CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 2, 2023
OCCASIONALLY, BUT NOT OFTEN ENOUGH, THE BODY OF CHRIST STANDS FIRM AGAINST THE THINKING PATTERNS OF THE WORLD.
SUCH IS THE CASE WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, WHICH HAS BEEN RACING TO SEEK PRAISE FROM THE WORLD, FORGETTING ITS PURPOSE IS TO SERVE GOD.
IN FEBRUARY, THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, JUSTIN WELBY, DEFENDED BLESSINGS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES WHILE INSISTING THE MOVE DID NOT VIOLATE THE CHURCH’S DOCTRINE THAT MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
LEADERS AT THE GLOBAL ANGLICAN FUTURE CONFERENCE REFUSED TO STAND FOR IT. LAST FRIDAY THEY SIGNED THE KILGAL AGREEMENT, CONDEMNING WELBY’S MOVE AS “BLASPHEMY” AND DECLARING THAT HE AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND HAD ABDICATED THEIR LEADERSHIP OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION. THEY WROTE: “IT GRIEVES THE HOLY SPIRIT AND US THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS DETERMINED TO BLESS SIN. SINCE THE LORD DOES NOT BLESS SAME-SEX UNIONS, IT IS PARTICULARLY DECEPTIVE AND BLASPHEMOUS TO CRAFT PRAYERS THAT INVOKE BLESSING IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT.”
GOOD FOR THEM FOR DEFENDING TRUTH. I WONDER WHAT KING CHARLES, THE TITULAR HEAD OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THINKS OF THIS? SINCE HIS PRIORITY IS THE ENVIRONMENT, IT MIGHT NOT BE TOO HARD TO GUESS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
