Вторник 18 Ноя 2008, 22:44

Not only did I recently hear Spong speak (and he utterly denies Jesus' bodily resurrection, Jesus' death being substitionary atonement, the virgin birth, Jesus ascension after the resurreciton, the Trinity, etc.) last week, but today in the theology class that I'm taking almost the whole class just stated that they did not believe that Jesus' death was sacrificial.

And my theology professor was in full agreement!!

How can anyone who claims to be Christian deny the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ?

How can a person who claims to be Christian deny the substitionary atonement?

Recently I read that 51% of United Methodist pastors denied Jesus' bodily resurrection, and this is from a survey that is ten years old.

What is becoming of the church?

People are not enduring sound doctrine anymore…they cannot stand sound doctrine. This saddens me, and yet it shows the signs of the times.

Spong and others have completely made up their own theology.

2 Timothy 4:1-5
1I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom:2preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.

3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,4and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.