¿Dónde están los acoplamientos?

by Phil Johnson

reetings from Morelia, Mexico. During a lull in the conference, I've decided to see how many BlogSpotting links I can accumulate. It won't be many, I fear. I hope no one feels left out if I miss you.

Incidentally, the "lulls" in this conference have been few. I miscounted earlier in the week when I said I was coming to do eight hours of teaching. Turns out it's eleven hours. Fortunately, I grabbed some extra notes on my way out the door, and with the time needed to translate everything, I've had more than enough material. In fact, I hope I can get through the absolutely essential stuff in the time remaining. It's a marriage conference with couples, and the theme is "Guarding Your Marriage By Guarding Your Heart." I have only two more sessions to teach tonight, plus a Q&A. So far it has been a lot of fun.

At the moment, it's siesta time between sessions, and I'm actually blogging from the roof of a hotel here in Morelia. It's cloudy and mildly breezy, with a perfect temperature for outdoor blogging. I was thinking of devising a graphic for this post featuring a Mexican Hairless dog, or a piñata, or something typically Mexican, but I gave that up because I don't want to take the time.

So let's get to it:

BlogSpotting

Ryan Moran makes the most pathetic attempt ever for a BlogSpotting link. Kudos, Ryan. We prolly would have linked you even if you hadn't drooled all over yourself, but the Dan Marino story was priceless, so I'm glad you were moved to share it.

See: All Bob Hayton had to do to get BlogSpotted was add to his post on global warming a single "HT:" with a link back here.

Rick Ianniello likewise mentioned the global warming thing, along with the other funny links I posted just before escaping to Mexico.

Hey. While I'm gone, go over to "Dluxe's World," where Brian Dellinger is looking for feedback on an issue raised by Tim Keller at this year's "Desiring God" conference: What is the right approach to presenting the gospel in a postmodern culture? It's an important question. Add your thoughts to the discussion.

Roger Olson left a comment at Kim Riddlebarger's blog, in response to Riddlebarger's post titled "Dissed by Roger Olson," which was prompted by Gary Johnson's review of Olson here at PyroManiacs.

Rebekah at "Rebekah's Front Porch" has some helpful insights prompted by Dan's Friday post.

Scott Ragan can't figure out why anyone would think Ted Haggard's sin is "somehow bigger and/or badder and/or more important" than anyone else's. He also implies that I said Haggard's sin "is proof of the 'evil fruits' of everything that isn't easily identifiable as 'Reformed.'" Evidently he got his impression of what I believe from the Boar's Head Tavern or some similar dive, rather than from reading what I actually write. Nowhere (much less in the context of my remarks about Haggard's moral meltdown) have I ever spoken negatively "of everything that isn't easily identifiable as 'Reformed.'" Nor can anything I said be legitimately construed that way. Once more: I'm thoroughly Baptistic, not (technically) "Reformed." "Truly Reformed" is a label that was first applied to me by a certain virtual bartender and then aped endlessly and mindlessly by his patrons. At no time have I ever suggested that "Truly Reformed" is a suitable description of the spiritual standard to which we should all strive.

But Jason Woolever, who is much less TR than I am, evidently found something to agree with in my remarks about the deplorable state of the contemporary evangelical movement.

Chris at "Fishing the Abyss" draws together a whole lotta links where people have addressed the problem of "contextualization," and he offers his thoughts on the topic.

Ted Haggard is already old news, it seems. But I couldn't help noticing that this post is already probably the most-linked-to Pyro post ever.

Hasta pronto.

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