Comments for GAC reflections: A way forward without resolving “up-or-down” at http://www.pres-outlook.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.pres-outlook.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:55:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.pres-outlook.com/news-and-analysis3/1-news-a-analysis/8068-gac-reflections-a-way-forward-without-resolving-up-or-down.html#comment-4166 Just as one cannot be somewhat pregnant or only partially dead, neither ought the church be only marginally orthodox or indifferently obedient. Check out James 4:1-10 if you haven't read it recently. It fits our situation like a glove: "Adulters! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?" "Enmity" is an intense and convicting word. As we dally with the world's perverse "values," we give aid to Satan and we work against God. It's not a trifling matter. "Therefore, whoever wishes to become a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God." "God yearns jealously for the spirit that he has made to dwell in us," we are told. I fail to see how a lackadaisical, laissez faire attitude toward error and rebellion is faithful to God. Jim Berkley Bellevue, WA - Jim Berkley Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:53:09 +0100 http://www.pres-outlook.com/news-and-analysis3/1-news-a-analysis/8068-gac-reflections-a-way-forward-without-resolving-up-or-down.html#comment-4161 John Henry Cardinal Newman is reported to have said that whenever orthodoxy is made optional, the next step is to proscribe it. Please remember this in any accommodation to progressivism. - james quillin Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:32:17 +0100 http://www.pres-outlook.com/news-and-analysis3/1-news-a-analysis/8068-gac-reflections-a-way-forward-without-resolving-up-or-down.html#comment-4159 The passage of "new B", if it happens, will not establish the ordination of GLBT persons in the PCUSA. And it will not resolve the issue. It will simply remove the constitutional provision intended to prohibit the ordination of GLBT folk. New B will help create the condition for the possibility of just what the Moderator and others are talking about. - Ken Cuthbertson Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:52:58 +0100