So much for open inquiry …

Here’s an email I received today …

I guess this is a comment, although it may be more accurate to entitle it as a report. I am part of a home group … As a group, the members chose to read and discuss Everything Must Change. Prior to finishing the book and our discussion of it we received a letter from the lead pastor which forbade us to finish the book …

… on the basis that we had been introduced to a false teaching…. The lead Pastor believes that Brian’s “false teachings” far outweigh the “good” things” that Christians are encouraged to take part in in the book. I am not an active member of the their congregation and have chosen to finish the book as I feel so passionate about the issues presented and possibilities for the expression of the Kingdom of God to be manifested in real expressions of faith in our world now. I love the book and feel that God is using the information and new perspectives in the book to grow me spiritually and in my awareness of the world around me. I have gained insight on how to read into the context of scripture and into the surrounding social context present during the time in which Jesus came and blessed the Earth with His message of God’s steadfast Love. I have also recently decided to sponsor a child via Compassion International and have begun to purchase fair trade coffee locally.
Thank you for reading. I appreciate you and your efforts.

… Reminds me of this …