Sorry about taking so long to approve your comments: from now on yours should get posted immediately. I’m really bad about paying attention to “comments awaiting moderation”: I had 26 sitting there!

To answer your question, no, I don’t consider it a rant. I care about my Reformed brothers in Christ and believe there is an endemic problem infecting many in the denomination, i.e., the inability or refusal to check for logs in their own eyes before scrutinizing the rest of us. Now, don’t get me wrong: I know I have blind spots, too – and, of course, some of the Reformed folks are kind (I mean that) enough to point them out. But when I or others try to reciprocate, we’re labeled derogatorily and dismissed. See, for example, Phil’s total misrepresentation of me in his post here, and my response here.

No one – Reformed, Charismatic, Arminian, Dispensational, or whatever – is beyond constructive criticism. Too often, however, criticism of a Reformed believer turns into a “shoot the messenger” situation.

To paraphrase and completely rip Paul out of context, I would answer any questions about my motives with, “Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!”