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Show MESSAGE NO. 19 FROM FATHER LIEBLER and Companions at P. O. Box 5 Monument Valley. Utah 84536 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED .....".,,, Crt. U ••• IOITAOI 'AID MM_ .. t. Utah """" .... I Message #19. page 4 Have you noticed how all the fuss and feathers over Prayer Book Revision and Women Priests, important though these issues are, are nevertheless effectively proViding a smokescreen to obscure a calculated, insidious attack on something even more vital to the well-being of the church? I refer specifically to the deliberate undermining by the modern so-called "theologians" of belief in the Authority of the Word of God as contained in Holy Scripture and in its relevance for todayo All this concealed under the cant and jargon of the "Now Generation". (For instance, the sweetly beautiful concept of "the Christ Spirit" - whatever that's supposed to mean - is being fed into our minis to replace the blood, sweat and glory of the Incarnation, Death and Resurrection of Godmade- Jr.an-for-our-sins-and-for-our-sa1vationl And "demythologizing" - removing any suggestion of the supernatural from the Bible - is another "Now" word - a sort of bell at the sound of which we are supposed to salivate expectantly like Pav10vos poor wretched dogs ••• ) Authority in the organized church is at an all-time low - the incredibly vulgar antics of the "Fi1ade1phia Fillies" have ShOlffl us how that can be accomplished. Even with heretic (oopsl that's a Bad Word; we're supposed to growl at that one) priest and bishops, the faithful remnant of the Body of Christ can still function, if it places itself under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. But to do that, we need the Authority of the Word of God - the Bible. Once we assent to what, for all practical purposes, amounts to a re-interpretation and re-wri ting of the Bible, we are lost indeed. So - a Call to Arms is certainly indicated at this critical juncture; the Body of Christ must put on the whole armor of God and go forth to do battle with Principalities and Fowers - and with the sure and certain hope that in Jesus Christ is the Victoryl What's more, to change the metaphor, let's not forget that, even though we may lose a few tricks, God our Father holds the Last Trump I The Bible tells us sol Love to you all, in Him ••• o.o •• oJoan |