You can't have it both ways. Also, in this extremely long piece Hall says he is saddened that Chris Rosebrough insisted that the Vitamin D deficiency nonsense was just a rouse. C'mon JD, pick a better hill to die on. It was obviously a rouse. You were not arrested for vitamin deficiency. Even though this first piece was excessively long and seemed to be more for vanity than clarity, I will leave that for people to judge for themselves if they wish. The second piece is classic JD political fare where he refers to people he finds disagreement with as devils and dogs, misusing scripture to do so. He also posits the nugget that the definition of racism, is "not giving black folk everything they demand." Ahh there is that sweet sweet Jesus part of NAR Christianity reminding us why Jesus Himself, remained entirely apolitical.
There is no reason to belabor these points any further. JD admits that he is disqualified from ministry due to his actions and to that I say amen. The problem is that I assume he thinks "ministry" only means pastoring. What JD is now back at doing, was what gave him his notoriety and platform. It was not the pastoring in Montana, but rather the blog posts on Pulpit and Pen. If he wanted to make a living being a conservative political commentator, I would have no issue with that because then at least he would be more transparent. The issue is he is back doing ministry writing. Protestia may be contributing to the political work of the NAR but they at least have the disguise of being a Christian based outfit. I want to reiterate that I am glad that JD Hall has cleaned his life up. I am glad that he has beaten the Xanax addiction and made amends with his family. I truly am. It appears however that he is diving right back into the deep end of the cesspool he just had to be pulled from, only two years ago. Ownership of what we do is not the one paragraph mea culpa that JD offers at the end of a 26-page article making every excuse under the sun for the very things we did and then going right back to the political faux-Christian writing you used to do.
Reverend Anthony Wade - November 1, 2024
