Episcopal Church Falls Further Down the Rat Hole

Pretty simple here folks...no debate needed.  Jesus called God "Father".  We don't need to re-write all the words of Jesus to coincide with political correctness....unless you happen to be in a liberal denomination.

Since before the days of the early church, God has always been addressed in prayers as a male, including terms like Father, King, and Lord.

In the New Testament, Jesus taught his disciples to pray to God using a male term. In Luke 11:1-4, one of the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. "And He said to them, When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name.'" (NASV)

Now the Episcopal Church is debating about overhauling its Book of Common Prayer, which is used in Episcopal congregations worldwide.

The debate centers on making sure that prayers in the book are clear that God is not male, but doesn't have a gender, The Washington Post reports.  

"As long as 'men' and 'God' are in the same category, our work toward equity will not just be incomplete. I honestly think it won't matter in some ways," the Rev. Wil Gafney, a professor of the Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Texas told the paper.

Gafney is on the committee recommending a change to the gendered language in the prayer book. Like many other Episcopal priests, he wants a prayer book that upholds that God is bigger than any gender. 

Long separated from the Church of England, the leaders of the Episcopal Church will be considering two resolutions during its convention which begins Tuesday in Austin, Texas.

Besides adding gender-neutral language concerning God, some advocates also want other revisions including, a Christian's duty to the Earth's conservation, adding same-sex marriage ceremonies to the liturgy, (since the church has been performing homosexual weddings for years) and even adding a ceremony to celebrate a transgender person's adoption of a new name.

Here;  http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/july/is-god-male-or-gender-neutral-episcopal-church-begins-debate-on-book-of-common-prayer

Stand clear folks!  You don't want to be near the lighting bolt as the theologians in this denomination write prayer books to add prayers to recycle and fight global warming, marry gays and celebrate transgender name changes.

Honestly....how much longer Jesus?  How much longer will God be mocked by this fallen generation?

Hat tip to Tim E.