The disciples were enjoying a rest along the Windrush River on their journey from Monmouth to Oxford. In Witney, one of the disciples had picked up a newspaper and was now reading headlines to the others. ‘Well, this is rather humourous!’ he exclaimed. ‘What is it?’ asked another disciple. ‘Well, a major focus of this last General Synod of the Church of England has been to bring about reconciliation after all the divisions the revisionists have caused in trying to change the Church of England’s views on sex and marriage.’ ‘Yes, we know that.’ ‘And...,’ said the disciple, holding up his hand, ‘And so now everyone is supposed to ignore the fundamental differences over sexuality and marriage and get on with other business. This ignoring the great division is being called "reconciliation."’ ‘Get to the funny bit,’ shouted a disciple. ‘All right, all right. So, at Synod, someone put forward a motion that the Synod acknowledge that there are some in the Church
Having pressed ahead with its blessings of homosexual unions, [1] the Church of England now wants to repair the disunity this has inevitably rendered in the denomination. The words ‘love’ and ‘faith’ were used to enshroud this rejection of God’s commandments on gender, sex, and marriage. Now the word ‘reconciliation’ has been introduced to attempt to rally unity between the orthodox and heretical groups despite fundamental disagreement. The baker has followed a faulty recipe, the cake has flopped, and now he imagines he might repair the mess he has made with a pretty icing. Theological terms—nice-sounding terms—like ‘love’, ‘faith’, and ‘reconciliation’ are used in feigned spirituality, devoid of their Biblical meanings, in order to drag Christians along a heretical path. [2] The overseers of a Church that they have abused and diminished [3] cajole faithful believers not supporting their wayward ways. ‘Reconciliation’ is a term found in Paul’s writings, and if Scripture i