Gospel Prism

It seems that the Church of England needs Homer to teach the world about Christianity. The Simpsons Bible Study will have the following:

Each session is divided into six parts and includes photocopiable material:
• Beforehand (to help leaders prepare the session)
• Opening Activity (introducing the session’s theme and getting the young people thinking about the issue)
• Focus on Simpsons (exploring the issue with an episode, with questions for discussion)
• Bible Focus (a Bible verse or passage dealing with the Christian perspective on the session’s theme.)
• Prayer Response (prayer activity and response)
• Extras and Inserts (optional activities linked to the theme)

(HT: PastorBlog)

In reading about Whitefield, I’m at the part where he and others in the Church of England who love the Gospel and the doctrines of grace are calling themselves for the first time, Evangelical. The fact is, at this time there were very few in the Church who believed that new birth and justification by faith alone were central to the Gospel (or even a part of the Gospel). I wonder if the same holds true for today’s Church of England.