Last week, I noted that I am at an age of remembering the past—the way it actually was; not like those who are trying to rewrite history. I stated that those who are alive today that are under a certain age, do not have anything to compare how life is today. They simply rely upon those that have revised the past to line up with their agendas or ideals.
In my last article, I reported how Union Theological Seminary, on September 17 tweeted, “Today in chapel, we confessed to plants. Together, we held our grief, joy, regret, hope, guilt and sorrow in prayer; offering them to the beings who sustain us but whose gift we too often fail to honor.”
I asserted how contradictory it was for a steadfastly liberal seminary which supports a woman’s “right” to abortion, would hold a special chapel service to make confession to plants. So, it’s fine to take the lives of unborn babies in the womb, but we must confess our sins to plants?
In case you think I’m making this a bigger deal than it is, the same seminary that once trained ministers to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that felt it necessary to make confessions to plants, tweeted this message on July 1:
“‘In Numbers 5 you actually have an account about how a priest is supposed to assist an abortion...In Jesus’ time, women used all sorts of means--as they have throughout history--to deal with unwanted pregnancies.’” - @SereneJones on abortion and the Bible.
Embedded in the tweet was a Fox News video clip which cited Madonna saying that Jesus would be okay with abortion. The clip also featured a debate between Pastor Shane Idleman and Dr. Serene Jones, President of the Union Theological Seminary.
In the video, Dr. Jones affirms Madonna’s position (stating that Madonna is a very religious person) before absolutely botching the Bible—the president of a seminary!
As any honest Bible scholar will point out (you don’t even have to be a scholar to understand the passage), Numbers 5 is in no way a positive affirmation of abortion. The text is a ritual of judgment for a woman suspected of adultery. The priest pronounces a curse over her. The woman, if guilty of adultery, is cursed, not helped. And whatever happens to her body is negative and disfiguring, not positive and affirming.
Unless some people think that I’m picking on this seminary and its leadership, then you should know that almost every “Ivory League” University, was established with the main purpose to train up ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to send throughout the world to spread His message.
I challenge you to go read the original charters establishing these schools and read the stated purpose. In them, you will see the underlying faith of our Founding Fathers. Today, they lead students into making confession to plants while affirming the murder of the unborn. What can one expect from a seminary that has abandoned the truth?
I’m reminded of the hymn:
Faith of our Fathers! living still
In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword:
Oh, how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene’er we hear that glorious word.
Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith!
We will be true to thee till death.
I guess that doesn't apply anymore; we've made up our own version of that holy faith!
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