Bishop Calls Personal Salvation A Heresy
In a stunning departure from historic orthodoxy, the presiding Episcopal Bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori , claimed that prayers of repentance for personal salvation is heresy and idolatry: She called it " The great Western heresy: that we can be saved as individuals, that any of us alone can be in right relationship with God." Contrary to the Bishop. I believe in personal salvation. Each one of us must give an account before the Lord -- and we all need God's saving grace. True faith, like a good education, does not come by social osmosis. Every great movement of God in history has emphasized this fact. When Jesus spoke to Nicodemus , he said "You" must be born again. He was speaking personally -- not in the general sense. It's personal! Jesus said to the woman at the well, I will give "You" (singular) living water. It's personal! Peter, preaching in Acts said, "Repent and be baptized, every "One" of you." It'...