and another potential windfall for the book publishers facing an already saturated market with the BAS. Again take a look at the loot flowing into the coffers with the Lutherans new book Oct 06 when there was really nothing wrong with their LBW 1978.

re Solemn Decl of 1893 I am somewhat confused over what they did with it (to it) dumped, relegated or sent off to a cmttee to be disposed of quietly in private?

by getting rid of ‘historical’ documents they not only rid themselves of possible appeals to precedent (part of common law tradition) but also to the content of the documents ie in this case to Scriptural bases, creeds and ecumenical councils….and then they talk about “core” values and defending them to the last mouse pad.

another twist in that is valuing communion with the rest of Anglicanism & Canterbury and then disposing of the document which outlines it.

But then we already have a good idea of the value these people have on that score.

This is the new plan and strategy of the liberals. This is totally against everything Scripture says about Marriage and as such is an abomination in the sight of Almighty God. It is also a way of getting
Synod to approve Same Sex Blessings as a compromise for not moving to a full Marriage of Homosexuals and Lesbians. However, we all know that the liberal element in our church wants to get in step with society and follow society’s lead rather than to do what the Church has always done down through the ages to stand over against society and to recall society to the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ rather than to water down the Gospel in an attempt to make it more palatable to society. When you water down the Gospel message in an attempt to make it more acceptable to our modern society, you make it more irrelevant and thus the church continues on its downward slide to oblivion. The liberals have not recognized this because they are blind to the leading of the Holy Spirit and the Authority of Scripture.

May we all have the strength and fortitude to stand firm in our faith under the Lordship of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

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We’re in an undecided situation, much like the results of the last federal election that fortells years of minority governments. Yet only 57% of lay were for the motion, and 54% of clergy, not over 60% or 66%. Did the bishops conspire to have 48% for, 52% against? The swing vote was Victoria Matthews, over the core doctrine issue – this looks too much of a coincidence for the chairman of the St. Michael’s committee to act this way. Looks like organization, in a funny way.

Perhaps the Lord would have us wait in a steady state of indecision indefinitely! (The Lord is not the author of confusion? (1 Cor 14:33) I wish we could hear from the prophets!) This apparent chaos could be seen as a via media – a statement to the world that we as a church are conflicted, wrestling with conflicting views on how to read scripture and how to carry out His mandate in this world. Law versus freedom, love versus literalism, flexibility versus doctrinal backbone? It shows that doctrine can’t really be decided in this case by majority vote – the Holy Spirit must give us consensus, a shared view, something apparently not possible in human terms. Like protracted discussions over native issues, you can’t solve this problem in a day or a few years – we can expect this to stretch out for years, so we learn to live with it – the church in post-modern times. It would seem to me that the split would be a worse solution than the attempt to live together and wait for God’s solution of this issue. He can do it – we can’t.