments to a conference of gay Anglicans held in Manchester, England, Robinson even compared himself to Jesus. "It was the religious establishment that were often enraged by what Jesus said and did. It is the marginalised to rejoice. In some ways the world hasn't changed." Bishop Robinson is right at least in his last point. The world hasn't really changed. According to the Bible, moral rebellion is what we should expect in the world. A spirit of lawlessness and a rejection of God's authority is exactly what we would expect to see among those who deny Christ and the Gospel.
The supreme tragedy in the case of Bishop Gene Robinson, is that the confusion is not found in the world, but within what claims to be the Church. Robinson may now claim his office as the Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, but his real claim to fame will be as the theologian-in-residence of the Church of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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R. Albert Mohler, Jr. is president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. For more articles and resources by Dr. Mohler, and for information on The Albert Mohler Program, a daily national radio program broadcast on the Salem Radio Network, go to www.albertmohler.com. For information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to www.sbts.edu. Send feedback to mail@albertmohler.com. Original Source: www.albertmohler.com
