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July 23, 2005
He misses the point again
Sorry, it's been a while before I could get back to the blog world. We have had some crisis situations to which I as a pastor needed to respond to. In fact, I would appreciate your prayers for Mr. Frank Denney, who is in his last days. The cancer is getting the better of him and he is in terrible pain.
Sometime back, I received a response from my ECUSA priest friend who justified his stance with regard to his interpretation of the TEN COMMANDMENTS as not necessary for salvation, and misinterpreting Pauline Theology.
What I wrote about the Ten Commandments was solid, orthodox Pauline theology. Thoroughly Biblical and true to the heart and message of St. Paul. I wasn't trumping my own thoughts, except with the hermenutical interpretation that Paul would have been consistent in his "justification by faith through grace" focus if he were alive for a 21st century conversation about the place of the Ten Commandments in the public square.
St. Paul would never had compromised the Word of God even if he were in 21st century. Sorry folks, perhaps it might take the Second Coming of Jesus to teach us of the essentials of our salvation, what sin is and what grace is not. Until then people like this pastor will continue trumpeting their own ideology. He is nominated Hero of Justice and Peace in his town. So, I guess what he says will be the gospel truth to his hearers. One of the Baptis ministers I ran into the other day said of this zealous promoter of contemporary watered down Christian precepts: "I have known him for years. Let me put it this way. It is good for boat to be on the water. But if water gets into the ship, can it still be afloat?." Well said sir.
Posted by frleo at July 23, 2005 10:54 AM
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