Wolves in sheep's clothing

From WorldNetDaily...

Rev. Jeffrey John, who was forced to withdraw before assuming a position as bishop in 2003 after it was learned he was in a longterm homosexual relationship, is scheduled to appear on Wednesday and will criticize ministers who use their Easter messages to preach that Jesus was sent to earth to die as an atonement for sin, reported the London Telegraph.

Christian theology has taught the doctrine of "penal substitution" – that humans, alienated from God by their sins and unable to save themselves, could only be forgiven by God sending Christ as a substitute to suffer and die in their place.

"In other words, Jesus took the rap and we got forgiven as long as we said we believed in him," said John. "This is repulsive as well as nonsensical. It makes God sound like a psychopath. If a human behaved like this we'd say that they [sic] were a monster."...

In rejecting penal substitution, John will reportedly propose a different interpretation of Christ's death, suggesting Christ was crucified so he could "share in the worst of grief and suffering that life can throw at us."

Too many Christians fail to understand God is about "love and truth", not "wrath and punishment," Johns said.

But the saddest irony is that were someone to point out the blatantly obvious fact that Jeffrey John is no more a Christian than a hole in the wall, they would be attacked (judged) for being narrow and judgement. It seems the right to actually define Christianity is being denied to Christians by those who want to destroy Christianity, as well as those who can't see the threat.

I have to question why someone would belong to a denomination that would tolerate such atrocities that John has already committed, let alone the attack he's now making on the faith.

Posted by Danny Carlton at April 1, 2007 6:00 AM