Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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"Years of school prompt my distrust of and disinterest
in the academic."
John David Burton, Naked
in the Street, 1985
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Since my week
with Eugene back in October 2011, I've been reading the Bible like never
before.
I've been reading
it without academic, ecclesiastical, institutional, denominational, egotistical,
narcissistic, navel-gazing, ideological, national, traditional, constitutional,
idolatrous, political party or correctness, and...other filters.
I've just been
reading it.
Apocalyptic
moments.
Kung was right.
Any connectional
between the Jesus of the Bible and today's churches is purely
coincidental.
He said it
better.
The agenda for
the Church is "to discover what is permanent...originally meant, before
it was covered with the dust and debris of two thousand years...This is not
another gospel, but the same ancient gospel rediscovered for today!"
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Before I tell you
what I've learned about "Christian" cults, sects, and
denominations - and I may be wrong and beg correction by Jesus, Holy Scripture,
and common sense - a poem by Emo Phillips seems, uh, appropriate in an, uh,
annoyingly salty, shining, and leavenating kinda way for folks who...
"I was
walking in San Francisco along the Golden Gate Bridge when I saw a man about to
jump off. I tried to dissuade him from committing suicide and told him
simply that God loved him.
A tear came to
his eye.
I then asked him,
'Are you a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu or what?'
He said, 'I'm a
Christian.'
I said, 'Me
too. Small world. Protestant or Catholic?'
He said,
'Protestant.'
I said, 'Me
too. What franchise?'
He said,
'Northern Baptist.'
I said, 'Well, me
too. Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?"
He said,
'Northern Conservative Baptist.'
I said, 'Well,
call Ripley! Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist or Northern
Conservative Reformed Baptist?'
He said,
'Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist.'
I said,
'Remarkable! Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes
Region or Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Eastern Region?'
He said,
'Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes Region.'
I said, 'A
miracle! Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes Region
of 1879 or Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes Region of
1912?'
He said,
'Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes Region of 1912.'
I said, 'Die
heretic!'
And I pushed him
over."
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Here's what I
learned about "Christian" cults, sects, and denominations.
There's nothing
about 'em in the Bible.
Specifically, I
found nothing about 'em in the red letters.
I read something
about some disagreements over some silly things like...in Paul's letters.
Reminds me of
some silly things in today's churches like...
So I guess it
means denominationalism and denominational pride and
non-Christocentric-Biblical stuff like that are, uh, uh, uh,...
I don't see AME, Baptist,
Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Methodist, UCC, or Presbyterians like
PCUSA, OPC, EPC, PCA, ECO, or...any other franchise.
I see only Church.
And as I look
around today, I see remnant
of Church.
Oh, yeah, I also see "Christian"
cults, sects, and churchy denominations filled with pride and pushing
against and over each other while claiming exclusive righteousness.
Maybe that's why
most of them are...
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Blessings and Love!
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