This article, positioned under the line below, was originally published on June 12 in the congregational newsletter of Grace West Hill, Presbyterian, “Grace to You”. It re-blogged here as a guest post with the author’s permission.
In this piece pastor Joe expresses what might be characterized as a heart broken, gentle polemic * regarding the issue of scriptural authority, and what that means to faithfulness to Jesus Christ, as it unfolded during the recent General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church in Canada in Vancouver, BC.
These words may be very hard for some Canadian Presbyterians to hear. Even those who substantially agree with Joe on the nature and authority of Scripture may wince thinking that his rhetoric might be a tad too strong.
But Joe is right. Joe is hearing from Jesus and Joe is writing in the Spirit. How can we go forward in fellowship together as an institutional organization within Christ’s Church if we cannot agree on the fundamentals of how we hear from Jesus? If our root answer to what is true is radically different, then the ‘ugly’ question necessarily arises: do we share the same faith?
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