J.L. Packer had enough and pack'd it in. Bad pun and I'm sorry. Here's the more professional way of introducing the story from Christian Post. (I could've put it in another way, but no even I couldn't have ... just read on ... what a "loyalist" priest up there had to say in response to Packer's decision to leave said volumes for what's gone completely wrong in that diocese and branch, period.
Famed Theologian Quits Anglican Church of Canada By
Lillian Kwon Christian Post Reporter Mon, Apr. 28 2008 11:38 AM ET
"The Rev. Kevin Dixon, priest at St. Mary's Anglican Church in Kerrisdale, meanwhile believes Packer is adopting a "literalistic" reading of the Bible.
"It's important for people to understand that the holy scriptures is a very nuanced document. I think we need to allow people room to come to a new understanding," said Dixon, the local newspaper reported.
"I have not always held the view that same-sex relationships are consistent with the gospel of Jesus Christ, but now I do."
(spb) In a very understated response, the theologian had this to say:
"I'm simply being an old-fashioned mainstream Anglican," Packer said.
Why bother heading to the Southern Cone, when he can just
HEAD HOME
What are they using up there, the King James Nuanced Revised Edition?
Last edited on Mon Apr 28th, 2008 10:51 pm by Steven Barrett
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