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All Christmas and no Easter.(Letter to the Editor)
SIR: In December's Quadrant James Franklin asked "Is Jensenism compatible with Christianity?" and claimed of Sydney Anglicans that they "fear the gospels, for the gospel message is inconvenient". This brand of "narrow" "Bible-based" Christianity pits Paul against Jesus, he says; engages in selective reading of the Bible; and creates "an inward-looking and recent sect".
Franklin's ungentlemanly squib does contain issues of substance, but they are concealed beneath an unfortunate tone and by his caricature of his targets. It is factually inaccurate, theologically mistaken, and biblically simplistic. Many of his objections have been standard responses to ...
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- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin October 31, 2004 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin March 20, 2004 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, All Christmas and no Easter.(Letter to the Editor)