TEC’s San Joaquin diocese: deadline passes

Jerry LambBishop Jerry Lamb, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, said it is unlikely that there will be any action taken Aug. 15 at a meeting of the standing committee to depose clergy who failed to reply to a letter sent with an Aug. 5 deadline.

Bishop Lamb said it was within his canonical authority as the elected bishop of the Episcopal diocese to proceed to depose all clergy who did not respond affirmatively to the first of three options he outlined in a July 10 letter. But he said it was very unlikely that the standing committee would take any action toward that purpose at this time. He said a more likely prospect would be the issuance of another invitation leading to reconciliation. …

– Report from The Living Church. The letter sent to clergy is available here (direct link to PDF file).

Test Revival with Doctrine

John Piper“Lee Grady, the editor of Charisma, one of the main charismatic magazines, has written a lament and critique of the Lakeland ‘revival’ which is now in a tailspin over the leader’s announced separation from his wife.

Grady’s summons to pray for the church and our nation is right, and among his commendable questions and observations are these…”

– Read John Piper’s comments at Desiring God.

And from the Charisma article to which he refers –

“Why did God TV tell people that ‘any criticism of Todd Bentley is demonic’?

This ridiculous statement was actually made on one of God TV’s pre-shows. In fact, the network’s hosts also warned listeners that if they listened to criticism of Bentley, they could lose their healings.”