Perhaps you heard yesterday that a mainline Episcopal church has a priestess who is also Islamic. Why am I not surprised? Once a denomination has left the Gospel, anything goes. Idolatry knows no end. Come this Sunday and hear me preach on the the Ten Commandments, beginning with the first one: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
After that we shall take each commandment in order, from the second through the tenth. God's law is the only law of the universe. Just as no one can create physical laws into existence, so no one can create moral law. A nation, a state, a city, a church, an individual either obeys God's one and only law or there is judgment.
But people think otherwise because judgment is not immediate when there is sin. Hear what Ecclesiastes 8:11 says: "Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."
Like a freight train, God's judgment is certain, but His grace and mercy are longsuffering, waiting for repentance.
Come join us to worship God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit--not mankind.
I was relieved to see that a few days later the bishop of the diocese in which Ms. Redding is canonically resident told her that she was not allowed to function as a priest for a year so that she can "reflect on the doctrines of the Christian faith, her vocation as a priest, and . . . the conflicts inherent in professing both Christianity and Islam."
It is still disturbing, however, that the bishop in the diocese where she has been serving saw no problem with her espousing these two diametrically opposed positions. It is also disturbing that Ms. Redding believes Christianity to be "compatible" with Islam. In fact, she asserts that she has been a better Christian since embracing Islam. This sad denial of the Lordship of Christ brings disgrace on the Church.
Read the news story: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003776789_webredding05m.html
