God-Blogging

Theoblogian has been quiet recently, as you may have noticed. But it is not dead! The reason I have been quiet recently is that I have been to ETS in Washington DC over the past week and away from any internet connection. DC was interesting, and I enjoyed the sites and the zoo, although I am still continuing my quest to see a live platypus. Does anyone know where a platypus might be located in the US? Many of the papers were good, although there were the usual collection of bad papers as well. I am going to do a short series highlighting several of the better papers that I heard and see if any of you want to chat about them. And after that series, I have a few ideas about other posts, such as starting a debate on dispensationalism. But that is for the future. The other great thing about ETS is the books. I bought a lot of books! That is reason enough to go to ETS and get the 50% discount on books. But on to the first entry in the series: God-Blogging by Hugh Hewitt. 

Hugh Hewitt is a political commentator with his own blog (google him). He had two main points. One of them is that more Christian pastors and professors should be blogging. He asked how many people in the audience were blogging (and this was a plenary session, so there were quite a few people there), and about five percent raised their hand. He said that blogging is the wave of the future as far influencing the world and culture, and that Christians are falling behind in this area. He said that everyone at ETS should be blogging, since professors and pastors receive respect for their views. This is also a way around IRS laws, since while political views must be suppressed in the pulpit, a pastor can say whatever he wants on a blog. So keep on blogging, theoblogians!

The second point was about a potential presidential candidate, the governor of Massachusetts, who also happens to be Mormon. He has gotten a lot of criticism from people, especially evangelicals for being Mormon. One reason is that people think Salt Lake City will rule the US (anyone remember the same concern with JFK?). A more common response is that people say they would not vote for him because he believes the Mormon Bible. Since it is irrational to believe them, then he must not be fit for office. But Hewitt made the point that this gun could very easily be turned on evangelicals: you believe the Bible is true? Are you sane? You are not fit to lead!

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