A recently intercepted letter from the Armchair Mafia to Compassion International:

Dear Friends at Compassion International,

This letter is to inform you that Erika (pictured here) will not be receiving sponsorship funds for the next 10 months.

The money was, instead, spent on attendance at a conference. And not just any conference, but the recent Reveal Conference at Willow Creek. Please know that the “Super Early Bird” registration was used. Had it not been, Erika would’ve been left out in the cold for a year instead of just 10 months.

More important than this fiscal responsibility, the attendee extensively fisked the conference here and here. As an added bonus, you will also find the occasional critique of the church in general or the divining of motivations by conference speakers. Some may see these as unnecessary and irrelevant, but they are actually very important in getting the point across.

I think it’s obvious that “revealing” that which we have already decried for years is much more important than feeding some random 7-year-old.

Sincerely,

Your Friends at [a prominent Armchair "Discernment" Ministry]

P.S. Our sincere apologies for what seems to be praise for Hybels in the first post. We are now counseling with Chris regarding his poor discernment shown by attributing something positive to one of our enemies.

HT: A Little Birdie…