What Do You Have to Do to Get Kicked Out of a Pulpit Around Here?
Albert Mohler
Posted: Friday, September 01, 2006

David Jenkins has been one of Britain's most controversial figures for some time. From 1984 to 1994 he served as Bishop of Durham -- a post that gave him quite a platform for his radical theology. In more recent years, he has been known as an ardent defender of civil partnerships for homosexuals and he defied Anglican policy by "blessing" a homosexual union betwen two men.

He once incited an infamous controversy over the nature of Christ's resurrection and has repeatedly outraged the faithful. Still, he kept his post at Durham until retirement and has been an active preacher ever since. Until recently, that is.

As The Times [London] reports, Bishop Jenkins has finally crossed a line. He has been banned from preaching in two Durham-area churches. Why? For swearing. the rest