One can always count on the Niagara Anglican\u2019s Michael Burslem for a spot of bracing balderdash.<\/p>\n
This month he informs us that God is not \u201cappeased\u201d by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, that the atonement for the sins of mankind was really quite unnecessary.<\/p>\n
Because God just wants a mush of mercy, love and, you guessed it, equality. Because the Koran says so. So does John Lennon.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a> (page 6):<\/em><\/p>\n However, God didn’t need appeasement. God allowed the religious sacrificial system, but really wanted them to be merciful, love justice and to walk humbly with God.<\/p>\n [\u2026.]<\/p>\n The cross is not an appeasement, but an example of how we all should live. It’s tremendously costly, but God is, as the Koran says, the Lord, the Beneficent, the Merciful. God loves all humanity equally. We need to respond to that love by treating each other as God would treat us, with mercy, justice and humility.<\/p>\n That God loves us, not that we’ll go to heaven when we die, is the Good News we all desperately desire and long for. We need to listen to it, and to proclaim it<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I nearly forgot: heaven is irrelevant because God still loves us when we are six feet under being eaten by worms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One can always count on the Niagara Anglican\u2019s Michael Burslem for a spot of bracing balderdash. This month he informs us that God is not \u201cappeased\u201d by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, that the atonement for the sins of mankind … Continue reading