My wife and I visited a church away from home this morning, primarily because we wanted to attend Episcopal service on Easter even though we were away from our own little parish. Unfortunately, it was apparent by the homily that the rector is arrogant enough to believe that his role is to defend Jesus against those who do not interpret the Bible the way he does, in a very literal sense. He was critical of two 20th-century Biblical scholars because they do not share his belief in the bodily resurrection of Jesus. We later learned that this is only one of two churches in Georgia that belong to an association that focuses on literal interpretation of scripture and is defending “traditional” belief and practice. How sad to think yet another denomination of the Church has based its establishment as a reaction against other Christians.
