How shall we then BlogSpot?

• Aaron Armitage broke his long, uncomfortable silence just so he could be BlogSpotted.
  
• Joe at "The Potter's Clay" shares my sentiments about the way language is commonly used to disguise the truth.
  
• Daniel up in Winnipeg got a bang out of my post on Fad-Driven® Churches.
  
• Brad Huston says I broke his message—or at least misunderstood his point.
  
• Kevin Johnson thinks I look like someone he saw in a movie. Since it's a movie I would never deliberately watch, I'll have to take his word for it. I'm sticking with Starbucks, too.
  
• Sherry Early remembers Isaac Watts's birthday. Hey, Sherry:
  
  1. You have a cool blogdesign.
     
  2. I mentioned Isaac Watts, but only once in passing. I meant to include this picture of his grave marker:
     
     ...but I forgot. Thanks for the reminder.
     
  3. Happy birthday to Isaac.
     
  4. I renamed the post you linked to, and it destroyed your link. If you want to fix it, here's the correct link.
  
  (Note to everyone: I renamed all the "Monday Menagerie" posts with Roman numerals, so if you were linked to one, your link probably stopped functioning. Sorry. I didn't realize that would happen when I renamed them.)
  
• Scott Zeller's reflections on Edwards's "resolutions" in light of the current situation are well worth reading.
  
• Brad Williams explains why there were tears all over the box when he delivered your pizza.
  
• Rob Ziegler has been unleashed on the unsuspecting blogosphere. If someone gets hit upside the head with a soccer ball, don't say I didn't warn you.
  
• Doug Burtt lobs another empty at my commenters from the darkened safety of the tavern.
  
• Frank Turk evidently considers me a nobody. I'm not sure what's up with the picture of a flasher in Frank's new blogdesign, but fortunately, his content is normally better than his graphics.
  
• The Sinner over at "Kudzu Gully" makes the most pitiful plea yet in his shameless attempt to get BlogSpotted.
  
• Tulip Girl wonders whether I will have more to say about Ezzoism. Stay tuned.
  
• Dan Paden has good advice for pastors and church leaders. This is my paraphrase, not Dan's words, but here's the gist of it: quit dumbing down your teaching. The widespread doctrinal ignorance today doesn't mean Christians are stupid; it does mean they aren't being well taught.
  
• Kim at "The Upward Call" tries to send any disgruntled Ezzoites who may be looking for a fight over here. She thinks I'm a lout and a barbarian but notices that I have one redeeming feature: my beagle, Wrigley.
  
• Will at "Prydain" wishes I were wrong (as do I), but thinks I might have a valid point. One of his commenters opines that I may have been a little too hard on "Forty Days of Purpose." I'll go this far: I agree that Rick Warren's material is a vast improvement over some of the fare one might be exposed to in the typical episcopalian environment, but I still find scant encouragement in that.
  
• Abednego at "Parableman" has some helpful thoughts about hell.
  
• Mark at "Give Me Back My Bullets" reminds us that we've been here before.
  
• The surfer dude at "Step Onto Liquid" wonders if blogging is beneficial at all. I'm off to the beach for the rest of the day.
  
• John Schroeder adds a couple of hearty amens.
  
• Milton Stanley likes John Schroeder's response.
  
• rev-ed at "Attention Span" will think about it and get back to us later.

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