I went to court on the Donahue matter today. Mr. Dickens stipulated to the validity of the election held last Sunday, and the court dismissed the quo warranto writ as moot. I am glad that is over. I hope we can all pray that this church that has done wonderful ministry in Central Louisiana can go forward after this political, legal, and spiritual bump in the road.
Based on what I did read in blogland, Bishop elect Lawrence has finally received consents for his consecration which will take place in January. Problem is, what assurances did he have to give to get those consents? What assurances will need to be given the next time a conservative Diocese elects a conservative bishop?
In other news. the +ABC was quiet today, when I thought he would be reporting on the results of his poll regarding the House of Bishops’ response to the Dar Es Salaam Communique. Maybe today is the deadline and tomorrow we might hear something?
Of course, today is reformation day. I wrote my application essay to Sewanee on Martin Luther. I got in, so I guess it was okay. One of his theses that still rings so true today is the following:
54. Injury is done the Word of God when, in the same sermon, an equal or a longer time is spent on pardons than on this Word.
Of course, pardons in Luther’s day was Papal declarations of forgiveness that could be purchased with lucre. Yet, today, in so many churches, sermons spend more time in saying that we are all okay. Rather than spending time on repentance (Thesis No 1. says “Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, when He said Poenitentiam agite, willed that the whole life of believers should be repentance.”), we often hear words that justify our lives or empty calls to be more involved in church. This is injurious to the Word of God.
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