tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936855.post114520944945776346..comments2023-10-09T05:27:59.888-04:00Comments on Why Won't You Grow?!: He is Balanced! The Lord is Balanced indeed!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587995461067202017noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936855.post-1145372030772831542006-04-18T10:53:00.000-04:002006-04-18T10:53:00.000-04:00David: I thought you might find the Archbishop of ...David: I thought you might find the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Easter sermon interesting. He talks about the Da Vinci code and recent Gnostic gospels that have been found...<BR/><BR/>Here are the best quotes from the sermon:<BR/><BR/>"We have become so suspicious of the power of words and the way that power is exercised to defend those who fear to be criticised. The first assumption we make is that we’re faced with spin of some kind, with an agenda being forced on us – like a magician forcing a card on the audience. So that the modern response to the proclamation, ‘Christ is risen!’ is likely to be, ‘Ah, but you would say that, wouldn’t you? Now, what’s the real agenda?’"<BR/><BR/>Then, this conclusion...<BR/><BR/>"Beyond all the history of confusion and betrayal that surrounds a lot of the Church’s history, this one rocklike conviction remains, the conviction that drove the writing of every word of the New Testament. Nothing to do with conspiracies, with the agenda of the powerful; everything to do with how the powerless, praying, risking their lives for the sake of Christ and his peace, are the ones who understand the Word of God. And to accept that is not to sign up to the agenda of a troubled, fussy human society of worried prelates and squabbling factions. It is to choose life, to choose to belong to the life-giver."<BR/><BR/>Here’s the full sermon:<BR/><BR/>http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/sermons_speeches/060416a.htm<BR/><BR/>--Dr.AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936855.post-1145371832679734192006-04-18T10:50:00.000-04:002006-04-18T10:50:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com