Friday, March 18, 2011

Reformed Perfidy


The National Enquirer

Mitty Muckraker

Rob Bell’s book Love Wins has ignited an unprecedented firestorm in the Christian blogosphere. But as I followed the leads, I uncovered a deeper, more sinister story. As it turns out, the whole controversy was carefully orchestrated by Calvinian blogger Matthew Schultz, who hatched the plot to bring down Arminianism.

Schultz had his minions at the Gospel Coalition gin up interest in Bell’s forthcoming book by floating the insidious suggestion that Bell was a universalist. Schultz then brought this to the attention of his contact at the NYT to further puff the story. This, in turn, set Twitter a-twitter.

But the Bell kerfuffle was just a trap which Schultz cleverly set to ensnare the grand muftis of modern Arminianism: Ben Witherington, Peter Lumpkins, Scot McKnight, and Roger Olson. He knew they’d take the bait, rushing to the defense of Bell.

Schultz, who used to attend Redeemer Church in Manhattan, then directed Tim Keller to tap Martin Bashir–who not so coincidentally, also attends Redeemer Church–to ambush Bell in his now notorious interview, which quickly went viral on YouTube. And, of course, the interview was also plugged by Schultz’s minions at the Gospel Coalition.

By discrediting Bell, he simultaneously brought discredit on Bell’s unsuspecting, high-profile Arminian supporters.

So Schultz was the puppet-master, pulling strings from behind-the-scenes, to implement his nefarious scheme. 

7 comments:

  1. "But the Bell kerfuffle was just a trap which Schultz cleverly set to ensnare the grand muftis of modern Arminianism: Ben Witherington, Peter Lumpkins, Scot McKnight, and Roger Olson."

    Not sure what a "mufti" is, let alone a grand one, but it sure sounds funny!

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  2. Just uncover the cover up and state plainly: "Schultz is in fact the wizard in the movie, the Wizard of Oz!

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  3. I have always suspected he had that kind of thing in him.

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  4. Peter Lumpkins actually took offense from this blog... talk about having no sense of humour!

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  5. GODesteem,

    There is no destination too remote for Peter Lumpkins to traverse to it, if at the end of his journey he can claim victim status as a faux martyr.

    I believe only Dave Armstrong can outpace him. But Lumpy is doing his best to play catch up.

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  6. GODESTEEM SAID:

    "Peter Lumpkins actually took offense from this blog... talk about having no sense of humour!"

    Satire is always lost on the self-important.

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  7. The fact that there is conspiracy is evidence that there isn't.

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