[Vision2020] Public Service, Princesses, and Puffery

[keely emerinemix]

Since I normally take my Bible teaching from people who don't go by silly, 
cowardly pseudonyms, it feels a little odd to respond to the Princess and 
his post about communion and congregational worship.  His erudition and 
snottiness is an odd combination, but then again . . . I know his friends.  
It doesn't surprise me.

But his comments about Michael Metzler and his idea that Michael is in some 
sort of death spiral, unlike the soaring connoisseurs of truth, goodness, 
and beauty at the Kirk, require some sort of response.  Even if it's from a 
real girl, which the Princess clearly isn't.  (And not a real man, either, 
but I suppose there's hope for the future . . . )

The Princess has elevated his particular doctrine of communion and 
congregational worship, stemming from his exegesis of John 6, into an 
absolute -- the final word on the subject, unassailable in its conclusion 
and, like all inspired revelation and mature teaching, given primarily to 
rebuke J Ford.  Time precludes a point-by-point examination of his doctrine 
of salvation, paedocommunion and ecclesiology, but this anti-Princess would 
like to point out that most Protestant churches do not hold to the 
life-giving nature of the individual partaking of communion that he does, 
believing instead that trust in Christ, not mode of communion, brings 
salvation.

None of which, I imagine, is of interest to most Visionaires, but to let the 
Princess bully his way into the sanctuary of truth -- to let him grab the 
mike and hold forth unchallenged -- would put my morning into a death 
spiral.  The Princess is too impressed with himself by half, and I'm 
guessing that most of us have had enough in whole.

keely


From: "Taro Tanaka" <taro_tanaka at hotmail.com>
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Pooh Performs a Public Service
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:45:40 +0000

Just when I had given up on Pooh Stink as good for nothing, Pooh performs a 
valuable public service. Not intentionally, of course. But I was glad that 
on a recent survey of Pooh's patch of briers and brambles I could learn of 
Tim Enloe's comments on the "R. C. Sproul, Jr. - CREC fiasco" fiasco, which 
are right on the money. El Stinko links a site that purports to catalogue 
Mr. Enloe's rants and ravings over the years -- prima facie a morose, 
unconstructive enterprise, which is doubtless why it caught Pooh's eye -- 
but the one thing I have noticed about Mr. Enloe over the years is that he 
is steadily growing UP, in sharp contrast to Pooh, who seems to be steadily 
spiraling DOWN. The former is a beautiful thing to see; the latter painful 
to watch.

-- Princess Sushitushi

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