The Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, N.C. will celebrate Halloween by burning Bibles that aren’t the King James Version, as well as music and books and anything else Pastor Marc Grizzard says is a satanic influence.As they used to joke, if the King James Bible was good enough for the Apostle Paul, it's good enough for me.
Among the authors whose books Grizzard plans to burn are well known ministers Rick Warren and Billy Graham because he says they have occasionally used Bibles other than the King James Version, which is the sole biblical source he considers infallible.
According to the church’s Web site, members will also burn “Satan's music such as country, rap, rock, pop, heavy metal, western, soft and easy, southern gospel, contemporary Christian, jazz, soul (and) oldies.
“We will also be burning Satan's popular books written by heretics like Billy Graham, Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, John McArthur, James Dobson, Charles Swindoll, John Piper, Chuck Colson, Tony Evans, Oral Roberts, Jimmy Swagart, Mark Driskol, Franklin Graham, Bill Bright, Tim Lahaye, Paula White, T.D. Jakes, Benny Hinn, Joyce Myers, Brian McLaren, Robert Schuller, Mother Teresa, The Pope, Rob Bell, Erwin McManus, Donald Miller, Shane Claiborne, Brennan Manning (and) William Young.
During the book burning, according to the Web site, barbecued chicken fried chicken and “all the sides” will be served.
Seriously, we all know that Jesus spoke in perfect 17th century Anglican English and therefore the KJV must necessarily be the only true version...er, translated from the original Hebrew and Greek.
I've had some experience with guys like this. He probably has a church with less than 100 people in it and is seriously jealous of other ministries that have been more successful and changed more lives.
Some years ago I sent out a promotional mailer from the quartet and mentioned in the piece that we had sung a Saddleback Church. One pastor of a small Baptist church in the Los Angeles area sent me an email blasting my group because we sang at an "ecumenical" church that did things differently than his little bunch of stiff-necked zealots. What an idiot.
But, there are churches out there for everybody, even the holier-than-thou, and I guess we should be grateful for that. At least they're not hanging around with us.
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As my children know with some trepidation, I do not quietly accept the destruction of any book. No exceptions.
And I certainly do not accept the wanton destruction of holy books, even those for religions abhorent to me.
Which the Canton Church is in great peril of being.
I'm not getting how they can figure out what Satan's favourite music is. Did they hang out with him at the jazz club before they were saved or something?
I will say there are a lot of fuzzy translations out there and if some of them got burned, we'd be better off. But it strikes me as a publicity stunt to get more members into that little church. :]
Canton, NC is a tiny village, located at the edge of the Smokie Mountains. I'm sure things have not changed in that area for several decades. Another form of control for this church which is probably about the only form of entertainment for the community.
What, no William Ayers' books??
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