The irony is that, at the same time I was made aware of this sadly necessary reply to John MacArthur, I also saw this brilliant post from the Jollyblogger.

…the primary identifying mark of the Christian is not his theology, his convictions, or even his morals – it is his love. And this primary identifying mark is not love for all men in general, it is love for believers in particular. In other words, if professing Christians don’t love one another then the world outside the church has no compelling reason to believe they are truly Christian.

I’m tempted to say the spirit of Francis Schaeffer lives on, but I know that is not true. It is the Spirit of Jesus who reminds us of who we are called to be. He used Schaeffer in his classic The Mark of the Christian, and the Jollyblogger is being used now.

John Armstrong, of ACT 3, is another person whose wisdom continually reminds me of our calling. If you haven’t read John yet, or you have heard the false accusations that some make, please do yourself the favor of reading his blog and his other writings.