"The Power of Words and the Wonder of God"

As a sometime reader of this blog, I am very happy to see you reflecting on the power of your words and the impact they have on society. Your recent episode with Ricky Gervais was only the most recent and prominent example of something that you wrote that, in its anti-intellectual and Christ-apart-from-Culture (in the sense of the categories set by Niebuhr) tone, was antithetical to the Reformed tradition. Thankfully, the many other examples of this sort of rhetoric that can be found on this blog (i.e., the regurgitation of talking points from the RNC or political conservatives and the general rejection of reason and/or science that pervades your posts) do not get the same exposure.

Regardless, you have somehow been granted the privilege of serving as a spokesperson for Reformed christianity on a very prominent website. And you should realize that with that comes a great deal of responsibility to which you have so obviously not been measuring up. Maybe it is time to realize that your calling lies elsewhere, lest you continue to damage the reputation of other Christians. At this point, all you are doing is giving further ammunition to those who believe Christians are anti-intellectualist bigots who have no regard for rational thought or science. The fact that you present yourself as someone with a seminary education only makes this more troubling. You really need to reflect on the fact that when you speak, you are impugning not only your own reputation, but that of the Reformed tradition as a whole.

And shouldn't you disclose the fact that the links you post to amazon are linked to your account and provide you money if anyone buys the books you recommend?