Dave Black issues his three essential rules for blogging found here, and on Jim’s page.
In an answer to Dave’s question, Jim replies
Μὴ οὖν τις ὑμᾶς κρινέτω ἐν βρώσει καὶ ἐν πόσει ἢ ἐν μέρει ἑορτῆς ἢ νεομηνίας ἢ σαββάτων· – Colossians (2.16)
Jim goes on to add -
To put it another way, the moment we avert our eyes from God …. and worry about what this one or that one may or may not think, we’ve already surrendered ourselves to the bondage of ‘opinion’.
Pastoral words indeed. (Oh, click through and read his rules for blogging. Makes sense to me)
Some posts are rather easy – news articles that I know that my regular readers will all agree on or humor or satire. But then there are posts in which I take a chance in losing friends and acquaintances because the stance of conscience. For me, this blog is a personal ministry – ministry to me, ministry to others, but I have to do what I have to do. The posts this past week or so, well, some might just not like them for their ‘liberal bias’ but in the end, liberalism and conservatism are all relative the position in which one stands – just ask Lindsey Graham.
Anyway, I like Jim’s answer.
Alot.
Joel Landon Watts is a Masters of Theological Studies student with a focus in Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific ideals of the past century. Currently, he is a TA for Old Testament at United Theological Seminary under Dr. Vivian Johnson, Associate Professor of Old Testament. His first book, Rhetorical Strategies of the Evangelist: Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark, is expected to be published by Wipf and Stock early next year. He is currently co-editing a book on moving from Fear to Faith (Energion, 2013).
