DMcFadden
Puritanboard Commissioner
It is so easy to become glib and careless in our use of the internet. Tonight, after returning from my son’s hospital room in the Ozarks, I received a new e-mail from Dr. Mouw. He objected to the tone and substance of some posts where I had mentioned him.
He corrected me, noting: "one, I have absolutely no sympathy for relativism; two, I not only subscribe whole-heartedly to the Heidelberger, the Belgic Confession and the Canons of Dordrecht, but--if you had checked beyond some silliness in a newspaper article about me--you would see that I have written at length in defense of the theology contained therein."
So, for the record: “Dr. Mouw, please forgive my failure to treat you as a brother and to extend to you a generous and charitable interpretation of your words. My lack of respect was wrong, inappropriate, and I will make an effort to correct it in the future.”
It is so easy to assume the worst of those with whom we disagree. Belittling, demeaning, and generally bad-mouthing brothers is unbecoming and unchristian.
He corrected me, noting: "one, I have absolutely no sympathy for relativism; two, I not only subscribe whole-heartedly to the Heidelberger, the Belgic Confession and the Canons of Dordrecht, but--if you had checked beyond some silliness in a newspaper article about me--you would see that I have written at length in defense of the theology contained therein."
So, for the record: “Dr. Mouw, please forgive my failure to treat you as a brother and to extend to you a generous and charitable interpretation of your words. My lack of respect was wrong, inappropriate, and I will make an effort to correct it in the future.”
It is so easy to assume the worst of those with whom we disagree. Belittling, demeaning, and generally bad-mouthing brothers is unbecoming and unchristian.
