Source: Lone Prairie Art Works

Comments: Julie writes a creative, but pointed, piece on watchblogs, particularly linked to SoL and affiliated watchblogs.
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There are many Christian “watch” blogs on the internet, all proclaiming to be that watchman the Bible speaks of, the one to warn of things false, the one to see what’s coming and spread the word and give the soldiers what they need to fight on, the one with the different vantage point. How odd, then, that the watchman seems to quickly pick up a weapon of words. Never content to sound the alarm only, he uses this weapon to take down not only the enemy but believers as well. Maybe it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe so high up in that watchtower, that little rifle scope not giving as full a picture of what’s going on as the binoculars did. It’s very easy to pop off a shot far removed from the action and the aftermath. The watchtower is a high place.

But you can’t stop a watchman-turned-sniper. He is the impossible quarry. He is the one who takes his fight to you or to your blog, who name-calls and throws mud and then, when the tide turns and the holiness of his actions is called into question, scrambles back up his watchtower using a ladder made of prooftexted planks and cries “safe!” Safe, he says, because he is the watchman described in the Bible and therefore, noble and right. He quickly lays claim the mantle of every prophet in the Bible who ever suffered diversity. “I am Jeremiah!” he says. “I am just like him!” He cannot be cornered and he cannot be turned; he is too sure of his rightness and only convinced of it moreso with any parry of his attacks.

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What kind of courage does it take to hide in a tower, surrounded by like-minded friends, out of the trenches? What kind of courage does it take to fire a round and then cower behind title and noble words when the agression is returned? True courage is the soldier on the battlefield who continues his struggle despite knowing the watchman, a fellow brother, is loading another round into his weapon, a round that is as likely as not to strike him. Wounds from the enemy are expected; wounds from a brother are deadly.

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This is not limited to a particular “watchman” or “watch blog”. I find no more un-Christian talk as far as tone and humility and consideration than I do at Christian “watch blogs.” They are not watchmen. They are snipers.

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Source: Russ’ Ramblings

Comments: Russ had a great time at a Promise Keepers event, unaware that it was part of Ken’s Ecumenical Church of Deceitâ„¢. He found Slice and the bash-fest going on there in regards to PK, and was saddened. He did have a good response, though, to the view that young- or non-Christians must have to such legalistic backstabbing as is so evident at SoL.
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It’s a lovely messy world we live in — it’s messy and lovely because of the diversity and the unique testimony God is creating in each of His people. Sign me up for messy — to borrow a line from a Steve Taylor song, ” Cloneliness is next to Godliness, right?” (tongue firmly planted in cheek). Life would be so completely, absolutely BORING if we all thought the same way and said the same things and did the same things….

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Source: Verum Serum

Comments: John pulls together some thoughts based upon a monster-sized discussion on an earlier post, and some other places that discussion spilled to.
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Nearly two weeks ago, my co-blogger Scott wrote a post directly addressed to one of the authors at Slice (Ken Silva) based on the forgoing discussion. That post has resulted in nearly 250 comments. Half are mine and Scott’s the rest are other bloggers and several are from Ken Silva himself. The discussion was, at times, frustrating for all involved. Eventually it spilled on to another blog run by one of Ken’s defenders. The discussion there ran to 150 comments. But while it was long, it was not nearly as frustrating, mostly because Tony, who runs a good blog, was a pleasure to talk to and is quite a reasonable guy.

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Source: Musings from Two-Sheds Gomer

Comments: Brendt’s alternate title – “Jesus was a Vulcan” – is rather funny, but since this post is about Ingrid’s seeming belief that Jesus didn’t laugh, and her writing confirming that humor has no place in the church, his alternate title is only funny to those who wouldn’t agree with Ingrid – self-selecting its audience.
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Generally, if I’m trying to point out error on this blog, I do so with Scripture. However, a perusal of Scripture, along with previous knowledge, seems to indicate that such an idea is so incredibly ludicrous that God didn’t bother to waste any ink on it (compare that with the apparently less ludicrous sins decried in 1 Corinthians).

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Source: My Bloggy Blog

Comments: The picture says it all
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