Trash TV at its finest

I will begin by saying I do not regularly watch Vision TV, the multi-faith channel or should the watered-your-faith channel very often but the other night caught a few minutes of 360 Vision
and the guest was a retired American Anglican Bishop Spong. Wow what a piece of work

"John Shelby Spong ... the former Episcopal (Anglican) Bishop of Newark, N.J....does not believe in Original Sin or the Virgin Birth. He doesn't believe that Jesus performed miracles or was resurrected after his death on the cross."

I never really get it when a so called minister of Christianity denies all the tenets of Christianity and then declares himself a Christian. At least Vision TV got one thing right he is featured on a show about heretics.

"Some would call him a heretic. He calls himself a Christian."

What is left of faith after virgin birth, miracles and no ressurection? The web provides many critics such as that of the Christian Courier.

It points to his lack of real knowledge and that,

Though Spong claims to have studied the Bible with great intensity, his writings reveal an abysmal lack of knowledge of the sacred text. His ignorance is exceeded only by his arrogant disrespect for the time-tested volume.

From watching the show I thought of Matthew 13 where he talks about the sower and the weeds and he says,

41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everyone who does wrong or causes others to sin. 42Then he will throw them into a flaming furnace, where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain. 43But everyone who has done right will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. If you have ears, pay attention! (Matthew 13:41-43) CEV

If you have ears, pay attention. He really is not paying attention. I think of my brother's blog from Sunday and how as, he turns fifty, he reflects and looks back on God's hand being there throughout his life. This Spong guy does not get it and he has been around for 74 years! This kind of guy is scary. People believe him at face value. Look deeper people... he provides bad history and bad scholarship. Think and pay attention. A modern false prophet.