James White Twitter Exchange
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:53 pm
Well, I'm sort of famous -- Dr. White mentioned me on his Dividing Line program this week. He retweeted a quote from Jonathan Edwards about God's pent up wrath poured out on Jesus, to which I replied "yuck." He replied that I clearly had never read any Edwards -- to which I replied that he had no way to know that and that, in fact, I had read a fair amount of Edwards. A few other exchanges where he made assumptions about me and I denied them -- then, he mentioned me on his podcast and referred to me as being clearly a Zahn-type Progressive Christian who he didn't have time for. So, I tweeted him that I heard the call-out and that calling someone a Progressive merely for disagreeing with him was foolish and not very Christ-like.
So, he blocked me on Twitter (which is a shame, because I sometimes learn things from his tweets).
All he knows about me is that I don't like Edwards' quote and that I acknowledged that my view of the atonement might well be deficient (his claim) but that we all likely have deficient views of the atonement. Progressive?!
How this man has any influence (or relationships) with anyone but his echo chamber amazes me. (petulant comes to mind)
So, he blocked me on Twitter (which is a shame, because I sometimes learn things from his tweets).
All he knows about me is that I don't like Edwards' quote and that I acknowledged that my view of the atonement might well be deficient (his claim) but that we all likely have deficient views of the atonement. Progressive?!
How this man has any influence (or relationships) with anyone but his echo chamber amazes me. (petulant comes to mind)