aaargh
those of you who know me know I spent 3 days at RPH earlier in the year with undiagnosed stomach/digestive problems. Quite serious…but no one really knew what to do, I had swarms of doctors and surgeons looking over me, prodding me, even in places where men should not prod other men 🙁

Last night the same basic symptons came back, and I missed worship practice….
Feeling better today…and hoping it was just a mild bout….But its not easy to focus on my message preparation, especially with a good mate going through a terribly dissapointing day.

How can someone be a bishop when they dont believe in the gospel?

I believe in tolerance and grace…but I do not believe in letting heretics be leaders in the church.

“Spong does not consider the Bible the primary source of divine revelation, or believe it inspired. It is a human book containing some profound wisdom and culture-bound limitations. “

“But Spong rejects the doctrine of atonement. “The Christ figure makes great sense to me. What doesn’t make sense is that God needed to kill Jesus to overcome Barney’s sins,” he says, pointing at the interviewer. “

Look, people have freedom to believe what they want….but dont call yourself a Christian, then deny basic Christian beliefs…and dont try to pretend you are a bishop and speak for Christians….you dont…you are a heretic and should be thrown out of the church.

PS…One of Spongs main beefs is that the church is dying, and therefore needs to be relevant…mmmm… “Negative: During his tenure as Bishop of Newark, confirmed communicants in the diocese virtually halved, from 44,423 in 1978, to 23,073 in 1996” mmmmmm….

Story
H/t Phil Baker for link

Well, the gutless thug got what he deserved, 7 weeks. Interesting that is was his own testimony that got him convicted. Baker’s version of events is what the tribunal believed. However they judged that by him stopping it was reckless and deserved suspension. With a couple of weeks already hanging over the thugs kneck, he copped 7.

Here is the message from Sunday from Exodux 3….you can say a fair bit in 19 minutes.
Based it around a couple of quotes about life…Moses…Revelation and hope.

or you can download it

Wonder how all the Christians who heard Rudd last week are feeling now? Let down? Dissapointed? Don’t care?
How are all the Rudd supporting Bloggers feeling? Will they say….well Howard is more guilty of sinning with his policy on immigration, social reforms etc….
Are they right?

It seems morality is polarised between traditional Christian morality…no sex before marriage etc…..and a new emphasis on active morality…caring for the poor.
Interesting…either way..will this incident be a vote breaker for some people?

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said the story would endear Mr Rudd to voters because it showed he had “blood in his veins”.

Treasurer Peter Costello declined to criticise Mr Rudd, but said he had never visited the Scores club

Journalist Glen Milne who broke the story, and who was drunk and abusive at last years Walkley awards, says that Rudd is a control freak, who needs to realise that he cannot control thr truth.

Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) managing director Jim Wallace said everyone made mistakes.