NEW HAMPSHIRE CONSECRATION: A LAYMAN'S GRIEF

By Andy Freborg

Integrity President Susan Russell described Bishop Gene Robinson's investiture as "ordinary and extraordinary."

Freborg, a lay engineer and church planter, offered a stark counterpoint:

Russell's Words / Freborg's Response

"Comfortable in its liturgical ordinariness" / "See Isaiah 1:10–16: 'I am sick of your sacrifices… Your festivals are a stench in My nostrils.'"

"He has walked through the valley of the shadow of death" / "A living martyr? Or a man choosing sin—Romans 6:23: 'The wages of sin is death.'"

"Jesus was a prophet without honor in His hometown" / "Jesus was more than a prophet—drawing parallels is shameful."

Freborg concludes:

"This was never 'ordinary.' And 'extraordinary' is the euphemism of the year."

"Embracing sin… living for our own desires… God is working a greater good—but that does not justify our complicity."