Here is a response to JJ by the Bishop NT Wright...long but good http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/news/2007/20070423wright.cfm?doc=205 ----- Original Message ----- From: "charles scott" <crscottblu@...> To: "faith life" <faithandlife@...> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:51 PM Subject: [FaithandLife] ELTON JOHN and Rev Jeffrey John > Message from Canon David Anderson, AAC President > Beloved in Christ, > This is Holy Week, so my remarks on recent news will > be brief in comparison to previous weeks' messages, in > part so that I can share an Easter story. > The American Anglican Council's (AAC) Communiqué > Compliance Office has completed its March report, and > it will be released to the global Anglican Primates > during Easter Week. The report will subsequently > become available on the AAC Web site. > The big 60th birthday bash for Elton John - and > individual who is known to be hostile to Christianity > and is a gay advocate living with his legal partner - > was held last week in, of all places, the nave and > chancel of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New > York City. The Cathedral is said to be hard up for > money and so rents out the space for secular uses, > although this event must certainly push the envelope. > Religious statuary and the high altar, signs of a > better and more spiritual time, all looked on as > revelers ate and drank and celebrated, but not in > celebration of the sacred mysteries of the Christian > faith. Welcome to the progressive move of the > Episcopal Church. > Finally, in an event closely tied to Easter, the Very > Rev. Jeffrey John, a Church of England priest who was > at one point the bishop-appointee of Reading, has > flown his true faith colors in remarks about the > atonement and Good Friday. Speaking to BBC Radio, John > termed the traditional teaching of Christ's > crucifixion "repulsive" and "insane". Having to > withdraw from an appointment to the post of Bishop of > Reading in 2003 after it became clear that he was > living in a homosexual relationship, John was > subsequently appointed dean of a cathedral and is > reported by Jonathan Wynne-Jones of the Sunday > Telegraph to be accusing clergy who preach this Easter > that Christ was sent to die in atonement for the sins > of mankind as making "God sound like a psychopath." > (The full transcript of his remarks are posted to the > AAC Blog here ) This is actually not surprising, as > the AAC has been saying all along that the real issues > at stake in the Anglican Communion are primarily the > person and work of Jesus Christ and the authority of > Holy Scripture, and secondarily sexual morality. You > might say that theology is the sleeper tie underneath > the rails of morality. When the sleeper ties crumble > and rot, it is not surprising that the rails pull > loose and derail and wreck the train. So we are well > advised that it is not just the American Episcopal > Church that is in train-wreck mode. > Blessings and Peace in Christ Jesus, > > The Rev. Canon David C. Anderson > President and CEO, American Anglican Council > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.0/775 - Release Date: 4/24/2007 > 5:43 PM > >