The Spencer family poets are busy. Here’s an amazing Holy Week poem by Denise.

Clay continues to show that he is becoming a fine poet with these two.

The well-meaning taunters who want the BHT to have comments need to be reminded that BHT comments brought us c.t. calling the wife of a former fellow two words that make most average swearers wince. The same era saw a [name deleted] fan writing Modern Reformation magazine and eventually my employer saying things about me that are slanderous. Another TR blogger made a sexual innuendo on my career in youth ministry. (Later apologized.) I’ve been called emotionally unstable and a phony who does not need to be in ministry in high profile blogs. My calling to preach and my ministry here at [the place I work] has been ridiculed in long posts by several big names. The “Big Brain” has said things about me that are libelous.

I’ve had several people show up at [the place I work] looking to meet me. I’ve also had some phone calls, which I really don’t like at all. I’ve received very few real pieces of hate mail. Sadly, with almost seven years of blogging, several of them in the top levels of Christian blogging, the worst hate I’ve gotten is from Calvinists who wanted Rob S II.

The worst thing to me is something simple: When someone says something like this: “Spencer is a Barthian liberal. Liberals deny all of scripture and reject the Gospel.”........”I didn’t question your salvation.” Or this one: “I haven’t commented on the validity of your profession of faith.” sigh

Rejecting another person’s profession of faith is a big deal to me, but it’s as common as clouds in March on the blogosphere.