Positive Protestant Witness

A Penitent Blogger discovers a Protestant "Popewatch."

He notes good news:

He["Mark D. Roberts, Senior Pastor at Irvine Presbyterian Church in California"] is particularly enthusiastic about a quote from the Pope's welcoming address (even superimposing the quote on a picture in a nifty graphic at right).

"This is a phenomenal sentence: beautiful, true, and worthy of regular citation. I'm impressed here, not only with Benedict's theological insight, but also with his poetic ability."

The Fools that laugh together stay together. Protestants and Catholics may rejoice in Christ. We may debate with one another to what extent we're in communion with him. Only the most insane of either of our respective camps, however, would deny we're in communion with him period.

In these times when all orthodox Christians face the growing scorn of our Reasonable elites, we can find greater confidence and solidarity with each other as Fools for Christ. Yes, our unity must rest on truth, and the truth is there is much we over which we disagree. That doesn't stop us from recognizing our mutual brotherhood in Christ. It certainly won't stop our Reasonable Masters from throwing all of us "fundamentalists in concentration camps." Ask Phil Mitchell, former professor of history at the University of Colorado, home of the Reasonable Ward Churchill. One of Mr. Mitchell's former collegues shared that heart-warming assertion with him, knowing that Mitchell was a Christian. Any bets that Reasonable folks like that won't see all Fools as "fundamentalists?"

We face a society in which the wisdom of that eminent foolish sage, Benjamin Franklin, is once again appropriate: We must hang together or we will all hang separately.