The Presbyterian Church (USA) recently rejected the great hymn In Christ Alone from their new hymnal because of this line: “Till on that cross as Jesus died/the wrath of God was satisfied.” They even asked the writers of this hymn if they could alter the words and they said “No.” The most shocking line of this article is the last one: “At the end of the day, the cross itself is the stumbling block, and that is why the PCUSA cannot abide this hymn,” Burk concluded.” The Apostle Paul said “We preach Christ Crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Greeks…” and I’m confident he would have not been pleased to hear that even so called churches found the cross to be a “stumbling block.” As Richard Niebuhr said famously: “A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross.” (The Kingdom of God in America, 193) theblaze/stories/2013/07/30/presbyterian-branch-rejects-famed-christian-hymn-in-christ-alone-from-new-song-book-over-wrath-of-god-lyrics/
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:23:04 +0000
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