Charlie Ray Hits on Horton, Keller, and Chandler

As usual, this broadcast would have been better served not by "talking heads," but by corporate prayers vis a vis the Morning or Evening Prayer of the Book of Common Prayer.  Why do these fellas think they are so important when we have salutary forms of petition and worship?  For the British and Australians, it might not matter in your parts, but these fellows are "celebrities in America."  A bit much.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Mike Horton, Tim Keller, and Matt Chandler Lament the Invention of the Printing Press and the Internet

I'm always amused when those in ivory towers and fortresses complain about the priesthood of believers. It's that nasty internet. I mean we can't control what people say and think anymore. The genie is out of the bottle.

Does Mike Horton really expect us to believe this crap???? PUH-leeze! The internet is the greatest thing that has happened since Gutenberg invented the printing press and the Bible was widely distributed! Now theology can be openly debated; bullshit can be immediately revealed as bullshit all in a matter of hours. Why? Because what folks write in print can now be quoted openly and spread widely in a matter of hours. In short, what you say, write, or whatever else can now be checked against the standards and writings available on computer. The technological revolution has given the laity the power to question the authority of those in power in denominational leadership positions and even question the authority of their pastors, elders and sessions. It's no longer true that the local church is the only source of information in theological and biblical matters. If that bothers Mike Horton, Matt Chandler, and the heresiarch, Tim Keller--so be it.

This article makes me wonder if Horton had anything to do with R. Scott Clark's removing of the Heidelblog? If the truth really matters then blogs by folks like R. Scott Clark are invaluable to the end of convincing the elect who are yet to be converted. Horton seems to think he and his cronies should have a monopoly on theology. Sorry guys. It's too late:) God is sovereign and God would have it that the free exchange of theological ideas would take place. As the cliche goes, "Iron sharpens iron."

“I found the internet to make quiet people extremely brave and people who are not informed really emboldened in their opinion and the ability to add things and say things anonymously,” said Chandler who otherwise agreed that the internet is the future.


Keller observed that internet has reduced the time lapse between publication of a book, its review and the feedback it got from peers and general readers. In the pre-internet era responses to a book were generally measured, though they might have been occasionally nasty. But with the internet, respondents are breaking all the rules necessary for a well-thought-out feedback and the comments are coming in short order.


“It’s a good place to get information but a terrible place to do debating,” Keller said.

Read the rest of Horton and the gang's remarks here: Pastors Outline How Christians Should Disagree, Christian News