I love to read Al Mohler's blog. He writes with amazing clarity. Today I read his post from April 27, 2007, about several churches who are so deep into the gender-neutral movement that they have rewritten much of the language they use in worship and theology. I was sadly amazed, yet not surprised.
Dr. Mohler wrote,
The movement toward gender-neutral language for God has picked up steam in recent years, and liberal churches have been busy rewriting language for worship and theology. Just last year the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to "receive" a document that called for Father, Son, and Holy Spirit to be replaced or supplemented with triads such as "Sun, Light, and Burning Ray," "Overflowing Font, Living Water, and Flowing River," and "Fire that Consumes, Sword that Divides, and Storm that Melts Mountains."
That report even suggested an explicitly female triad -- "Compassionate Mother, Beloved Child, Life-Giving Womb." The report was controversial, but this kind of nonsense has been spreading for some time now. Many feminists simply insist that they cannot or will not worship a God who names Himself exclusively in male terms. Yet, to rename God is to create an idol -- a false god of our own creativity and invention. Put simply -- God gets to name Himself.
Hop over to this blog entry and read the rest for yourself.
This is a very good article. However, I didn't read it all.
ReplyDeleteIts amazing that the more things change the more they stay the same. The early church also dealt with heresies that directly attacked the Trinity and the personhood of Christ.
My church has received many disaffected Preby. and Episcopalians because of all these foolin' with basic Christian orthodoxy.
DebD from over at HSC