How blogging is chasing the wind (in the case of baptism)

I wrote this entry on what I believe and have taught regarding baptismal regeneration. It sites an essay I wrote back in seminary.

But then later I realized I’d already addressed the issue in 2007.

And I’d forgotten about it because it had been completely forgotten by everyone else.

There was a time when I thought blogging was a way of having a public conversation.  But in some cases it is really more like providing audio-recording to a kid who delights in splicing words together in order to make an obscene phone call in your voice. And when you hear it, you actually start to wonder, “Did I sin with my lips like that? Did I say something so bad and forget?” Because you can’t believe someone would misuse your words so badly that they would construct such a monstrosity.  You actually are tempted to accuse yourself of forgotten sin rather than admit just how much the will-to-power has infected your accuser.

And, of course, when you point out the original context.  You are told that you are engaging in contradiction and obfuscation. You are guilty of being jelly your accuser is trying to nail to the wall by not cooperating with their frame.  That’s the other side of the accusation that you are “whining” that no one understands you.

The winning Federal Vision haiku is right.

You don’t resemble

My caricature of you

Because you’re lying.

But if you listen to the caricature long enough you will start believing it. When you are pleasantly surprised with your own past writing because it sounds so much better, it is time to be concerned.

Consider this an explanation as to why these posts are fewer and farther between.

One thought on “How blogging is chasing the wind (in the case of baptism)

  1. Scott Moonen

    I guess I’ll have to start ransacking Theologia when I have time and my reader is empty.

    I think I’ve been reading your blog since at least as far back as late 2005. You were on blogspot then, I believe.

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