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<DIV>Visionaries and especially Christ Church Members:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">A letter has been written to your
pastor addressing issues that concern us all. I believe that the author
deliberately concealed his identity not to be clever but in order to keep the
subject of his letter paramount. And in this respect, I believe he achieved his
goal. Few pastoral letters rise to the level of an epistle. <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A Labor of Love</SPAN></I> does. It exhorts,
rebukes, comforts, inspires, and challenges all who read it. While it was,
arguably, addressed to saints, it calls to sinners as
well.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">However, if the anonymous nature
of the letter tempts you to dismiss it outright, then I would like to remind you
that anonymity played a central role in the history of Presbyterianism. John
Calvin used at least three pseudonyms throughout his ministry, and John Knox
wrote his best-known work anonymously. (I refer to <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous
Regiment of Women</SPAN></I> (1558), (I shall resist the temptation to
comment on that work). </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">These
men hid their names because they feared retribution from the established
Church. The same set of circumstances ring true today in the
Kirk.<EM> <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A Labor of Love</SPAN></EM>
says this as well: “Many of you who sit under his [Doug Wilson] teaching know
this and you say nothing out of fear of retribution. Don't tell me you ‘fear’
his kindnesses.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Over the last two
years <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>’s controversies between the
leader of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and his
opponents (locally and nationally) has grown to unexpected dimensions. They
escalate and expand almost daily. I know that, even though he pretends
otherwise, he does not speak for the majority of you. I know that Doug Wilson's
vindictive behavior and sarcastic rhetoric is dismaying to many of
you. I know that you believe are powerless to address these
concerns. Please believe me when I say in truth you are not alone,
and you are not powerless. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">I also know that your pastor has
deliberately isolated you, effectively holding you captive, and you are afraid
of him. I know that most of you are good, decent people who love God and would
prefer quiet and peaceable lives to the mandated bunker mentality that has swept
over the Kirk. I know these things because I have been contacted
off-list by many kirkers who have borne witness to these
truths.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">For these reasons I encourage you
to read <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A Labor of Love</SPAN></I>. It
offers pastoral counsel to all of us, whether evangelical or Catholic, Quaker or
Reformed, liberal or conservative, right or left. It is written from the
heart to the heart. Its words reflect an sincere interpretation of Scripture,
free of sophistry or twisted defenses. And most especially because it speaks
truth to power. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><o:p>The link to a
website with Labor of Love on it is:</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><o:p><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><A
title=http://www.geocities.com/pastoral_rebuke/index.htm
href="http://www.geocities.com/pastoral_rebuke/index.htm">http://www.geocities.com/pastoral_rebuke/index.htm</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><o:p>Rose
Huskey </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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