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March 23, 2005
Overdue for a new Scottish Reformation...
Why are people always trying to make their own god? It's like making a golden calf and calling it Yahweh. I get so frustrated every time I hear about dead religions ordaining gay priests. It's like, what's the point of being religious at all? If you don't believe the Bible, why would you want to be bored out of your mind in dead religion? I don't get it!
According to an article by the BBC, the Scottish Episcopal church (not to be confused with the official Church of Scotland--the Kirk--which is Presbyterian), is allowing practicing homosexuals to become priests!
Perhaps it's time for our Presbyterian friends to stand up again for truth and Scripture. I'm all for freedom of religion, but two dead denominations are not going to further the cause of Christ. Scotland needs revival, and they need a revival that's founded in Biblical truth and Protestant theology. In 1638 the National Covenant was formed in order to protest English religious interference in Scotland. In Shelley's Church History in Plain Language, he says,
The straw that broke the back of restraint within the two kingdoms came when Charles tried to force his high church brand of Anglican religion upon the Presbyterian Scots. He insisted that they conduct their worship services from the Book of Common Prayer....They rose in opposition to the move and joined in a "National League of Covenant." To defend their Church, they dared to take up arms against their king. (297)
But the issue now has the Scottish branch of the Church of England being even more liberal than the English church itself! According to an article on the LGCM website, the Scottish Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh once said, "I could stock the Scottish Episcopal Church with sexual refugees from the Church of England. Hardly a week goes by when I don't get a letter from someone, usually with a heart-breaking story."
There is growing liberalism within the Kirk itself as well, but there is hope. There is a new William Wallace in town! As Scotsman.com reports:
Forward Together will be officially launched in Edinburgh next week by ministers who want to change the Church’s generally liberal stance on a range of theological, moral and social issues. They claim to have the support of the majority of churchgoers. The Rev Bill Wallace, a former convener of the Church of Scotland's Board of Social Responsibility and a member of the new group, said if the 'evangelical position continues to be sidelined there is real trouble ahead for the Church.'
I've been trying to find an official website for this evangelical group, but to no avail. I'll post it if I ever find it.
Posted by aaronlord at March 23, 2005 11:59 AM
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