In his Easter message in The Pennsylvania Episcopalian, Bishop Charles Bennison Jr. wrote that Jesus "acknowledges his own sin. He knows himself to be forgiven." In a later response to Episcopalians who countered that Jesus "committed no sin" (Heb. 4:15, 1 Pet. 2:22), he said he didn't mean to contradict "the church's scriptures, tradition and doctrine." Still, he didn't say Jesus was sinless. It's not the only statement Bennison has "clarified" lately. "Just because there are millions of conservative Christians who rally around issues like homosexuality, that doesn't mean they're right," he told National Public Radio in January. "Adolf Hitler had many followers as well." He later said he was "only trying to distinguish between growth and truth."
While we pray for peace, we need moral clarity about this war.
As my doubts about his teachings grew, so did a secret fascination with Jesus.
We must always be people of the Word, but we’ll have to reimagine deep engagement with Scripture.
