TEC and ACoC taking inspiration from the march of lemmings.
From Lent and Beyond:
Jan 10 Ending several years of restraint by the diocese of Colorado, Bp Robert O’Neill ordained a partnered lesbian.
Jan 12 Bp Gene Robinson tells national newspaper, “I will be careful not to be especially Christian in my Prayer” for Obama inaugural event.
Jan 23 A single candidate for the bishop of Northern Michigan was announced, the same person who designed the Episcopal Ministry Discernment process and who headed up the Episcopal Ministry Discernment team. Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester is a principal author and signatory to a document which declares each of us to be “only begotten child of God” and that we are all “incarnations of the Trinity.”
Jan 23 PB Schori accepts the ‘voluntary renunciation’ of orders of US Bishop William Wantland and British Bishop Henry Scriven even though no such renunciation was offered. (I think this makes six conservative bishops she has kicked out, none following canon law.)
Jan 23 Bishop Ronald Ferris (retired, Algoma) leaves the Anglican Church of Canada and joins the Anglican Network in Canada. (This makes the third Canadian and the 16th North American conservative bishop to join another ecclesial entity in two years.)
Jan 23 Bishop Jack Iker of Ft. Worth is threatened with lawsuits.
Jan 24 Diocese of Virginia, a “moderate” diocese, affirms the inherent integrity and blessedness of committed Christian relationships between two adult persons . . . and introduces liturgies for same sex couples as part of the “listening process.”
Jan 24 Diocese of North Carolina passed a resolution encouraging clergy to decline acting as state agents in the contracting of civil marriages
Jan 25 Legal dispute over Diocese of Pittsburgh money erupts.Dear Lord, we are such sinful creatures.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
TOTALLY OFF TOPIC
Can anybody recommend a good book on Covenants? The different types, components, symbolism, roles within society etc? Something not overly academic (I’m not interested in a doctoral dissertation) but not too simplistic either.
Cathy, here’s an online resource:
http://www.fpcjackson.org/resources/apologetics/Covenant%20Theology%20&%20Justification/Ligons_covtheology/ctindex.htm
Ligon Duncan is a Presbyterian and well respected in reformed circles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligon_Duncan
Looks like there is a lot of information here. From a first skimming it looks like he is primarily focusing on Blood Covenant and Covenant Thology, I know of 2 other types of Covenants, Threshold Covenant which I know a little bit about and Salt Covenant, of which I know nothing.
This book on covenant might help (on this web page) – recommended by a producer of good biblical studies for parishes. If I wanted one I’d get this one
http://www.crossways.org/reading/generalhelps.shtml
They can be found on a used book site too.